Kathleen in VA Posted August 28, 2011 Author Share Posted August 28, 2011 I've used or do use most of these....:leaving: Me, too. Even the ones on my list. I get on my own nerves!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted August 28, 2011 Author Share Posted August 28, 2011 "No, yeah" http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005523.html Now I'm even more sure I could get some federal grant money to study this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I know, right? makes me feel stabby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted August 28, 2011 Author Share Posted August 28, 2011 I know, right? makes me feel stabby. Stabby as in you want to stab someone or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakotajm Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 OK, no one has yet mentioned how preteens and teens are using literally to mean...not literally! I had one girl in my Sunday School class say "I literally died!" and I am blinking my eyes in incredulity because she, of course, is standing right in front of me very much alive.:confused::tongue_smilie: And it "drives me up a wall" (does that bother anyone?) when my sister says, "OK, hope that works for ya" if she believes it will not. Lakota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted August 28, 2011 Author Share Posted August 28, 2011 OK, no one has yet mentioned how preteens and teens are using literally to mean...not literally! I had one girl in my Sunday School class say "I literally died!" and I am blinking my eyes in incredulity because she, of course, is standing right in front of me very much alive.:confused::tongue_smilie:And it "drives me up a wall" (does that bother anyone?) when my sister says, "OK, hope that works for ya" if she believes it will not. Lakota My pastor once used literally to mean not literally - can't remember the context now. I almost fell out of the pew. Dh and I glanced at each other wide-eyed and smiled. I do give Pastor a little room for those kinds of mistakes, though, because it's easy to trip up like that when you're speaking for a long time. He really does know what the word means. as for "hope that works for ya" - I hear ya.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Let's table this for later (it is SHELVE!) Hmm, I thought this phrase came from Robert's Rules of Order where a topic can be tabled (deferred). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I have 2 teens so there is a lot of Epic Fail around here. The one that bugs me is "Really?" used in place of "I can't believe you just did/said that!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Hmm, I thought this phrase came from Robert's Rules of Order where a topic can be tabled (deferred). :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 "my bad" First of all, bad is NOT a noun people! My inclination (which I don't actually do:tongue_smilie:) is to snigger and say, "Your bad what?" As if this silly phrase didn't bother me enough, both boys went to camp this summer and started using it. And even worse than that, is if I hear something like this enough (I mean too much) then it creeps it's way into my head and wants to come out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorCalMom Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I have 2 teens so there is a lot of Epic Fail around here. The one that bugs me is "Really?" used in place of "I can't believe you just did/said that!" I'm guilty of using this quite often, and "Seriously?" follows close behind. :blush: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted August 28, 2011 Author Share Posted August 28, 2011 "my bad" First of all, bad is NOT a noun people! My inclination (which I don't actually do:tongue_smilie:) is to snigger and say, "Your bad what?" As if this silly phrase didn't bother me enough, both boys went to camp this summer and started using it. And even worse than that, is if I hear something like this enough (I mean too much) then it creeps it's way into my head and wants to come out. I think this is a very common phenomenon. I know it happens to me. Again, federal grant money needed here.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Business jargon grates on me. Like "I don't have bandwidth" used instead of "I do not have time for this project.". You are not an internet connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 (edited) Hmm, I thought this phrase came from Robert's Rules of Order where a topic can be tabled (deferred). I'm pretty certain it does. I remember this from FFA. ETA: I would table a discussion, or making a decision, but shelve an idea or project (I'm shelving my plans to re-do my family room until I'm done with the kitchen/dining area.). Edited August 28, 2011 by darlasowders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tricia Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Mine is, "I know, right?" I can't figure out why, but it bugs me. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I'm pretty certain it does. I remember this from FFA. It most certainly does. And shelve something means something way different than table. When you table something, you are coming back to it later most often. The connotation with shelving something is that you are done with it, it is being forgotten at least for the foreseeable future. It is "off the table".:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted August 28, 2011 Author Share Posted August 28, 2011 Just went to plug in the hair straightener and had to unplug dh's bluetooth. I said I hoped it was charged because I needed the plug. He then replied, "Me, too. That's what I'm talkin' about.":willy_nilly: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tricia Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I'm guilty of using this quite often, and "Seriously?" follows close behind. :blush: Oh my, I am guilty of this too. With 12 kids, and seeing sometimes the things they do all I can think of to say is, "Seriously?" or, "Are you for real, tell me you didn't just do that." Again, having older kids in the house I think some of this rubs off on me! But the one that I cannot tolerate is, DUH!! My kids don't even try that one!:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athena1277 Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Here's mine: prolly. It makes people sound so lazy. Why is it so much harder to write/say "probably"? Every time I hear it, it's like nails across a chalkboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatCyndiGirl Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 (edited) "What does that LOOK LIKE?" as in "Non-physical punishment. Can you tell me what that looks like?" "Can you tell me what unschooling looks like?" AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! I was at a homeschooling seminar a couple of years ago (never went back) and apparently the word "paraclete" was VERY popular. "God wants to paraclete with you......you need to paraclete with your kids.....you need to paraclete, I need to paraclete, he/she/it needs to paraclete". I kept saying, "is this the new Christian buzzword?!" Count me as a hater for the aforementioned: Literally when used incorrectly. (someone said on TV recently that they made so many of something that "we literally had them coming out of our ears". DD and I just stared in disbelief! "pick your brain" about something. Eww and EWWWW! "Shoot me an email". Edited August 28, 2011 by ThatCyndiGirl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Peach Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I really cannot stand when people say "Not to be rude, but..." or "Not to be mean, but..." :glare: As to the other phrases mentioned, I say a lot of them. :leaving: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmel Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I've noticed a few words and phrases that seem to be overused any more and I was just wondering if anyone else out there found them grating as well. Unpack - as in "Let me unpack this idea for you." Cobble together - as in "I cobbled together a history program." carve out - as in "be sure to carve out some mommy time" or some other such thing. I don't know why - when I first read these I thought they were nifty ways of putting things, but now they just grate. Perhaps it is the overuse. Perhaps it is the feeling I get that the user is trying to be trendy - trying to appear to be on the cutting edge when, in fact, these words/phrases have been around for several years now. Maybe I'm just grouchy because I stayed up all night listening to rain and wind wondering when the power was going to go out (which it never did, thankfully). Which, of course, begs the question, "Why be grouchy then?":D Awesome and Amazing. Everything is now awesome or amazing. How do we now describe something that really is awesome or amazing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsbeth Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 "Seriously" comes out of my teens' mouths way too often. Lately, when I counter with an irritated stare, they come back with, "No. Really. Seriously?!?" *grrrr* Also, as a transplanted northerner, a few southern expressions make me chuckle. "might could" as in "I might could do that." Also the phrase usually used when someone mentions depressing news or a set back, "Oh, I hate that for you." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splinter Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 The one that's been bugging me lately (probably because my 9 year old says it at least 10 times a day) is when people use the word "literally" and don't actually mean "literally." For instance, my son told me that his friend "literally has a million pokemon cards." :001_rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWife Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 OK, no one has yet mentioned how preteens and teens are using literally to mean...not literally! I had one girl in my Sunday School class say "I literally died!" and I am blinking my eyes in incredulity because she, of course, is standing right in front of me very much alive Yes, this is mine, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debbi in Texas Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 "on so many levels". As in "That is just wrong on so many levels." Really bugs me, but I don't know why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujsky Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 "My bad." I HATE that! My bad what? Attitude? Body odor? Attention span? What? What is bad because you can't just leave it hanging there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissKNG Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 "cool beans" "shake your booty" "like" (ie. "he like wants to like go to like the movies") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Flesh out. ::shudder:: Hubby. ::shudder:: 'puter. ::shudder:: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 We've changed "Are you serious?" to "Are you serial?" just to change things up a bit. (Oh, no! - change things up grates me too.):D I do that, too, except in my head I'm seeing "cereal." :lol: But "change things up" is slightly irritating.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoxcell Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I was at a homeschooling seminar a couple of years ago (never went back) and apparently the word "paraclete" was VERY popular. "God wants to paraclete with you......you need to paraclete with your kids.....you need to paraclete, I need to paraclete, he/she/it needs to paraclete". I kept saying, "is this the new Christian buzzword?!" I have never heard that word before in my life.:confused: In fact I had no idea what it meant until I just now searched for it online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mothergooseof4 Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 "Really?" is the new one that slightly bothers me and yes, I have caught myself saying it. The one that has grated on my nerves more than any and always has from the very first time I ever heard it is, "my bad." I can't stand that for some reason. I have had professional people use it in conversations when I have been handling business and I think it sounds so unprofessional and even uneducated. My kids know not to say it! And, I have never said it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cani e porci Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 (edited) My biggies are: at the end of the day in a heartbeat it is what it is not so much I mean (DH starts most sentences with that and interrupts each sentence at least once with "like") When people say or write "think" to to tell me what I should be thinking (think pure white-hot loathing). I can't believe I just wrote an example of that. :tongue_smilie: Edited August 28, 2011 by cani e porci Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 "My bad." I HATE that! My bad what? Attitude? Body odor? Attention span? What? What is bad because you can't just leave it hanging there. That's the only one that really bothers me. I cringe when I hear it. My teenager could not have a conversation without the aforementioned epic, fail, seriously?, random, and literally that doesn't actually mean literally. None of it bugs me. I'm just glad he never says, "my bad". :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookfiend Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Ditto: It is what it is. and: It's all good. No, usually it is not all good, and that is why we are having a discussion! Both of these phrases are typically used to end a conversation without resolution, and they just irk me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I was at a homeschooling seminar a couple of years ago (never went back) and apparently the word "paraclete" was VERY popular. "God wants to paraclete with you......you need to paraclete with your kids.....you need to paraclete, I need to paraclete, he/she/it needs to paraclete". I kept saying, "is this the new Christian buzzword?!" . That doesn't even make good walking around sense. Another that bugs me is "own it" As in owning one's emotions or problems or other inanimate objects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa B Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 stupid That was stupid funny. They are stupid rich. also, LOL As in people actually responding, in person, to someone by saying "LOL." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 It most certainly does. And shelve something means something way different than table. When you table something, you are coming back to it later most often. The connotation with shelving something is that you are done with it, it is being forgotten at least for the foreseeable future. It is "off the table".:001_smile: Which might actually be the case with my family room project. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Awesome and Amazing. Everything is now awesome or amazing. How do we now describe something that really is awesome or amazing? Epic. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Can you dig it? Dy-no-mite! Wait... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 (edited) That's the cat's pajamas! Holy Atomic Pile, Batman! Have a nice day! The internets To be or not to be (STFU already, Bill! We know!) Without these, how do I know where I am and where I've come from? None of these phrases bother me, however. :) LOL Edited August 29, 2011 by LibraryLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alicia64 Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 (edited) I haven't read every page, but I hear over used, trendy ways of talking and it grates: It is what it is. . . At the end of the day. . . And the latest thing I hear a lot. Let's say I ask, "do you have your car keys?" "I do." Instead of whatever we used to say like, "yes, I do" or "I have them" or whatever. I hear, "I do" a lot lately. I would say that yes, "cobble together" bugs me, but I hadn't thought about it until now. And this "random" thing is entirely new to me. Why are the teens saying this? Is it like "rad" used to be?? I have to add one more! It's become fashionable for room designers (on TV -- I'm not lucky enough to see one IRL) to say, for example that the wall "really pops" because of the color or whatever. The "pops" thing is getting on my nerves. Alley Edited August 28, 2011 by Alicia64 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Fairy Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Obsessed. As in, "I'm just obsessed with this lip gloss right now." And a few sentences later, "I'm obsessed with side buns. It's all I want to do with my hair lately." And again, "I'm like, totally obsessed with big earrings." I don't know if this is local, or if teens everywhere say it, but I'm obsessed with this trend coming to an end very soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justasque Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 "One of the only." As in, "Smith Park is one of the only parks in the city to have a fountain." I see/hear this on the news all.the.time from people who should know better. DO THE RESEARCH!!! Either it is "THE ONLY", or it is "one of the few". If you don't know which, then change the wording to avoid quantifying it. :rant: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.MacGyver Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Obsessed. As in, "I'm just obsessed with this lip gloss right now." And a few sentences later, "I'm obsessed with side buns. It's all I want to do with my hair lately." And again, "I'm like, totally obsessed with big earrings." I don't know if this is local, or if teens everywhere say it, but I'm obsessed with this trend coming to an end very soon. No, you are not alone... we are hearing this quite a bit up here, and yes, it is annoying. I just have to add: - "That's FABULOUS!" - apparently everything is fabulous lately:glare: - and I have started hearing the word "BUFF" again... as in, "That guy is totally buff!" or, "He works out all the time. That's why he is so buff and hot." (actual sentence out of a teen's mouth). ewwww.... I thought we got rid of that word a long time ago. Now my kids have started saying it - WHY????????? It is so annoying!!!! - "On account of the fact that......" again, ewwww... Seriously :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indigomama Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 "oh snap" - what does that mean. Stop saying it, just stop people! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I have to add one more! It's become fashionable for room designers (on TV -- I'm not lucky enough to see one IRL) to say, for example that the wall "really pops" because of the color or whatever. The "pops" thing is getting on my nerves. Alley :iagree: One of the most overused words today on TV design shows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeBookBread Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 In reference to something that is really fantastic, "That's made of win!" "SRSLY" when used outside of texting; for example on a message board. I understand the usefulness of contractions while texting, but really now, how hard it is to type a full word? "That's golden." Again, in reference to something really fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FO4UR Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 This. "This." is not a sentence. What about "This."? ...and why not just :iagree: My 8yo says, "literally." Literally, he says it all the time. Oh, and the dot.between.every.single.word. (Literally, I think that one is more cute than annoying...but I digress...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgo95 Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 (edited) :D Funny, ladies... Here are a few: No offense, but.....:glare: (typically followed by something offensive!) Let's table this for later (it is SHELVE!) I agree with the first, but for the second item, I think it refers to a parliamentary procedure where a pending question is "tabled"--I think it means to set it aside with the option to take it up in another session. ETA: Sorry, I missed that other posters already saw this... This is probably just me, but I can't stand the word "modernity". I heard it endlessly in college classes and can't stand it anymore. Ugh! Edited August 29, 2011 by sgo95 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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