There are several that drive me crazy but since I hear them on the KT quite often, I wont elaborate. :) I'm also really tired of the orange haired goofball saying how brilliant he is.

I'm just thankful I can work outside today and the sun is shining ! :)

Yeah I used to say the same thing about "my bad"....it annoyed the heck out of me. But I swear it has become so commonplace around me I don't even give it a second thought anymore. My boss uses it, my sis, even my MOM. LOL!

I'm probably one of the most diligent language enforcers ever and many of the examples given above make me cringe. However, I enjoy hearing and using some of them, mostly because they lend a lightness or slight humor to a conversation. Examples are "yummy" (I've used many times), "my bad," and "proly." I think of them as "throw-away" words that give personality and pleasant deviation to strictly correct usage.

Chessie. Take it easy. I know how it’s used and what they mean. I don’t like it.

Today is another example of my irritation with the increasing lack of correct grammar and confusion about the meanings of words in news media. I think perhaps they don't employ editors any longer, or the job of editor is now limited to vetting the opinions implied in the piece, which often seem to come through clearly even in supposedly objective, factual reporting....but that is another rant for another day.

From CBS news online: end of American assistance will only exasperate

I'm sure that some folks will be exasperated, but I think that isn't what the reporter meant.

I know that anyone can make such mistakes, I have and do (mispronounce things, also); but I grew up with the notion that major news outlets paid attention to such things.

What about the new trend to say "sick" when they mean it's great. So dumb sounding!

I hate it when I hear someone say "buh-in" instead of button and other
words that are like that with the "tin" sound. The T somehow gets lost.

I think I have never heard this usage. But then again, I haven't gotten into many conversations about buttons...

artemis, the word "organic" has more than one meaning. Clearly, organic chemistry has nothing to do with what most of us mean when we discuss organic gardening or organic foods. There is also "organic matter", yet another distinct usage of that pesky word.

Those who are irritated by the word probably don't have a firm grasp of any of the various meanings.

The terms "plant based" and "vegan" cannot be used interchangeably, either. There are lots of true vegan foods that wouldn't be considered plant based.

Stacy, I totally agree with you. Language is fluid, words are like music. I am very sensitive to different meanings and am apt to use a lesser used word in order to achieve the meaning I desire. I'm a bit surprised to read some of the words or phrases that are so irritating to some of you.

My 18 year old and I have a laugh when I ask him to translate the latest slang. I’m glad he sees the humor. We’ve discussed slang from back in my day too. I didn’t use it much as I wasn’t very hip. ; )

The "sorry for your loss" and "thoughts and prayers" phrases have become so over-used that they are trite background noise to me now. Assuming the person's intentions are pure (not always a good assumption unfortunately!), then I don't find the phrases offensive so much as utterly pointless. It's verbal pablum.

I don't use either phrase. I try to come up with something more personal to the individual's circumstance and try to let it come from my heart.

We're talking about pet peeves here. I'm not sure trying to argue or rationalize away someone else's idiosyncrasies is a good use of time. It would be a rare person who isn't unreasonably annoyed by an occasionally stupid thing. :)

artemis, it doesn't have to be "buh-in" it can also be "cer-in" and "cur-ins" (certain and curtains) and as someone else said "Ti-ins" (Titans). Also, a bunch of other similar words where people are too lazy(?) to properly pronounce out the syllables.

Arkansas girl, I know what you are talking about. It's an affectation I think, rather like the Valley Girl speech from decades ago. I hear it mostly in younger people. But then again I'm getting old enough it seems like almost everyone is "younger people" to me.

arkansas girl - yep. I have heard this useage a zillion times. The one that we use (and laugh at) the most is "Oh no you di-ent!" LOL!!

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I hate it when I hear someone say "buh-in" instead of button and other
words that are like that with the "tin" sound. The T somehow gets lost.

It turns out that there are a whole pile of internet sites discussing this very topic. Apparently it's ok to pronounce button "buh-in" because of something called the glottal stop which has to do with the movement of our tongue.

Who knew?, I didn't.

Why, when someone is accused of a heinous crime, he is referred to as the “gentleman”??

Prolly makes my hair hurt....

Going back to the discussion about "I pray for you", here are two scenarios.

1. Entrance to the hospital in the evening. I go in and a neighbor comes out. He asks me if I visit somebody. I tell him I don't but that I have surgery in the morning and have to check in now. He belongs to a group which visits often patients without family members and especially veterans. He says" I pray for you" and I thank him and know he means it.

2. A discussion about a contested local election. Somebody says to me: " You vote for him, don't you?" I tell him: "No, I dont". He: "I pray for you!" Really?

Re. "buh-in" and such, I also dislike "pitcher" instead of picture, "aks" instead of ask, and some others I can't think of right now.

Oh, for another annoying word, "like". "It's, like, so hot out today, I am, like, sweating like crazy and it's, like, unbearable."

Anneliese, (pretty name by the way) on #2 never, ever heard that phrase used that way and I would assume that they were socially awkward or just plain weird.

I just thought of something I hear on youtube ALL.THE.TIME. A youtube beauty expert says "I'd like to hear you guys's opinion" with guys's pronounced "guyses". It's not guys's it's just guys'. I swear they all say this...sounds illiterate. Probably a better thing to say would be "I'd like to hear your opinions".

I can overlook grammar mistakes but never the “f” word!

Amen, Phoggie, AMEN! ! I really dislike cuss words, and that one in particular!

Many of the words and phrases mentioned in these posts are, I believe, colloquialisms, and as such, can lend expression and interest to speech, both spoken, and especially written.

" hate it when I hear someone say "buh-in" instead of button and other words that are like that with the "tin" sound. The T somehow gets lost"

Isn't that prevalent in the British accent? Maybe not, but somehow it always sounds British to me when I hear it.

I also dislike the overuse of the word 'like'. And 'must', as in 'must have', 'must read', etc.

Also shortening words, 'b4', 'ur', 'fav', 'fab', etc. And one that's been popping up more and more lately, 'vacay'. 'Cra-cra' comes across as pretentious, but dumb.

Rusty

Extremely unique or any other qualifier for unique which is in itself all that is necessary.

Good ones.

I am only part way through (“thru”) thread, but feel I need to make a correction. It’s not “perfect” (shortcut for perfectLY), but “Perfek”.

Not Asked, But Ask’d or axed. (YouTube search for “The Audubon Zoo” by The Meters)

Utililized — can be used, but in the context of when (for example) you use a tool for a purpose different from its intended purpose. For example, “Ralph utilized a Waterpik for a to clean an old sink at the lake cottage; and to his surprise, it worked perfectly at removing the decade’s old mineral deposits from the drain plug and faucet turns.”

You don’t “utilized” a mop to wash the floor.

I nominate the entire month of April to be Adverb Awareness Month. Bring your LYs and help prevent needless cringes and shattered eardrums.

Oh my. "Axed"? That drives me up a flippin' wall.

"No wonder vets commit suicide!" Screamed at me by a wife of a vet over the weekend. He ran out of his blood pressure meds the week before. She put a request in two weeks ago (so she says anyway) and decided not to call the pharmacy during business hours the week he ran out, instead waited for the weekend when the pharmacy was closed and screamed at me that phrase about 5 or 6 times.

Kathsgrdn, that is truly stress-inducing, not merely distasteful. I'd have a hard time not hanging up on a screamer -- I guess you had to dig deep and exercise patience. Wow.

Perfek?

Nickel, we get those type of callers all the time. Not stressful but annoying, especially when you can't be nasty back to them...which sometimes you really want to do. I politely told her to have a nice day and hung up on her. She refused to take my advice on how to get her husband his medication that day so I ended the call when all she wanted to do was scream at someone.

A funny story about using the euphemism of going home for the act of dying. Two friends, Tom and Bill, had fathers in the hospital. Tom called Bill to see how Bill's father is doing. Bill tells Tom that his father has gone home. Tom replies that his father has gone home, too. A few days later, Tom's mother received two sympathy cards for the loss of her husband. You see, Bill's father died, but Tom's father went home from the hospital after recovering from his ailment.

I'm not making this up. It just happened two weeks ago. I'm a friend of Tom's mother and she couldn't figure out why she was receiving sympathy cards. It took us a while to determine the source of the misinformation. Then, Tom had to call Bill and tell him about the misunderstanding and express his sympathy regarding the death of Bill's dad.

Watch the video or slide to 2:12-2:14 to hear buh-in. I use these filters and remember hearing buh-in for the first time.

I was going to leave my comment as my only comment, but from reading through these a bit this morning, I say "I'm sorry for your loss". What would you like me to say? Oh Good! He/She died! Now you don't have to put up with them anymore, just doesn't seem right. But what really offends me is when I hear, "they're in a better place now". My son is dust in a box in the ground. No. He is not in a better place. His better place was in the tv room watching his favourite movies with the family who loved him.

Debby, I wonder if some find "I'm sorry for your loss" not so much offensive but lacking in originality; too easy. I try to avoid it and tailor my message to the recipient(s). but it can be difficult.

I really hate "...in a better place" and would never, ever say it. I do sometimes think that I'm glad the person is no longer suffering but I keep those thoughts to myself.

Having said all that, I truly am sorry for the loss of your son. That is something no parent should have to experience. (((hugs)))

Grow....I will grow my business. I always thought it was I want my business to grow.

"self care".

I'm sorry for the loss of your son too, Debby. No one should experience that kind of pain.

I think that people often don't know what to say in those types of situations and often end up putting their foot in it, but for the most part they mean well and don't intend to cause additional pain.

Another one that bugs me is "I feel you." In my world, it's "I feel for you."

When I hear people say that, I'm often tempted to say "please dont feel me, you dont know me well enough."

Open up. For example, “Kim kardashian opens up about her relationship with her husband.” I don’t care 2 cents about KK’s relationships and I really don’t want to think about her opening up. Ha!

"You know" Drives me up the wall sometimes especially when its used as a pause filler, you know, the pause that occurs when a person stops to search for the right word or phrase, or simply does not know what to say, but uses it to retain conversation control. There are some people who scatters that phrase throughout everything they say in an unconsciousness manner. Some day, I'm going to shout, "NO, I don't know - You tell me".

That reminds me of a very painful moment in my life. I was an extremely shy kid growing up. Total lack of any self confidence. I hated speaking up. For some reason I needed to discuss something with my sociology professor after class. After I finished speaking he asked me “Do you realize how many times you said ‘you know’?” It was really rough. My Dad was sick throughout my first years at college. I was a mess. (I probably still am).
Just makes me think maybe we should take it easy on each other.

Something I haven't seen in this posting,and it may be just local, but using "like" instead of plan on or intend to. For instance, "I like to go on a trip next week." I also dislike shortening of words, such as "veggies" and "adorbs", the latter which seems to be used by teen age girls so easily!

Jem -- My DH will join you in questioning the "You know" speaker. He already mutters, "No, I don't know. I thought that was why I was listening to you."

I think people use these 'place savers' when they are unsure they have your attention. The "Well..." as an introduction is a weak form of "Attention, please."

I know someone who will close a statement with..."on that" "or "and that's all on that". He's declared something, then adds this because...why? Can't he just *stop*?

*I* am trying to return to "Rats!" as an expression of annoyance. I've allowed ugly profanity to creep into my speech. I think that's because it's now so commonly heard, but I don't have to add to the ugliness.

"*I* am trying to return to "Rats!" as an expression of annoyance. I've allowed ugly profanity to creep into my speech. I think that's because it's now so commonly heard, but I don't have to add to the ugliness."

Man I am so with you there. The F-bombs seem to fly out of my mouth daily, hourly at work (LOL)...used to be that was a rare thing. "Rats" is a good one - but just isn't as application to all the situations. I have started trying to say "effed up" or "eff it"...but it doesn't always feel like it expresses my frustration accurately. :-) BF is much worse now too...both of us have a lot of room to improve.

My husbands family uses sentences that are not grammatically correct. For example: the car needs washed.

All of the buzz-words in online news sources. Yahoo, etc.

Hack, clap-back, etc, etc.; empowered (usually in conjunction with a very obese woman in a bikini, because she's clapping back at body-shamers)

Today I heard "prolly" used several times. I am assuming they meant "probably"? Are they just to lazy to say or type it correctly? Or do they think they sound hip or cool?

I also heard a major newscaster say "obvi" for "obvious". Is everyone pretending to be a teenager now?

I remembered more. Or rather, I was REMINDED of them. On my nights off i was watching QVCs Christmas in July. It was already annoying how the women kept on and on and on about the items. But the thing that set my teeth on edge was the fact that they referred to everything as a "piece." "This piece would make a lovely gift. This piece will be treasured for generations. Piece piece piece piece piece." Aaaaa! Why cant they say "this ornament" "this carousel " this tree" whatever. I HATE that. People do that for everything. Watch HGTV and see how many times a couch is referred to as a "piece." A PIECE OF WHAT???? And speaking of HGTV, what's with everyone calling rooms or yards or garages "spaces???" It a room. Or a yard. Or a garage. Buzzwords. So irritating.

Oh,.and the QVC ladies used "gift" as a verb no less than 83000 times in the 20 minutes or so i watched. I get it now. It really is obnoxious.

How about folks using "ground" when they mean "floor"? They are referring to something or someone that fell, indoors. Very common anymore.

I just thought of another one: experience. Everything is an experience. No, the Grand Canyon is an experience. Watch a space shuttle launch is an experience. The grocery store, the bank and the dry cleaners are errands.

"Nothing burger"

How about "ex-specially" for the word especially. I hear that all the time.