Words, usages, and phrases that annoy the shit out of you...

xps alf m8 tisnt gold yere given a fella to work with yknow

Affirming a negative in a question - “Santa Claus isn’t real, right?”

Full stop.

^ both loathsome

I really can't stand when people do this? It's almost as if they don't have the confidence to state their opinions? It looks really precious and pathetic? I hate it?

in light of the Tlaib controversy I kind of want to stake out a middle ground and say that, while I think there is nothing offensive about cursing in politics, I find it very corny. The use of "motherfucker" in political settings has the feel of the valedictorian trying to be "bad."

Politicians are all very corny, it has been observed elsewhere on this borad recently.

Like it's not that people like Tlaib are contributing to the degeneration of the society, it's that they are actually so NOT doing that that it sound ridiculous when they call the president "motherfucker."

the amount someone makes described as "cool"

"makes a cool $10 million a year"

why is it cool

i mean yes money is cool but

especially when it's like "brings home a cool $10 million a year"

it's a relic. money used to be metal. thus, "cold, hard cash", too.

i did a thing

^ 100%

"performative"

lol i can see that but if you live on the internet and have strong opinions on what everyone should be doing then.... you're going to hear a lot of that word

soupçon

skosh is better than soupçon

bombshell allegations

Probably not the right thread for this but it seems no one is able to tell 'defuse' apart from' diffuse' anymore, including The Graun: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/21/native-american-mocked-by-students-i-saw-my-country-being-torn-apart

"Fulsome", when people use it as an intensified version of "full". What is frustrating is that there is no effective substitute to what people think "fulsome" means but it does not. "Comprehensive"? idk

xp unless it has since been corrected that appears to be correct use of “defuse,” no?

It has indeed been corrected.

Guardian keeping close tabs on thread

As it should be.

The situation probably was more diffused than defused.

chud kids
chud kids
chud
kids

"work" as aggrandisement of stuff you wanted to do that nobody asked you to do

lmao otm

I WAS TALKING ABOUT YOU

lol j/k thats not tru <3

I haven’t said that since i was an undergrad!!

hmm that means yr still on probation in my book tbh

Ratioed

"... said no one, ever"

thousandths

*chef kiss* and *checks notes*

i'm *checks notes* still on board with "*checks notes*"

"Let's link"

No

i have usually heard "link up" which is also horrible

it means "meet at some future date"

yeah, let's meet, let's exchange numbers, let's become friends. I thought I was posting that one into the void because this is the first time anyone has shared my dislike of "Let's link"

yeah, let's meet, let's exchange numbers, let's become friends. I thought I was posting that one into the void because this is the first time anyone has shared my dislike of "Let's link"

"Famously", as used by journalists when describing something not at all well-known, in which case it's condescending; or when describing something very well-known, in which case it's a get-out for the writer's laziness. In either case it's redundant.

i still like and use chefs kiss bc it still makes me think of a cartoon chef and thats still funny to me

Using "reboot" rather than "new adaptation of the original source." Dune isn't being "rebooted" any more than your local theater's staging of A Midsummer Night's Dream is rebooting Shakespeare.

_yeah, let's meet, let's exchange numbers, let's become friends. I thought I was posting that one into the void because this is the first time anyone has shared my dislike of "Let's link"_


Good god dislike doesn't do it justice. It shld be illegal.

"having a moment"

Every time I see 'booming' the Vengaboys take over.

clapback

when i read use of it in news articles it just feels like how do you do, fellow kids

"Colorway" which afaict exists only because "color scheme" is not cool enough for hypebeasts?

clapback

when i read use of it in news articles it just feels like how do you do, fellow kids

― meaulnes, Wednesday, February 6, 2019 7:59 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

clapback is especially egregious, not least because of the literal meaning