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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2015 2:33:10 GMT
I hate that everything is a "hack" now. What happened to hints or shortcuts or good ideas or ... Also not a fan of the term kidlets. And I have noticed on the early morning newscasts on our local NBC channel, the anchors talk like they are visiting with you in person. Example: "Hey guys, you have to come and watch this next story..." or "Okay, you guys, this next story is really gonna make you smile..." I guess I still expect some semblance of professionalism from news anchors. Yeah, didn't Hack used to mean it was changed into something else? I saw an "egg hack" this week, with video. The presenter did five minutes using mason jar lid as frames to cook an egg in a round shape. Maybe I'm alone but I'd swear my grandmother mentioned doing that in a pinch, or home ec. I hate chummy anchors too, stop chatting and give me the news! I hack at things all the time. I hack away at a piece of meat. I am not a hack and can't do this or that. I am good at whatever. I am not hacking into a system to get information. This new word "hack" to meaning short cut or secret way to do something is what I consider a HACK of the English language. dictionary.reference.com/browse/hack?s=t see 'To damage or injure by crude, harsh, or insensitive treatment; mutilate; mangle. The editor hacked the story to bits.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Jul 22, 2015 2:49:03 GMT
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Post by Sweet Dreamer on Jul 22, 2015 3:02:00 GMT
I absolutely cannot stand it when I am told "No problem," especially when I have just thanked someone for whatever they did for me. Unfortunately, younger restaurant personnel would be the ones to use that phrase the most often. I have started thanking those who actually replied with "Your're welcome." I usually get their name and contact their manager to let them know that I appreciated their courtesy.THAT'S how important it is to me.
And, there is one more. I cannot abide being referred to as "you guys." We will be interviewing real estate agents shortly. I will make it very clear that I do not appreciate that phrase. First time I hear it, that person will not be getting the listing.
Stepping down from my cranky old lady soapbox.
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Post by peano on Jul 22, 2015 3:14:42 GMT
Vacay. You're an adult and can say vacation. Rainbow bridge. Animals don't have souls. What the.... Especially from kids! Oh my God. God's name used as an exclamation is equivalent to using it in vain. You aren't talking to Him in this instance. I seen. Correct grammar, please. Oh my God! How the hell do you know whether or not animals have souls?
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Post by darkchami on Jul 22, 2015 3:18:15 GMT
All of the overly trendy made up words: prolly, sammies preggers, totes, adorbs, nom nom, etc. At work the current catch phrase is "we need to socialize this". That one drives me crazy too. Let's just share it and get feedback. If "prolly" is trendy, then I started that trend 21 years ago. In my defense, I was young and chatting on IRC.
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Post by scrappinmom3 on Jul 22, 2015 3:23:46 GMT
Kiddos. Don't know why, it just bugs me.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2015 3:48:47 GMT
"bucket list" "first world problem" and the recent trend I'm seeing everywhere of misusing "myself." "Myself and Bob would like to welcome you." "Myself and Jane went to the store."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2015 4:05:09 GMT
I hate 'it is what it is' because, like Sharla, I think it's such a pointless statement. well- duh; what else would it be? what do you MEAN by that??
Maybe it's the new c'est la vie? Or que sera sera?
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Post by worrywart on Jul 22, 2015 4:11:12 GMT
I don't like the term 'bae' as in "here's a pic of me and my bae" (think it means baby and may be a new regional thing)
Also, on Masterchef they say "we want to see YOU on a plate" lol..that is just weird, stop it Gordon.
I actually think my dog does have a soul...so much personality, not sure how that could be without a soul!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2015 4:11:28 GMT
"My bad" - completely avoids actually making an apology. Yes! Stop it, just stop it.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Jul 22, 2015 4:11:35 GMT
haha-- I see what you did, there, @mytnice... que sera sera sounds so much better! (when sung by Doris Day...) lol!
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Post by doesitmatter on Jul 22, 2015 4:26:35 GMT
I think all of mine have been listed! Quite a comphrensive list!
Now I have to wonder if I used anyone's pet peeve in my post!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2015 4:26:57 GMT
Business speak always drives me batty. As a business owner, I hear it a lot and I can't stand it "this will put my business on the map!" "this will take my business to the next level!" It does feel good to vent out these...I'm not allowed to watch the news anymore with my husband because I yell at the TV every time an anchor or reporter pronounces a word incorrectly or uses some kind of popular slang or term. They are there to report the news, not be hip and trendy. And, for God's sake, say words correctly! Yes! I hear people pronounce words with a D in them with a T sound in place of the D sound. (as in bread and butter, becomes breat and butter) I've been noticing it a lot lately. Then I heard Hillary Clinton do it the other day, with a word and it just grated on my last nerve because I know she doesn't talk that way, it was more like she was copying someone.
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Post by doesitmatter on Jul 22, 2015 4:28:38 GMT
I forgot to add that my sons (19 and 21) say some of this stuff at home to bug each other not the grammar issues but some of the ridiculous made up words. However, if someone said "nom nom" I would smack him. I have never heard that in real life, only here and I am thankful for that.
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Post by chendra on Jul 22, 2015 4:41:45 GMT
"It's all good". I don't know why it bugs me so much, but it may be because I have coworkers who use it in a dismissive way, like "whatever".
I have also been noticing the use of "sort of" in a nonsensical way, especially in interviews, for instance: "Do you sort of like to go on long walks after a hard day at work?" or "Do you sort of find that home grown tomatoes are better than store-bought ones?" Odd and pointless.
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Post by Why on Jul 22, 2015 5:49:04 GMT
Buggy Supper I seen They just sound so horrible to my ears. I picture a poor, barefoot, clothed in rags, 90 year old woman in the middle of the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression. It's 2015. We don't talk like that anymore! I very, very rarely hear them in person, thankfully. Ok I agree with you on "I seen", that is just poor grammar but what the heck is wrong with buggy and supper?
Baby buggy - I know it is also called a pram in England but I have seldom heard it called that here. Buggy for a shopping cart would sound strange to me.
I don't use supper very often but to me it is the same as dinner. I do hear it in reference to church suppers or even 'underground supper clubs'.
The depression was long over when I was born but my parents lived it and used buggy and supper/dinner. I didn't realize using these words would hurt someone's ears.
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Post by holly on Jul 22, 2015 6:01:34 GMT
Welp is one that bugs me for no known reason. Seems like you could just as easily say well. Everytime I see it I picture some old grandpa type in overalls saying "welp, in my day..."
"I seen" grates on me too. There are others but I can't think of them at the moment. Oh yeah "nom nom" never saw the appeal there either.
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Post by eversograceful1 on Jul 22, 2015 6:17:36 GMT
Nummy! My mom says it all the time instead of yummy. Drives me crazy!
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Post by gar on Jul 22, 2015 7:19:17 GMT
Vacay. You're an adult and can say vacation. Rainbow bridge. Animals don't have souls. What the.... Especially from kids! Oh my God. God's name used as an exclamation is equivalent to using it in vain. You aren't talking to Him in this instance. I seen. Correct grammar, please. Not everyone believes in god.
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Post by airforcemomof1 on Jul 22, 2015 9:04:48 GMT
No problem.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Jul 22, 2015 11:14:58 GMT
Here's two others:
- Why do adult women claim to be "rocking" everything now? You are not rocking the dress; you are simply wearing it well.
- "I got my hairs did." Who in the world ever started that and why? It sounds so stupid.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2015 11:40:51 GMT
I'm not a fan of that either, it sounds somehow conceited.
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Post by gar on Jul 22, 2015 11:41:05 GMT
Here's two others: - Why do adult women claim to be "rocking" everything now? You are not rocking the dress; you are simply wearing it well. - "I got my hairs did." Who in the world ever started that and why? It sounds so stupid. Ouch!! I'm glad I haven't actually heard that one!!!
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Post by beanbuddymom on Jul 22, 2015 11:51:15 GMT
It annoys me when people start almost every sentence with the word "so." I hear this all the time now when people are being interviewed on the radio or television. The interviewer asks "What inspired you to write this book about the history of the Grand Canyon? The interviewee responds, "So when I was ten, my grandparents took me to the Grand Canyon. . . . " It seems to me "so" is the new "you know." It's something that people say when they are nervous. It has no meaning and doesn't add anything to the conversation. Oh yes! I occasionally transcribe interviews and have to take out the ums and ahs and you knows and also the leading So at the beginning and it's unreal how many of those I have to edit.
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Post by Rainbow on Jul 22, 2015 12:29:29 GMT
Yes, after she died and I couldn't bury her nor afford cremation. Now what does that have to do with the discussion about souls? Just seems like a horrible way to deal with a pet especially if you feel they have souls. It was horrible, but my choices were limited at that time.
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Post by femalebusiness on Jul 22, 2015 14:14:25 GMT
When a couple says WE are pregnant. I'd like to wave a magic wand and make that man puke his guts up every day for nine months and then shit a watermelon. Then he could say he is pregnant.
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Jul 22, 2015 14:20:27 GMT
kardashian / Jenner / Dugger anything.
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Jul 22, 2015 14:25:21 GMT
"Everything happens for a reason" and "God doesn't give you more than you can handle" Oh....I hate those 2 sayings. I feel like most people say it because they just don't know what to say. Ridonculous. My sister uses it all the time and I just want to yell at her "USE REAL WORDS!!!!". Ugh.
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Post by cyndijane on Jul 22, 2015 14:45:25 GMT
Vacay. You're an adult and can say vacation. Rainbow bridge. Animals don't have souls. What the.... Especially from kids! Oh my God. God's name used as an exclamation is equivalent to using it in vain. You aren't talking to Him in this instance. I seen. Correct grammar, please. Not everyone believes in god. Absolutely true. And that may not be a phrase that bothers you.
But for those of us who do, it's hard to hear- especially over and over and over again. I would even say, offensive. While I don't personally address it most of the time, there have been times in my life when I've respectfully brought it to the attention of the speaker and politely asked them to use a different phrase. Usually it's someone I'm going to interact with frequently. I've never had anyone upset at me for asking, granted, it's been awhile.
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Post by gar on Jul 22, 2015 16:59:54 GMT
Not everyone believes in god. Absolutely true. And that may not be a phrase that bothers you.
But for those of us who do, it's hard to hear- especially over and over and over again. I would even say, offensive. While I don't personally address it most of the time, there have been times in my life when I've respectfully brought it to the attention of the speaker and politely asked them to use a different phrase. Usually it's someone I'm going to interact with frequently. I've never had anyone upset at me for asking, granted, it's been awhile.
I can understand that. It's highly unlikely since religion is simply not a part of the every day life of anyone I know, but, if someone asked me not to say it (or other similar words) I'd probably struggle because the word has no significant meaning to me at all and is part of my every day language. But I would try if you were someone I was close to. Do you think most of the people who say it in that way don't believe either, or don't mind taking his name in vain?
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