Are there any words you can't stand?

faceman

Caliden wrote:

Anything that comes out of D4, this thread only confirms this.

actually i disllike the term d4 used to describe, er, d4 heads! d4 heads can also live in blackrock, foxrock, killiney, portmarnock, malahide, terenure. i cud go on.

ringsend is in d4 and its a bit of a kip tbh

el diablo

I hate "lol". :mad:

mikemac

People who call Dun Laoighre "Dunleary"

Pronounce it the way it's spelled people!

I'm off to learn how to type fadas. I dobn't know how

faceman

micmclo wrote:

People who call Dun Laoighre "Dunleary"

Pronounce it the way it's spelled people!

I'm off to learn how to type fadas. I dobn't know how

d4 head :rolleyes:

challengemaster

micmclo wrote:

People who call Dun Laoighre "Dunleary"

Pronounce it the way it's spelled people!

I'm off to learn how to type fadas. I dobn't know how

alt gr + <a,e,i,o,u>

mike65

Ironical and Thunk (thunk?????? its thought man its thought!)

Mike.

Terry

Apparently quite A LOT of people here seem to think that "alot" is a word.

clare82

"dodge"...as in dodge
"sca" as in scandal
and if you listen/watch the news..."contraversey" they dont pronounce it correctly anymore...listen and you'll understand what im talking about and they also say "issue" but with an "iss" instead of an "ish" sound

KTRIC

julep wrote:

Apparently quite A LOT of people here seem to think that "alot" is a word.

It is a word ?? Its a small town in India :rolleyes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alot

Everyone knows that

Sofaspud

clare82 wrote:

"dodge"...as in dodge
"sca" as in scandal
and if you listen/watch the news..."contraversey" they dont pronounce it correctly anymore...listen and you'll understand what im talking about and they also say "issue" but with an "iss" instead of an "ish" sound

They also pronouce Gardaí as "gor-thee", which I find weird.

I hate when people say lol as well, when I see anyone saying it I automatically think they're an idiot.

mc nuggets

MontgomeryClift wrote:

Ironic

one of my friends said this for around two weeks for anything that wasn't ironic. i then taught him what it meant and straight away i got a "thats ironic".

Random, just cause its started to rain doesnt mean its random.


Chillax, i have sudden urges to rip the throat out of anyone who uses this phrase.

man1

Whats this new way to say sixth, they have started to pronounce it like "sick", especially on sky news in the last year or so but more recently it has crept into irish news on and off??????

biggles007

Maggie Tatcher's Absolutely.

Ruu_Old

Another one that probably came from yer hippidy hop or MTV rap, "thats sick". *vomits*

iguana

Commander Vimes wrote:

*i'm not saying your a girl

That should be "I'm not saying you're a girl." Well if you're going to be making a fuss about the usage of there/their/they're.

I hate innit.

No it fu©king well isn't.

Sam Vimes

faceman wrote:

actually i disllike the term d4 used to describe, er, d4 heads! d4 heads can also live in blackrock, foxrock, killiney, portmarnock, malahide, terenure. i cud go on.

ringsend is in d4 and its a bit of a kip tbh

its more a description of someone's personality than their place of birth, like chav is a reference to chatham in kent but is used for anyone who wears a tracksuit and stabs people for their runners

micmclo wrote:

People who call Dun Laoighre "Dunleary"

Pronounce it the way it's spelled people!

ok, dun-lay-o-ig-hra


i thought of another "word" i hate: normalcy. its normality you mouth breather!!!!111!!!!1111!!!11!!!!

Backtoblack

Okidokey
This drives me insane. I don't care where it came from. I think its particularly unoriginal and I take a strong dislike to people that use it... :rolleyes:

Capt'n Midnight

julep wrote:

Apparently quite A LOT of people here seem to think that "alot" is a word.

what punishment should be allotted to them ?

Butterfly - Flutterby is so much better

Pherekydes

"My bad..."

I loathe this. Why can't you say, "I was wrong" or "it was my fault."

Sad Professor

Ones already mentioned: legend, class, savage, wicked, etc.

I also hate "grand" even though I sometimes use it myself. As in:

"How are you?"
"Grand."

"I'm really sorry!:
"Ah sure your grand."
etc, etc

It just sounds fake.

mackerski

micmclo wrote:

People who call Dun Laoighre "Dunleary"

Pronounce it the way it's spelled people!

But it is called Dunleary in English, making it an entirely reasonable way for people (themselves speaking English) to pronounce it. That pronunciation (in fact, the English name itself) has been handed down from the time prior to what must be the most successful piece of linguistic cleansing since Port Laoise.

professore

"In terms of"
"The High Street shops" - when referring to Ireland.
"Going forward" - as in "we're expecting things to improve going forward"
"Annual leave" when referring to holidays - sounds like that your employer has been exceedingly generous to let you off once a year for a few days.

Merrick

2 phrases:
At the end of the day. No need for a rant against that one. Grrr....
No problem - I catch myself saying this sometimes at work and almost want to slap myself every time. Of course it was no problem, it's what I'm paid to do anyway!!

lacuna

admiralgar wrote:

want, as in 'i want'. i hate it, can people not just say 'can i have'

It should be "May I have..." rather than "Can I have...".

It's usually bad grammar rather than particular words or phrases that annoys me. My current hate is when people say "the amount of people" instead of "the number of people". Also, as someone else pointed out, when someone says "should of" or "could of" instead of "should HAVE" or "could HAVE".

walrusgumble

dude, chill out, sham (when saying hello to someone eg well sham or yes sham) ggrrr

"to be honest" kind of like as if they are going to lie to you

Terry

I'm guilty of using "dude".
I blame Beavis and Butthead for that.

brianthebard

lacuna wrote:

It should be "May I have..." rather than "Can I have...".

It's usually bad grammar rather than particular words or phrases that annoys me. My current hate is when people say "the amount of people" instead of "the number of people". Also, as someone else pointed out, when someone says "should of" or "could of" instead of "should HAVE" or "could HAVE".

Why is it number instead of amount?

cousin_borat

synergy
going forward
blue sky thinking
out of the box

"ah jaysus" (**punches the wall**)

_Whimsical_

I HATE the word "retarded" used in any context but particularly in the American "oh my god thats SO retarded" sense.
It always conjures up notions of Britney Spears making nose pressed back piggy faces at the camera and saying it. All those who chose to say it are tainted by the horrible association in my eyes.

Eoin

Think they've all been covered, but definitely "tbh". Adds nothing to the post, apart from the nagging feeling that the poster is a compulsive liar.

Actually / Ironically / Literally / used incorrectly.

The iPod thing doesn't bother me any more than people who say "hoover" instead of vacuum cleaner, and "biro" instead of pen etc.

I don't know why this annoys me, but when people say "would have / of" - e.g.:

"Were you out last night?"
"Yes, I would have been"

You would have been, if what?

I_and_I

SUP...... I can't stand that. Or worse "whats the haps".
And something thats always annoyed me and I don't know why maybe because everyone says it, "any news with ya".

nobodythere

Savage, handy, tune, buzz.

And the phrase "bad buzz is better than no buzz!

Trix

'endeavor'.......I don't know why but that word really annoys me. I think people just use it to sound intellectual.

imeatingchips

MEH

jesus christ. what an annoying word.

imeatingchips

and when people spell lose/losing like loose/loosing.

Black Swan

Sit?

Nalz

• over use of the word "like" =>
  
  "I was in town like n I was talking to her like n she wasnt listening like, it was so ignorant like I wouldnt do it to her like"
  
  
  
• the word "totally" =>
  
  "I'm totally going for some Heinos tonight"
  
  
  
• the word "anal" iused in the wrong context =>
  
  "stop being so anal about it"
  "pub was really anal last night"
  
  
  
• the phrase "by the same token"
  
• nerd talk. Atari Jaguar, Meh, etc....
  
• or anyone that says "fúcking" followed by "Jesus Christ" or "Holy Mary".
  

Degsy

"At the end of the day" especially when used at the beginning of a sentence or as padding throughout.I think football commentators started it.


Or "i'm loving...". No you're not "loving it.." you LOVE IT!!!

Kiith

"quare" (spl?) -- as in "That was quare good fun." Maybe its just a Carlow thing, but i bloody hate it.

User45701

i dont like the word "Rapid" from when i was youngeer god that used to reck my head

Den_M

I hate it when student types go around saying things like 'high fiiiive' (a la Borat) when drunk or overly excited.

Sofaspud

"Oh my god" is VERY annoying.

"Yes, what about him? Do you believe he's somehow to blame for your pointless, meaningless, blasphemous use of the English language?"

After any episode of Pimp My Ride I just want to chew my hand off.

slipss

These have all proabably been said but

:Ledge, I don't mind legend, as in "do you like Bob Dylan?" "Yeah hes a legend." But ledge I hate, exspecialy when its used without a sentence around it. "I'm going to that new club that opened tonight." "Ledge". Luckily none of my friends use it but even when I hear a stranger using it it makes me want to do something very nasty to them.

This is more pronunciation than a word but anyone that pronounces their t's as sh's. Roish instead of right, warsher instead of water, staysh instead of state. That drives me fukking nuts and I have on many occasions refused to associate with people that speak like that, for thier own safety more than anything else.

Also in general any imported English slang.
:Pikeys instead of knackers being an example. But I don't particualy like the word knacker when it isn't in relation to someone that renders old animals either. :Wicked is another. As in I think that car is wicked. :Chav more than anything though. If I ever hear someone use that word on the streets of Dublin they had better pray to God that thier are lots of witnesses around otherwise they will be getting their genitals burnt with acid.

Bodhidharma

Celebrity.

I also hate tabloid words like "romp" and "shame" as in "Minor celebrity in romp shame with hooker".

Stench Blossoms

Today I have a new found hatred of "this".

Ruu_Old

orla wrote:

Today I have a new found hatred of "this".

Thanks for reminding me, "diss".

Wertz

Oh and how could I have forgotten the dreaded "anywho" or it's equally repulsive alternative "anyhoo"....for f*ck's sake it's ANYHOW as in ANY HOW!

Unless you're american by birth and/or grew up there, then the unbastardised and correct term is anyhow (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/anyhow)...
Anywho/anyhoo is probably acceptable as american spoken slang, but (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/anywho) it ain't in there.

Interesting aside:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=anywho
Def. #3 is my favourite (and no I didn't submit it)

Lirange

People beginning or punctuating phrases with "me thinks"

It's neither clever nor cute. Never was.

The phrase should be quarantined to Shakespeare's fools/jesters and Cockney slobs only.

Fighting Irish

TBH

Boards members use it waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to much

BobbyD10

Bodhidharma wrote:

Celebrity.

Agree.

Who decides whos a celebrity, celebrity big brother, celebrity jigs & reels, celebrity ice skating, celebrity ice dancing.I'm a celebrity...

Ahhhhhhhhhhh...!!!!!!