Words I Hate

[Liquid]

Another sports one:

Cupset.

 

[bjl23]

Grumpy

It really grinds my gears.

 

[bjl23]

Sorry for the double post but I had to post this

In cricket, if you hit or try to hit the ball with the bat you are playing the ball. If the bowler's delivery is so good that it seems virtually impossible to play the ball well then the delivery is sometimes described as unplayable. I think that's similar to the sense of the word that @daan was describing.

Good 'unplayable' ball

Bad 'unplayable' ball

 

[GTV0819]

I literally hate the word 'feminist' since when I heard about Anita Sarkeesian for the first time.

 

[kolio]

Facetious

Nobody uses it properly, and it has become quite popular lately. It's actually a love-hate relationship. I love the word, but it's so annoying when people use it incorrectly.

 

[NaketWookie]

"toxic masculinity" anyone?

i feel rage rising just by entering this words...

 

[Liquid]

annoying when people use it incorrectly.

There are paired, related words whose usage annoys me because they have explicit, one way relationship and people use them for both ways:

Borrow and lend - borrowing is taking from someone, lending is giving to someone.

You borrow money from the bank.
Banks lend money to you.

Jealousy and envy - jealousy is fearing someone is taking something you have, envy is wishing you had something you don't have.

You're jealous of your wife's close friendship with the next door neighbour.
You're envious of the guy down the pub who won the lottery.

 

[GTV0819]

That word or phrase called 'crab mentality'. I hate it when it's applied in politics.

 

[TeamCZRRacing]

"Infused." It's pure marketing jargon ******** distilled into a word. Just say "combined."

 

[jake2013guy]

Hack.

Context: Those 'viral' things where everything is a 'hack.'

 

[W3H5]

Hack.

Context: Those 'viral' things where everything is a 'hack.'

There are very few videos or articles these days that actually feature true hacks involving actually hacking and modding digital systems.

Everything else is just hints, tips, and tricks. I think the word “hack” is better suited for those who claim their tips are hacks.

I don’t actually dislike some of the better “hack” posts but I’d rather they were called tips.

 

[TexRex]

Hack.

Context: Those 'viral' things where everything is a 'hack.'

It's been mentioned here a few times.

 

[Liquid]

"Infused." It's pure marketing jargon ******** distilled into a word. Just say "combined."

Herbal combined tea or herbal tea combination just doesn't have the same advertising pazazz though.

 

[axletramp]

'Mouthfeel'.

Just wrong.

 

[W3H5]

'Mouthfeel'.

Just wrong.

Sounds like you’ve been reading the latest edition of the New Speak dictionary.

 

[axletramp]

Sounds like you’ve been reading the latest edition of the New Speak dictionary.

Yes, just picked it up from my local Oceania bookshop.

 

[daan]

Moreish.

🤬 off.

 

[TenEightyOne]

'Mouthfeel'.

Just wrong.

On that subject... the word "eats" when people describe how food is to consume - they shift the action onto the food itself.

Masterchef Announcer: "Tristram has served a cochinette of boubalatis panraddled four ways with a galosh of hand-grown mirabelle springs drizzled in a jus of sun-tickled gobo seeds".

Monica Galetti: "That eats really well!"

No, no it ****ing doesn't. You're eating it, and quite poncily too.

 

[axletramp]

'Specifically'. But only when people pronounce it 'pacifically' over and over in meetings.

Idiots.

 

[kikie]

"Collection"

For some reason, the word gets on my nerves every time I read it.

 

[GTV0819]

That word 'caster' seems to remind me of someone I despise very much.

 

[TexRex]

'Specifically'. But only when people pronounce it 'pacifically' over and over in meetings.

Idiots.

I try to respond to such behavior pacifically, which is to say in a calm and collected manner.

 

[LeMansAid]

I try to respond to such behavior pacifically, which is to say in a calm and collected manner.

I really wish it was hydrologically correct to respond with "I sea what you did there".

 

[W3H5]

I really wish it was hydrologically correct to respond with "I sea what you did there".

You could simply wave instead.

 

[axletramp]

You could simply wave instead.

Are you shore about that?

 

[kikie]

Puns, I hate puns.

 

[BobK]

Are we coasting into another pun session?

 

[Liquid]

Water way to start the weekend.

 

[Tom]

That word 'caster' seems to remind me of someone I despise very much.

Is it me?

I've got to be honest, I agree with the dislike of this word. As I now work in the eSports/ESports/Esports (delete as applicable) indutry full-time, I get referred to as a 'caster' quite a lot and I still don't like it. I've always labelled and marketed myself as a 'commentator' and that is still what I believe I am. I understand that the principle of commentating on virtual racing is different to physical motorsport, but I don't do my job any differently because of it.

 

[axletramp]

Is it me?

I've got to be honest, I agree with the dislike of this word. As I now work in the eSports/ESports/Esports (delete as applicable) indutry full-time, I get referred to as a 'caster' quite a lot and I still don't like it. I've always labelled and marketed myself as a 'commentator' and that is still what I believe I am. I understand that the principle of commentating on virtual racing is different to physical motorsport, but I don't do my job any differently because of it.

Even 'broadcaster' is better, but it makes you sound like the BBC. Is it more of an Americanism?

The only casters I know are used to move furniture around or a type of processed sugar.