Words that drive you crazy!

13itchyBride

New thread based off the "prego" thread. I hate the word "totes" for totally. It sounds so valley girl and uneducated to me.

tdmklm

Moist. It makes me cringe.

ELauren88

Or "obvi" for obvious/obviously.

I admit to using "totes" for my especially sarcastic replies.

bendicott7

We did this recently, but...

I hate the word "Pimple"

RK125

tdmklm said:

Moist. It makes me cringe.

Me too!!

beckyanddon

I do hate when people shorten words like totes or late for later. I mean really can you not spare the syllable.

I also hate when my students say they are going to "cut" off the lights. Really do you need scissors. How about just turning them off.

lindsayanne14

I hate "panties", it just sounds creepy to me.

afrochick09

tdmklm said:

Moist. It makes me cringe.

I'm not sure if you've seen "How I met your Mother", but anytime the hatred for this word is mentioned it reminds me of the show. And sadly there isn't a GIF to explain it.

afrochick09

I hate words that have double pronunciation. Like pecan. I never know which way to say it. 

Soleil3

Important pronounced "impordan" theres a lot of that around here.

Edkitten

I hate when people don't pronounce the H in the word huge. uge???!

lyndz333

I can't stand it when people say irregardless. It's regardless!!

amandarins

Axe instead of ask

lkobriant

I love these threads! DH have running lists for each other, he's from New England and I'm from down south so there are LOTS of words and pronunciations that make us cringe. For instance the poor guy manages to find an 'a' in the word socks...really?

carlieanddanwedding

lyndz333 said:

I can't stand it when people say irregardless. It's regardless!!

THIS. It makes me crazy.
It also drives me crazy when people say "I could care less." That phrase is meaningless. It means that you actually care, because you could care less. What you mean to say is "I couldN'T care less" - that you absolutely do not care.
It also bothers me when people say things like "2 AM in the morning". AM means morning. It's either 2am or 2 in the morning.
I, too, am an anal grammar nazi.

MommyR8113

Double negatives and saying Ya know after every sentence

lydsyjane

I am a Yooper born and raised (in other words, I grew up in Upper Michigan) but I HATE the Yooper accent. People make us sound so retarded.

"Let's go to Walmarts." <-- There is only ONE Walmart, not two. People love to pluralize things around here.

MommyKristin88

Missoura instead of Missouri

laceylavallee

MommyKristin88 said:

Missoura instead of Missouri

Ha! I'm from Missouri, all them old timers love Missourah, the letter "dubah" instead of W, and they "worsh" things instead of washing them!
I also despise any short hand form of words such as fab, obvi, gorg, totes, hubs, hubby, preggo, or anything of that nature. It drives me cray! Lol

southernmama8813

"Jelly" for jealous, congraDulations, and the confusion between your and you're, and there, their and they're all drive me crazy. And for those of you who said "moist", I concur.

BellaOso

I hate the phrase "stripping membranes". I think it is the membranes part... but I'll be happy when I don't have to hear this phrase again.

I also hate when people say "conversate" - because it is not a flucking word. It is converse - not conversate. It makes me want to smack people in the mouth.

bendicott7

I also hate when people say "kindergarDen" for "kindergarTen."

MinnesotaMomma91

I absolutley despise the word/phrase cray cray. It makes me so angry. Same with other shortened words. I heard a word the other day that just absolutley shudder from the sound of it but now for the life of me i cant remember it

rooftop

Nauseous, which means to cause nausea is so often used in place of nauseated that dictionaries are just starting to add it as a meaning instead of fighting the ignorance.

Oh, and paninis (as in the sandwiches) panini is plural already without the S, the singular of panini is panino. It's like saying mices or teeths.

afrochick09

Calling a frappuccino a frappe really bothers me. Hate that McD's has it on their menus as a frappe. 

MinnesotaMomma91

Also i hate baby momma/baby daddy. It sounds dumb. My sons bioligical dad and my boyfriend whom has stepped up to be his dad are two different men. His biological dad is his biological dad not my babby daddy.

Id hate it less if girls said my babys daddy or my babbys momma. It sounds less white trash

SpartyMomma

I'm over "va-jay-jay." Actually, I was never really under it...always hated it. Just, no. Also, I don't care who you are, you sound like a vapid sorostitute when you brag about your "vacay."

MommyBolty

amandarins said:

Axe instead of ask

That's exactly the one I was going to put! This drives me crazy!

Also... Vacay for vacation and cray cray for crazy. And what the H.E.L.L. Is twerk?! I feel so out of touch! LOL

carlieanddanwedding

cristinbolt said:

Axe instead of ask

That's exactly the one I was going to put! This drives me crazy! Also... Vacay for vacation and cray cray for crazy. And what the H.E.L.L. Is twerk?! I feel so out of touch! LOL

Aks is actually the original English pronunciation. (Linguistics major here, lingual shifts are fascinating!) It has shifted over many decades to "ask", but there was a time when "aks" would have been considered more correct ("Axe" meaning ask appears in Chaucer!), and also a time when they were both considered perfectly correct pronunciations. The "sk" sound is actually a very weird consonant cluster, especially at the end of a word, and for some people is very difficult to pronounce.

MinnesotaMomma91

cristinbolt said:

amandarins said:

Axe instead of ask

That's exactly the one I was going to put! This drives me crazy!

Also... Vacay for vacation and cray cray for crazy. And what the H.E.L.L. Is twerk?! I feel so out of touch! LOL

Twerking is a dance move. I had to have twerking explained to me by my friend from school who twerks. Youtube it. Itll make sence then.

I dont understand snap chat. I dont have one nor will i get one. Im the least cool 22 year old i know.

theatrelily

I also throw my vote in for "moist". 

I hate how around here people will use "whelp" instead of welt. Really? You had an allergic reaction to something and broke out into puppies? How'd you manage that?

It also drives me nuts when people call a laPtop a laBtop. 

FutureMRSTillman

lydsyjane said:

"Let's go to Walmarts." <-- There is only ONE Walmart, not two. People love to pluralize things around here.

THIS!! Or Belks. KMarts.. WHY?!?!?! 

FutureMRSTillman

breezalina82 said:

Calling a frappuccino a frappe really bothers me. Hate that McD's has it on their menus as a frappe. 

ALSO THIS! Working at Starbucks for 2 years made me want to slap people when they ordered a "frappe".