Do you just hate certain words?

[Snapdragon]

In the professional world, 'reached out to' when you mean called/emailed/telephoned. Good Lord, it sounds so pretentious and phony!

We had to use that in my last customer service phone center job. I hated it and avoided it whenever I could.

 

[Ballstater98]

When "the" is stuck on the name of a business, and/or an "s" is added or deleted. I.e. The Walmart, Kings Islands, The Pizza Kings, Meijers, Papa John, etc.

 

[Brad69]

I truly like “artisan” in fact I think most people from INGO are artisans in their own way it helps if you attempt to “reach out to them” on the interwebs and many can be found in the Wal MartS!

 

[Snapdragon]

When "the" is stuck on the name of a business, and/or an "s" is added or deleted. I.e. The Walmart, Kings Islands, The Pizza Kings, Meijers, Papa John, etc.

I have an aunt who does all her shopping at "Walmart's".

 

[mmpsteve]

'Raising revenue', when they really mean 'gonna bend you over, then steel your ****'
Basturds!!

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[Thor]

Along that line we have a local schemer who gives briefings and says 'let's talk about opportunities' when he is just talking about legal ways to raise everyone's taxes.

Over used word 'paradigm' annoys; as does the phrase 'moving forward'. Both are used to make a person sound more intelligent than they tend to be but the last is also used to make it sound like they have a plan when they most likely do not. Pretentious babble.

Also, 'Certificate of Authenticity'...yeah, right...not worth the paper it was printed on.

 

[Kutnupe14]

Let's see, I hate when people say instead of going to the "movies" they say "the show." It's not 1930.

 

[Chr15topher]

I can’t stand when someone says “G** damn”.


edit: My wife says “bulth” instead of “both”... that’s pretty high on the list as well, but not as bad as g.d.

 

[Indyhd]

“Let me play Devil’s advocate”
I had a supervisor who would say that and then come up with off the wall scenarios to make a point. I started to respond with, “I don’t play “What If” Games”

Another guy would always start a question with “Can’t you just...”
Ever since then I have realized that every time I heard that the person had no idea what they were talking about.

 

[Ballstater98]

I have an aunt who does all her shopping at "Walmart's".

Just heard a guy saying they made a holiday reservation at THE Holiday Inns.

 

[Indyhd]

Was it Donnie Baker ?

 

[amboy49]

When "the" is stuck on the name of a business, and/or an "s" is added or deleted. I.e. The Walmart, Kings Islands, The Pizza Kings, Meijers, Papa John, etc.

Maybe the same should apply to “THE wife” or “THE boy (or girl)”. The proper comment should be “MY wife or MY son (or daughter).” Unless it’s thought to be correct to refer to a relative in the third person. It implies the relative is chattel owned by the person making the comment.

 

[hoosierdaddy1976]

'Raising revenue', when they really mean 'gonna bend you over, then steel your ****'
Basturds!!

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Do you prefer to have your **** siliconed?

 

[mmpsteve]

Let's see, I hate when people say instead of going to the "movies" they say "the show." It's not 1930.

At the one-screen theatre in my folks town down south, it's definitely THE SHOW, as opposed to movie(s) plural. And about misuse of words down south, My dear uncle used to make "Mint Juleps" with just one ingredient, plus ice. Even Wild Turkey, over ice, became a mint julep. 'course he died of liver failure, but

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[Ballstater98]

Was it Donnie Baker ?

No, he's down with Tommy John's on both knees.

 

[BugI02]

When "the" is stuck on the name of a business, and/or an "s" is added or deleted. I.e. The Walmart, Kings Islands, The Pizza Kings, Meijers, Papa John, etc.

It is perfectly acceptable in southern California to speak of a freeway in that manner, as in "The PCH kept showing me The 5, but there were no on ramps"

 

[Expat]

"Daisy Dukes" because most of the people wearing them don't look like I remember Daisy Duke...

 

[edporch]

When somebody tells me "I could care less", I often say "Then maybe you should. It won't bother you so much!" LOL :-)

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Just heard a guy saying they made a holiday reservation at THE Holiday Inns.

What if he made a reservation at each and every one of them?

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Using "of" instead of "have" bothers me. As in, "should of", "could of", "would of".