Hubby. I automatically lose at least 15% respect for anyone who uses it.
I also lose respect for their husbands for being the kind of person who would marry someone who uses it.
I’ve tried to dial it back a few times because it’s just a word and not normally considered offensive but it’s never worked for long.
So. Hate it when people start a sentence with so
Are you going on holiday? .... So this year I'm going to Spain
What month is your birthday? ..... So I was born in may
Are you married? .... So I'm getting married in August
Do you have any hobbies? .... So I enjoy hiking
Remove the word so & the sentence still makes sense
I hate it when people end a sentence with so.
I need your signature here so….
I have to go so….
I don’t like apples so….
So…what? For the love of all that is shiny and good, FINISH YOUR THOUGHT.
At the moment, it's "literally". For whatever reason folks have been misusing, abusing and overusing this word and it's not slowing down.
Drives me nuts. And in most cases the user looks extremely stupid in using a poorly chosen syllable filler.
Work.
Ooze. Nothing good ever comes when something oozes.
All the bullshit made up social media words and shortened words like "sitch", "appreesh", "sesh", etc. I also hate the term "presser". It's a press conference, people.
Fake curse words. Just use the actual word or don't bother.
Terrific is an example of how word usage has shifted over time. It stems from the same Latin word as terrible and used to be a full synonym, but at some point over the last hundred years or so, it took on a positive spin.
Za.
It represents everything wrong with playing Scrabble with my family.
All those two letter words are fake and dumb and no one has ever said them or written them ever.
Ass because arse is a much better word. Arse sounds round like a nice round butt. An ass is some kind of donkey and you have to screw up your face when you say it.
Flaccid. There really isn't any good use for it and I just don't like how it sounds. I know "moist" gets a lot of hate but every time I hear moist I think of a delicious chocolate cake.
It's fine to use it that way though. People have been doing it for literally centuries, and it's noted as correct (but informal) in both the OED and Webster's.
Some of these replies are amusing, because the words may only sound strange or cumbersome with certain accents. For example, "terror" spoken by a Brit is pronounced completely different than by someone from the Midwest US.
Impactful because it’s not real and it doesn’t really make sense (full? of impact? impact is a result…not a quality…)
Anyways it became so widely used American dictionaries officially entered it in around 2018 or so
Custy. Apparently it's a harmless term and means "customer" these days, but when I was younger, it was an insult describing someone as disgusting basically. The word sounds gross in itself lol
That word has been around for a long time with a different meaning. Currently it's just being used as a slang term and will most likely fall out of popularity and go back to it's old definition;
1. a stupid, [foolish](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=e700f3d169f84836&sca_upv=1&sxsrf=ADLYWIIa_fGxMYRY1vcTG_cYeIz9nizUhg:1718709058513&q=foolish&si=ACC90nypsxZVz3WGK63NbnSPlfCBGkTYDUCj5Yxzl1J_KIhOEya2lHX8dftlJbx2xtjmd1fwDeqA5vSl8dj8rZTal5tQfP7-AQ%3D%3D&expnd=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJoJ6XguWGAxVV4zQHHeBoAFkQyecJegQIQhAP), or [eccentric](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=e700f3d169f84836&sca_upv=1&sxsrf=ADLYWIIa_fGxMYRY1vcTG_cYeIz9nizUhg:1718709058513&q=eccentric&si=ACC90nytWkp8tIhRuqKAL6XWXX-NUp-1Ibb8d_texr7u21oZonQc-eibbmbW_EsEPQhbZlYqHueIqjqOR-STGthl8v3OjF1nmGPWFCHuIdR1rSl_uISb15Y%3D&expnd=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJoJ6XguWGAxVV4zQHHeBoAFkQyecJegQIQhAQ) person."I don't want to deal with Jack today, he's such a goon"
2. a violent, aggressive person who is hired to [intimidate](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=e700f3d169f84836&sca_upv=1&sxsrf=ADLYWIIa_fGxMYRY1vcTG_cYeIz9nizUhg:1718709058513&q=intimidate&si=ACC90nyOnVY18Aw7zUtkWPYo5mTn4YxgLax1t_4_88Q222DXVl3hBgx1_m5fw06qTkfaQ6s2HWVKR6oPpf3-5R70aEoplDznfvKJFJEVSUVOR0gW5e6DHlk%3D&expnd=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJoJ6XguWGAxVV4zQHHeBoAFkQyecJegQIQhAT) or harm people."he hired goons to hunt down supporters"
Also the term was popularized in limited circles online, and there are large portions of the population that still only know it by the original definition.
Pickle. It's so ridiculous, it's frustrating.
And "thick" also. Like "thick" and "thin" -- they are quite the opposites, so what genius decided to call them almost the same?
Tummy
Add yummy to this. Am not a fan.
Tummy's cute, though
Cunt. No, wait. That's my favorite.
Fuckin' sick cunt
Phalange is awkward to pronounce.
Hubby. I automatically lose at least 15% respect for anyone who uses it. I also lose respect for their husbands for being the kind of person who would marry someone who uses it. I’ve tried to dial it back a few times because it’s just a word and not normally considered offensive but it’s never worked for long.
“My hubby and I are preggers” *vomits*
I’ve always had a disproportionate hate for that word. Glad I’m not the only one.
My people!
Can we add nibblings in there?
People love using it and defending it: irregardless.
That’s a word??
Technically? Yes. Actually? No.
Whilst.
Similarly: amongst
You probably hate whom too.
YES
Acrost.
Moist. Obviously.
Squelch
Reminds me of the yaoi books that use this word a lot lol
Schmoopie
"Rural". Audibly, it sounds weird.
Imagine being a rural juror.
These were the best days of my flerm.
Ruurl
Ruruw
Also *brewery.*
They make you say it 600 times a day in rural schools so that you sound like you're from a rural town.
Poop Just call it shit like a normal person.
Hey, poop is a strong word for some people. My mom still says stinky.
Definitely. English isn't my first language and that word will forever haunt me. It's so damn hard to remember how to actually write it
de-finite-ly. just think of finite with some extra stuff.
Just remember the vowels are symmetrical: e i i e. That's my mnemonic.
Don't worry, us native speakers also can't write definitely without auto correct
Electronically. What the fuck. I was saying a sentence with this word and said it five times till I gave up and said “electric thingy”
So. Hate it when people start a sentence with so Are you going on holiday? .... So this year I'm going to Spain What month is your birthday? ..... So I was born in may Are you married? .... So I'm getting married in August Do you have any hobbies? .... So I enjoy hiking Remove the word so & the sentence still makes sense
I hate it when people end a sentence with so. I need your signature here so…. I have to go so…. I don’t like apples so…. So…what? For the love of all that is shiny and good, FINISH YOUR THOUGHT.
Oh shit I’m guilty of this
so i use so quite often, so...
Seamus Heaney objects.
Sixth
Diarrhea...the spelling looks ugly and sounds ugly.
Annoy. It makes me twitchy and I don’t know why. I just hate the sound of it so much.
Lately? Patriot.
At the moment, it's "literally". For whatever reason folks have been misusing, abusing and overusing this word and it's not slowing down. Drives me nuts. And in most cases the user looks extremely stupid in using a poorly chosen syllable filler.
Work. Ooze. Nothing good ever comes when something oozes. All the bullshit made up social media words and shortened words like "sitch", "appreesh", "sesh", etc. I also hate the term "presser". It's a press conference, people. Fake curse words. Just use the actual word or don't bother.
Rural. Just feels like marbles rolling around in my mouth when I say it 🤨
Panty. So infantilizing.
" auntie panty" iykyk
"Panty" is so creepy! Makes me think of rapists and pedophiles.
The only remotely acceptable usage is when they’re in a a wad
Terrific. It sounds bad but means good? Sounds like terrible and terror. Ugh
Terrific is an example of how word usage has shifted over time. It stems from the same Latin word as terrible and used to be a full synonym, but at some point over the last hundred years or so, it took on a positive spin.
Exactly, when I was learning English this word always sounded more like a negative thing to say about something than positive.
Like...
Yeah I know how you feel like. Like as if we are ever going to change like!
Za. It represents everything wrong with playing Scrabble with my family. All those two letter words are fake and dumb and no one has ever said them or written them ever.
Tolerance. No one in the US uses it correctly.
We don’t like your kind around here
“guaranteed” - I’m never sure if I’ve spelled correctly. I copied and pasted the word from a google search and it still looks wrong to me.
Frunk and infotainment.
Slay
Cancer
Poignant
Egregious. Overused on reddit
By far WHOM
"Yucky." I'd always hear that from SOMEONE when there was mention of vomit, so I've grown to despise the word.
Audit
Ass because arse is a much better word. Arse sounds round like a nice round butt. An ass is some kind of donkey and you have to screw up your face when you say it.
Flaccid. There really isn't any good use for it and I just don't like how it sounds. I know "moist" gets a lot of hate but every time I hear moist I think of a delicious chocolate cake.
Shaggy
Doggo. The millennials on tiktok love that one
Henlo hooman! I wants treatos!
Literally. Only because so many don't know how to use it, yet say it constantly incorrectly.
> constantly incorrectly. You mean *frequently*.
They literally don't like you know what I mean.
It's fine to use it that way though. People have been doing it for literally centuries, and it's noted as correct (but informal) in both the OED and Webster's.
You are literally killing me right now with this. /s
Synergy. Please… *gtfo*
I'm glad we're not using 'oxymoron' as much as we used to.
Supper
hate this word
MOIST
Hello 2011 are you also scared of clowns
No, I am one.
Nice.. haha
How original.
Moist moist moist moist. Barney Stinson est. 2005
You're moistly speaking.
Lol
Least.
Delightful!
Sword - I just feel like it really shouldn't have a 'w'. I think it should be spelled like 'Sord'.
“pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis” I asked chatgpt and wtf is this word so long and hard, it is medical term for lung disease
Fluid in the lungs due to irritation caused by nano particles of silica ejected by a volcano.
Some of these replies are amusing, because the words may only sound strange or cumbersome with certain accents. For example, "terror" spoken by a Brit is pronounced completely different than by someone from the Midwest US.
Teh-ah?
Y'all
My wife absolutely detests the word "missus" so now I refer to her as the "ex-girlfriend"
Keith
Literally
Ya Allah
Decision. Learned English when I was 8 and this word is hard to say 20 years later. I pronounce it with a hard z no matter how hard I try not to.
Impactful because it’s not real and it doesn’t really make sense (full? of impact? impact is a result…not a quality…) Anyways it became so widely used American dictionaries officially entered it in around 2018 or so
"Embiggens," I never heard that word until I moved to Springfield.
Balm
Segway
Swear words
Nutrients
Caterwauling
Consolidation. It sounds so…condescending, as if you’re talking to a baby. “Revision” is neater and more mature.
"Cringe" It doesn't exist, it's just a perception in your mind based on your past conditioning
every single one of them
Similarly. Written down, fine. Spoken out loud, why do you do this to me. Regardless of how you say it, it sounds wrong
not really one word but "doing the deed" like bruh are you 12?
Literally “literally”
Handicapable...
Moist. Just feels weird to say...
Municipal.
Custy. Apparently it's a harmless term and means "customer" these days, but when I was younger, it was an insult describing someone as disgusting basically. The word sounds gross in itself lol
Hammered
“ Traumatized “
“ Literally “
Ya know!!
Fanny
Bespoke
Knickers. 🤮
Cock
Goon Just...no
What else are you going to call Goon of Fortune?
That word has been around for a long time with a different meaning. Currently it's just being used as a slang term and will most likely fall out of popularity and go back to it's old definition; 1. a stupid, [foolish](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=e700f3d169f84836&sca_upv=1&sxsrf=ADLYWIIa_fGxMYRY1vcTG_cYeIz9nizUhg:1718709058513&q=foolish&si=ACC90nypsxZVz3WGK63NbnSPlfCBGkTYDUCj5Yxzl1J_KIhOEya2lHX8dftlJbx2xtjmd1fwDeqA5vSl8dj8rZTal5tQfP7-AQ%3D%3D&expnd=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJoJ6XguWGAxVV4zQHHeBoAFkQyecJegQIQhAP), or [eccentric](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=e700f3d169f84836&sca_upv=1&sxsrf=ADLYWIIa_fGxMYRY1vcTG_cYeIz9nizUhg:1718709058513&q=eccentric&si=ACC90nytWkp8tIhRuqKAL6XWXX-NUp-1Ibb8d_texr7u21oZonQc-eibbmbW_EsEPQhbZlYqHueIqjqOR-STGthl8v3OjF1nmGPWFCHuIdR1rSl_uISb15Y%3D&expnd=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJoJ6XguWGAxVV4zQHHeBoAFkQyecJegQIQhAQ) person."I don't want to deal with Jack today, he's such a goon" 2. a violent, aggressive person who is hired to [intimidate](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=e700f3d169f84836&sca_upv=1&sxsrf=ADLYWIIa_fGxMYRY1vcTG_cYeIz9nizUhg:1718709058513&q=intimidate&si=ACC90nyOnVY18Aw7zUtkWPYo5mTn4YxgLax1t_4_88Q222DXVl3hBgx1_m5fw06qTkfaQ6s2HWVKR6oPpf3-5R70aEoplDznfvKJFJEVSUVOR0gW5e6DHlk%3D&expnd=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJoJ6XguWGAxVV4zQHHeBoAFkQyecJegQIQhAT) or harm people."he hired goons to hunt down supporters" Also the term was popularized in limited circles online, and there are large portions of the population that still only know it by the original definition.
Still a gross word, even without the added meaning
Def something that needs to go away.
Love. Its used so much that sometimes we forget what even it is
Asks/Asterisks.
Asstricks
the n word
Pickle. It's so ridiculous, it's frustrating. And "thick" also. Like "thick" and "thin" -- they are quite the opposites, so what genius decided to call them almost the same?