Pet-Peeve Words

Originally posted by muppyman
and blatant mis-quotes like "music soothes a savage beast" instead of "music hath charms to soothe the savage breast"or "clothes make the man" for "the apparel oft proclaims the man"

One i dont like is "if i might just add".
NO! You may not!

Originally posted by mlprior
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Originally posted by lordhighgus
One i dont like is "if i might just add".
NO! You may not!

exemplarary
speciality
irregardless
nucular

so - as in "I'm so over you!"

like - unless you're talking about a feeling that you have, which isn't love.

basically

sucks, rocks, rules and other teenage-speak - I can't be bothered, there's just too many of them

at the end of the day
at this point in time
the fact of the matter is
the reality is
the bottom line is
going forward

I could keep this up forever, it's like trying to hold back the Red Sea ....

oh Hell no

toilet
actually
disrespect (verb)
like (... and I was, like, "Oh my God!" &c.)
frankly

literally

I hate the way people say blah blah blah - "enjoy"

It should be "enjoy it".

Also "do the math" 😠


Those two make me cringe; there are loads more though.

hey, what's wrong with toilet? I've never heard it misused ...

what have you done for me lately?

I hate it when people say
- "fortuitously" when they mean "fortunately", and
- "literally" when they mean "figuratively".

I also don't like "toilet".

Originally posted by MissOleum
hey, what's wrong with toilet? I've never heard it misused ...

Originally posted by Mimor
Any business speak. At all.

When I go into meetings now, I keep a tally on my notepad for the following words and phrases: "giggle test", "sanity check", "noise level" and "alignment".