Words I Hate

[Suzumiya]

The word "gamer" is just dumb in my eyes.

 

[PureAlpha1206]

Referring Crossovers and SUV's as "Jeeps". Happened plenty of times here.

Haha funny you mention that because my wife refers to all crossovers/SUV's as Jeeps.

Little story here:

Just recently when we were talking about what to replace her current car with I asked what she wanted to look at. She told me she really likes Jeeps, any kind really. I'm like Ok! and so I pull up a webpage full of Jeeps (Jeep Brand lol) for her to see more of what she likes and she's like "uhmmmm none of them".

...wait what? So then she proceeds to tell me she likes the Honda CRV, and the BMW X3 and a few others THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY NOT JEEPS

I rag on her about it but I get where you're coming from/

 

[Liquid]

Has Jeep become a generic trademark for any SUV in some corners of society then?

 

[PureAlpha1206]

Has Jeep become a generic trademark for any SUV in some corners of society then?

I believe it has tbh. I tend to hear women use this term as a generalization more than men. Perhaps it's just due to not being as involved in car culture, or maybe it's simply faster to say "Jeep" than SUV or Crossover?

 

[Ken]

Has Jeep become a generic trademark for any SUV in some corners of society then?

I believe it has tbh. I tend to hear women use this term as a generalization more than men. Perhaps it's just due to not being as involved in car culture, or maybe it's simply faster to say "Jeep" than SUV or Crossover?

Here, the second quote is absolutely true. Every woman I know uses the word Jeep to describe anything with off-road capabilities.

 

[mister dog]

Has Jeep become a generic trademark for any SUV in some corners of society then?

Been like that for 30 years+ where i come from

 

[mister dog]

If you work for a major corporation, i hope you hate the word 'leader' as much as i do.
(oops double post sorry).

 

[PureAlpha1206]

If you work for a major corporation, i hope you hate the word 'leader' as much as i do.
(oops double post sorry).

Leader is such a generic term. I hate it as well. I graduated with a healthcare administration degree so I know all too well the term "leader" lol

 

[Omnis]

"Vegetal"

It's a necessary word, though. What would its synonym be? "Planty"?

 

[Pupik]

"Gastro Pub"...no, this phrase doesn't make me think of good food, it makes me think I'm going to leave with a stomach ailment. Can we eliminate this phrase from all advertising and usage? Thanks.

 

[LeMansAid]

"Solder", but only the way that Americans attempt to pronounce it.

Any danger of you guys finding an L in there?

 

[GTP_Ingram]

"Myriad"

50% of people who use it do so incorrectly. The other 50% use it with a smugness because they know how to use it correctly.

 

[polysmut]

"Myriad"

50% of people who use it do so incorrectly. The other 50% use it with a smugness because they know how to use it correctly.

Its definition has evolved. In a similar way to that of "decimate".

In both cases, I think something is lost by them having become less specific in their meaning.

 

[Pupik]

"Solder", but only the way that Americans attempt to pronounce it.

Any danger of you guys finding an L in there?

Fasten your seat belts, because I don't know I could soften the blow on this: often, letters go missing, especially during Christmas while we enjoy halves of roasted chestnuts and raspberry pies. I'm glad we had this talk.

It's a weird word, though. Maybe because we wanted to differentiate from the word "soldier".

 

[TJ13]

I got 4 words.
Donald Trump
Hillary Clinton.

 

[Omnis]

I hate when people say "Off-ten."

 

[VBR]

There's only one word that I really hate a lot, & I also hate the smug & pretentious people who use it (they are like Brian of off Family Guy). They're the kind of people who've read a dictionary once & remembered 6 big words that they bring out every now & then in a futile effort to impress people. I can barely even bring my self to write it out...

Juxtaposition. 👎

 

[W3H5]

I hate when people say "Off-ten."

Guilty.

I know it's a silent 't' but I started doing it one day and couldn't stop. Next thing will be the 't' in "listen".

 

[Liquid]

"Myriad"

50% of people who use it do so incorrectly. The other 50% use it with a smugness because they know how to use it correctly.

Its definition has evolved. In a similar way to that of "decimate".

In both cases, I think something is lost by them having become less specific in their meaning.

Going off these two, another word which is often misused or whose meaning has become lost:

Labyrinth.

A labyrinth is not a maze. A maze is a complex of multiple branching routes with different paths and directions. A labyrinth has just one continuous route to its centre with no other alternative routes.

It's not so much a word I hate but it is a word I hate being misused.

 

[LeMansAid]

It's a weird word, though. Maybe because we wanted to differentiate from the word "soldier".

While bringing horror and whore ever closer, and mirror and mere, and....

 

[Liquid]

While bringing horror and whore ever closer, and mirror and mere, and....

A list which may interest you: some of the various mergers in English. Most of them are due to rhoticity (West England, Ireland, Scotland and most North American accents) or non-rhoticity (Wales, other parts of England and New England).

 

[ToyGTone]

Another word i hate when used is referring CGI scenes as Photoshop.

I don't understand how something made with this..

are the same as this...

Yes it could be the same for those un-trained eyes but it's still hurts to hear.

 

[Formula1269]

Awesome
Epic
Organic
Mate
Trump

 

[Ettick]

I hate the word "verse."

 

[LeMansAid]

I hate the word "verse."

Assuming that you mean the word that's not an actual word and is based on a misinterpretation of the word versus, ie. not the legitimate say "verse of a song" meaning - I'm right there with you. The hate for it ever increases when I hear older generations using it in some pale attempt to sound "with it".

 

[Ettick]

Assuming that you mean the word that's not an actual word and is based on a misinterpretation of the word versus, ie. not the legitimate say "verse of a song" meaning - I'm right there with you. The hate for it ever increases when I hear older generations using it in some pale attempt to sound "with it".

I mainly mean it in the context of poetry, where people will call a Book of poetry a "book of verse." It's annoying. Just call it poetry. Or a poem.

 

[Bo]

That wouldn't work, as there needs to be a distinction between verse and prose due to the fact that something doesn't have to be poetry to be written in verse.

 

[BobK]

That wouldn't work, as there needs to be a distinction between verse and prose due to the fact that something doesn't have to be poetry to be written in verse.

I thought everything written in verse was pretty much by definition poetry. Not necessarily good poetry, but poetry nonetheless.

 

[Ettick]

That wouldn't work, as there needs to be a distinction between verse and prose due to the fact that something doesn't have to be poetry to be written in verse.

The word "prosody" exists, and I like it more.

And nobody calls a novel or a short story collection a "book of prose," they call it a novel or short story collection. So I find it strange that people will sometimes say "book of verse" instead of poetry.

 

[ProjectWHaT]

"dynamic"