Totally frivolous poll: What do you think about the slang word "anyhoo"?

[praisefor3]

A lot of people say it. A lot of people are completely annoyed by it. How about you?

[Mrs_JWM]

OMGosh, other person who said it grtes on your nerves - I LOVE YOU!!! :D

[Carpe]

I'm trying to stop saying this. I don't even know where I picked it up. So I always say "anywho... it's malignant." which was a line in a New Yorker cartoon. It doesn't bother me though if other people say it.

[Parrothead]

I absolutely positively despise with a passion when people mangle words thinking they are being funny, cute or cool.

[abbeyej]

The only person I know who says this is my MIL and it makes my hair stand on end.

[Guest momk2000]

OMGosh, other person who said it grtes on your nerves - I LOVE YOU!!! :D

 

:iagree:

[Orthodox6]

Right down there with "woo-hoo".

[Mrs_JWM]

Wow - we are militant about this! :lol:

[Belacqua]

Sets my teeth on edge.

[Firefly]

Mildly annoying, so I didn't vote. 1000 times worse for me is "hubby".... gah! I hate that word. Try avoiding THAT one on the internet. :tongue_smilie:

[dangermom]

I kind of like it, though in limited quantities.

[Zuzu822]

1000 times worse for me is "hubby".... gah! I hate that word. Try avoiding THAT one on the internet. :tongue_smilie:

 

:iagree:

[snickelfritz]

After hearing teenagers use the "f" word in the chip aisle and hearing the person in the bathroom tell my dd and I to " Come back, I'm taking a cr@p,".......... Things like this just don't register on my radar.

[JudoMom]

Mildly annoying, so I didn't vote. 1000 times worse for me is "hubby".... gah! I hate that word. Try avoiding THAT one on the internet. :tongue_smilie:

 

:iagree: (though it does grate on my nerves so I voted)

 

and 'puter. ::shudder::

[KnitWit]

Well, my Grandmother said it. She died when I was 9, so it reminds me of her and I like it. She also said "Yoo Hoo!" when she was calling me. ...noticing a pattern with her... :lol:

[tex-mex]

I love it with the kid from My Wife and Kids says it... great comic timing!

 

And I have to confess I love tweaking with some folks whom I know are a bit uptight... and use it to mess with their heads. HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ;)

[LaxMom]

I absolutely positively despise with a passion when people mangle words thinking they are being funny, cute or cool.

 

I find you to be pompous, judgmental, and completely self-absorbed. Would you be my friend?

:D

[Parrothead]

I love it with the kid from My Wife and Kids says it... great comic timing!

 

And I have to confess I love tweaking with some folks whom I know are a bit uptight... and use it to mess with their heads. HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ;)

See, I knew you were doing it to just mess with me. Not cool.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:lol::lol:

[Parrothead]

I find you to be pompous, judgmental, and completely self-absorbed. Would you be my friend?

:D

Hey, I resemble that remark!

 

 

 

 

 

 

:lol::lol:

 

Y'all stop messing with me when I'm doped up.

[Daisy]

I've never heard anyone in real life use it.

[tex-mex]

See, I knew you were doing it to just mess with me. Not cool.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:lol::lol:

Heheheheheeee... :w00t: I do confess I can be a stinker. ;)

[LauraGB]

Other. :)

 

It grates on my nerves AND I say it all the time :001_huh:.

 

However, it must be spelled with a "w" (anywho, people, anywho). Absolutely. Must. Be.

 

:D

[sunshine_librarian]

I use it, but only in e-mail when I find I have wandered a bit off topic. And I spell it "anywho," not "anyhoo." I don't think I know anyone who actually says it out loud, so maybe that would be annoying. :001_smile:

[pamela&claire]

My mom says it and my 12 year old nephew says it. When my mom says I cringe but when my nephew says it I laugh. It sounds funny coming from a 12 year old boy.

I can't say it, it won't come out of my mouth. Can't say hubby either.

[JessReplanted]

I don't have any friends who actually use that word.

[LidiyaDawn]

I've said it, I'm sure, although it's not a word that I commonly use… doesn't bother me at all when other people use it.

[Dandelion]

I'm ok with it in small doses... ;)

[lollie010]

I have never known anyone in real life who uses it. But, it would probably get on my nerves. Now that it has been brought to my attention it will probably always be in my mind slipping out at inappropriate times. Thanks.:lol:

[*~Tina~*]

However, it must be spelled with a "w" (anywho, people, anywho). Absolutely. Must. Be.

 

:D

 

:iagree:spelling definitely matters :lol:

 

Plus, I'm guilty of this obviously very annoying habit - though only in email - so please forgive me and beemerciful :D

 

Much more irritating to me are words like ginormous, fantabulous, freakin', substantialicious (actually saw this one on a Snicker Bar wrapper today!) - you know basically any created combo-word or curse word substitute that sounds well...stupidonkulous :lol:

 

Anywho...off to bed :smilielol5:

[usetoschool]

I have heard of the word but have never heard anyone actually say it, but didn't think it would bother me and answered the poll that way. Within an hour of answering the poll a cousin called and when there was a lull in the conversation she used that word. I almost starting laughing but she wouldn't have understood so I bit down hard on my tongue. She kind of drug it out to fill the space - so, annnyyhoooo...yeh, that's my story anyway.

[happyWImom]

For some reason, I cannot use slang. It just does not roll off of my tongue. You will never hear me say "You go girl", "My bad", or "That's sick". (sick meaning cool, of course)

 

I'm not bothered when someone says "You go girl", I find it sort of cute, but the 2 others, especially "sick" drive me crazy!

[AnthemLights]

:iagree:spelling definitely matters

 

Plus, I'm guilty of this obviously very annoying habit - though only in email - so please forgive me and beemerciful

 

Much more irritating to me are words like ginormous, fantabulous, freakin', substantialicious (actually saw this one on a Snicker Bar wrapper today!) - you know basically any created combo-word or curse word substitute that sounds well...stupidonkulous

 

Anywho...off to bed :smilielol5:

 

 

:lol::lol::iagree: Ugh, I hate made up words like that. Or mangled words....funny you should mention ginormous because that's my ds8 favorite word. The other day I called him on it and he insisted it was a real word. He was quite shocked to find out it wasn't. :D

 

To the OP......never heard of "anywho" before, but maybe I just wasn't paying attention :001_huh:

[LaxMom]

You should tell him "ginormous" is a stupidonkulous word and he shouldn't use it.

 

Stupidonkulous is now my new favorite word. I will be wedging it into just about every sentence, whether it works or not.

[angela in ohio]

It must be a regional thing, because I've never heard anyone say it IRL, just on TV.

[StaceyinLA]

I use the word every chance I get. It annoys the hubby. :tongue_smilie:

[sassyscrapperinid]

yep- absolutely hate it!!

[Sputterduck]

I say it. But I spell it anywho. You know, like a mixed up anyhow.

[Sputterduck]

You should tell him "ginormous" is a stupidonkulous word and he shouldn't use it.

 

Stupidonkulous is now my new favorite word. I will be wedging it into just about every sentence, whether it works or not.

 

*gasp* A new word for me! :lol:

[Rosie_0801]

Mildly annoying, so I didn't vote. 1000 times worse for me is "hubby".... gah! I hate that word. Try avoiding THAT one on the internet. :tongue_smilie:

 

Ahh. Dialect differences. That's a legitimate word in Australian English. :)

 

I can deal with word mangling like "anyhoo" if used occasionally. If used so frequently I get to thinking the speaker thinks it is a real word, I will get annoyed. I think I even use it occasionally to show I'm being blase.

 

 

Rosie- wondering if she's the only offender who uses the "h" word on this forum...

Edited June 27, 2011 by Rosie_0801

[Carpe]

Rosie- wondering if she's the only offender who uses the "h" word on this forum...

 

I doubt you are. Just in case, I've been known to call mine hubalicious, which by the sounds of it would ruffle a few feathers and will make them all forget about you :)

 

I also sometimes call him manster. Half man, half monster... he's manster! Some of the noises he makes in his sleep could only come from some beast. :lol:

[Rosie_0801]

I doubt you are. Just in case, I've been known to call mine hubalicious, which by the sounds of it would ruffle a few feathers and will make them all forget about you :)

 

I also sometimes call him manster. Half man, half monster... he's manster! Some of the noises he makes in his sleep could only come from some beast. :lol:

 

 

Urgh! That those are so bad I think I've been wiped from my own mind!

 

 

:lol:

Rosie

[Carpe]

Urgh! That those are so bad I think I've been wiped from my own mind!

 

 

:lol:

Rosie

 

Glad to help!

[mamato3 all-boy boys]

My own mother says it, and I have to bite my tongue to not say anything about it. She adopted it about 10 years ago.

[Firefly]

I doubt you are. Just in case, I've been known to call mine hubalicious, which by the sounds of it would ruffle a few feathers and will make them all forget about you :)

 

Hubalicious! :lol: Now that is funny! And Rosie, no, you certainly are NOT the only one; I was actually shocked that a couple of people agreed with me in this thread. I thought I was the only one who it bothered! It's everywhere out there in internet land. Just a silly pet peeve of mine. I'm sure there are plenty of words I use that drive others batty. Like hubalicious. That's my new favorite... :D

[MelanieM]

Not a fan, but only find it mildly annoying... and I'm sure I've said it myself on occasion.

 

I am also a non-fan of hubby, 'puter (what's with that? it takes more work then typing out computer!) and prolly (which makes me want to stomp my feet and pull out my hair).

[Belacqua]

So uplifting it is to learn that other people hate "ginormous" and "fantabulous." You truly are my sisters.

 

My college roommate broke off an engagement because her fiance refused to stop saying "coinkidink" (rather than "coincidence," for those of you fortunate enough not to have heard that particular horror). There were other problems with the relationship, but she insists it ultimately came down to coinkidink.

[Trish]

It has a definitely nerdy ring to it. It's like driving up to the conversation in a wood-paneled station wagon.

 

:D

[Hannah C.]

Doesn't bother me - though, I always spell it "anyWHO." :D

[I.Dup.]

I don't find it quite as obnoxious written out online, but think it's the dorkiest thing ever when I hear it spoken out loud. :glare:

[I.Dup.]

It has a definitely nerdy ring to it. It's like driving up to the conversation in a wood-paneled station wagon.

 

:D

 

...wearing a long jean skirt LOL