Are there any words you can't stand?

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...!!!!!!

Trix

Kiith wrote:

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

well thats definately a Wicklow word.

walrusgumble

walrusgumble wrote:

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

Yeah, I think they actually mean to say "to be frank"...

I dislike people confusing "been" with "being", similarly for "seen" and "seeing". Seriously, there's a g at the end of "seeing", so to say "I was seen this girl once..." is not acceptable!!

faceman

It goes without saying that most of us hate incorrect spelling of words e.g. lose /loose etc as well as poor grammer. but we're all guilty at some stage.

While we're on roll
i hate it when people dont pronouce their th.
I also hate when people say filhim instead of film.

And one of the most abused words in the english language is verbal.
"I have a verbal agreement with my employer"
That doesnt mean that the contract was a spoken one and not written!!! Verbal means words, oral means spoken. Therefore the correct phrase is i have an oral agreement with my emploer

chamlis

tbh "pick 'n' mix" really does my head in

*shudders

challengemaster

bluewolf wrote:

Yeah, I think they actually mean to say "to be frank"...

I dislike people confusing "been" with "being", similarly for "seen" and "seeing". Seriously, there's a g at the end of "seeing", so to say "I was seen this girl once..." is not acceptable!!

i like your nazism

faceman wrote:

soken one

not the best spell czecher, are we?

faceman wrote:

i have an oral agreement with my emploer

does that sound funny to anyone else?!

Seaneh

Floccinaucinihilipilification, i find it an utterly pointless word...

Nala

I absolutely despise the word "Random". If I hear anyone go "That's so RANDOM!!!!!!" or "we just went on this RANDOM night out!!!!!" I'll scream.

The word "Lube" makes me squirm for some reason. Oh, and "locked".

Sam Vimes

faceman wrote:

It goes without saying that most of us hate incorrect spelling of words e.g. lose /loose etc as well as poor grammer. but we're all guilty at some stage.

grammar

nlgbbbblth

When explaining / describing something to someone and they respond.

'Can you repeat that again - in English'.

Really annoying - especially seeing as what I said to them in the first place was in English.

Not my fault if their vocabulary is crap and they're thick.

ferdi

"I could care less"
ignorant bastards

faceman

Commander Vimes wrote:

grammar

ahem....

faceman wrote:

...but we're all guilty at some stage.

I covered myself!

G Luxel

I dont like the word "love" as used by a Hanna Finnegan type wearing HSE glasses and dosco mop on head behind a counter in a stinking run down shop
addressing me as "Are ya right there, luv?. Just enough to get the bargain frying pan she is selling and put it to good use..........

"Basically" and "Also" are words I see being used at the beginning of a sentence. What does this mean? well, basically, blah blah blah.
Today is a wet day, also it snows............blah blah blah

JIZZLORD

"Jackeen"
i may be a bogger, but i absolutely hate the term jackeen.

walrusgumble

ye jackeen really old fashioned, but its a decent word for us country folk to describe the dubs , when we get called culchies, boggers, rednecks etc.

stovelid

Sexually attractive people being described as 'hot'

Like when used as punctuation device in every sentence. Ditto 'Totally'.

pbsuxok1znja4r

johnny_ultimate wrote:

Some of the usual suspects - legend and/or ledge, chav, bling etc..
Couple of new entries : Naggin (or flaggin) - theres is something deeply unnerving about these words to me. Anyone who tells me anything involving a naggin of whatever, my opinion of them goes down a little notch. Just something about it, and not necessarily due to the consumption of the naggin, but the word itself.

Kinda true, but I'm guilty of using the word myself. I don't know how else to describe a bottle of vodka of that particular size. I found myself in the off-licence recently just kind of pointly mutely at a "naggin" on the shelf...so I wouldn't have to say the word. Which I eventually did have to say :mad:

man1

I hate "such and such"
Arrrgggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

Louise77

I can;t stand the new tense that Dubs have invented "Do be"
WTH?? "I do get angry when I think of that", "he does be annoyed when he sees her"???
Anybody else?

Terry

scouser.tommy wrote:

Kinda true, but I'm guilty of using the word myself. I don't know how else to describe a bottle of vodka of that particular size. I found myself in the off-licence recently just kind of pointly mutely at a "naggin" on the shelf...so I wouldn't have to say the word. Which I eventually did have to say :mad:

It's called a "Naggin".

Eaggin.—A measure equal to half a gill, or the fourth part of a pint. It is still in general use in the purchase of spirii~s and other liquids. The word (which is as common a one as can be met with), is not given in either Uregeen or the dictionary published by th~ Manx Society. Under the term gill in the latter, naggin is given as the Manx of the word.

Half a naggin.—Is equal to a glass.

http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/manxsoc/msvol21/p210.htm

Liquid Measurements
Noggin = 1 Gill
Gill = 1/4 Pint
Nip = 1/4 Pint
Small = 1/2 Pint
Large = 1 Pint
Quart = 2 Pints
Flagon = 1 Quart
8 Pints = 1 Gallon
Firkin = 9 Gallons
Anker = 10 Gallons
Barrel = 36 Gallons
Tun = 216 Gallons

http://www.plymouthcamra.co.uk/fun.htm#Imperial%20(pre-decimal)%20Measures

Louise77 wrote:

I can;t stand the new tense that Dubs have invented "Do be"

Not new either. Dublin people have been saying that for as long as I can remember and probably long before.

Agamemnon

I hate it when people use "clicky", "clickey" or, worst of all, "clickeh" as the text in a link. Think of something more descriptive! Even "Give me a good ol' click, big boy" would be better.

Caliden

scouser.tommy wrote:

Kinda true, but I'm guilty of using the word myself. I don't know how else to describe a bottle of vodka of that particular size. I found myself in the off-licence recently just kind of pointly mutely at a "naggin" on the shelf...so I wouldn't have to say the word. Which I eventually did have to say :mad:

you could always ask for them by their size:

naggin - 200ml
flaggin/shoulder - 400ml
bottle - 700ml
litre - well duh 1000ml

iremex

"oh absolutely", "oh my GOD" and anyone who asks for a "tall,skinny latte"

i heard a new one last weekend "cunny funt" as in "you are some cunny funt arent you!"


edit: also "chicken". A manager(female) calls everyone "chicken" and instead of saying goodbye signs off the phone call with "Dae-dae"....make me just want to headbang the wall..

Eoin

agamemnon wrote:

I hate it when people use "clicky", "clickey" or, worst of all, "clickeh" as the text in a link. Think of something more descriptive! Even "Give me a good ol' click, big boy" would be better.

What about "clickeh - it's teh funneh"?

Agamemnon

eoin_s wrote:

What about "clickeh - it's teh funneh"?

That's another cretinous one. People using "linkage" instead of "link" must stop too. Please.

Caliden

gingavitus!

mackerski

Louise77 wrote:

I can;t stand the new tense that Dubs have invented "Do be"
WTH?? "I do get angry when I think of that", "he does be annoyed when he sees her"???

I'm not a fan of that either, but it's not Dublinese:

http://www.inst.at/trans/16Nr/03_2/shimada16.htm

tolosenc

"Loike", or any words in which an 'I' sound is changed to 'oi'.

"Homework", "Essay", "Leaving Cert.".

emeraldstar

c u nt
hate that word

Brian Capture

JIZZLORD wrote:

"Jackeen"
i may be a bogger, but i absolutely hate the term jackeen.

Do you support
the IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY
or the IRISH NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY

Redisle

Something that really bugs me is when people say y? instead of why? on msn or on forums... it just really really annoys me for some reason

Cake Fiend

Has anyone already mentioned 'irregardless'?

Anything to do with sales-waffle, viz. "blue-sky", "white-box", "touch base", etc.

Do pronunciations count? E.g. the elongated sh-y 't' that so many idiots use: "Thashh film is shishhe".

Anyone calling anyone else "bud".

"Stall the ball" is a phrase that does my head in, and another vote here for "I seen", "I done" etc. I remember once upon a time one of the lads in my class in school told me he thought he "done good" in the English exam we just had; I was too disgusted to laugh.

The radio ad where the girls says she'll take a "rain-check" makes me want to go out and FACKING KILL PEOPLE. Jesus, the only thing that annoys me more than Americanisms is people using Americanisms without even knowing what they mean - it's obvious they just got so used to hearing it on television that they mindlessly repeat it, parrotlike.

kano476

IMPLEMENT i always feel like someones lying or trying to dig themselves out of a hole. its such an irish word aswell!

PlayGirl

people saying " i never done/did nothing"