irritating new words

Pythagorean

I have noticed recently that some new, and to my mind , irritating, words are becoming increasingly prevalent,. Two examples ---- "get-go" instead of start, and "uptick" instead of increase. I have seen and heard these used on mainstream media now. I cringe when I hear them.

s1ippy

Aaaaaall the covid ones.

Heres Johnny

Cancelled

callaway92

Heres Johnny wrote: »

Cancelled

Cancelled is a new word?

Rodney Bathgate

Cis

looksee

Pythagorean wrote: »

I have noticed recently that some new, and to my mind , irritating, words are becoming increasingly prevalent,. Two examples ---- "get-go" instead of start, and "uptick" instead of increase. I have seen and heard these used on mainstream media now. I cringe when I hear them.

According to Merriam Webster, uptick was recorded in use in the 1950s and get-go in the 1960s. Hardly new! Though I don't dispute their cringeworthiness.

New Home

Hashtag (in its relatively new twitter-like meaning).
Guesstimate (again, not *new* new).

And I agree with S1ippy, aaaaaaalllll the covid ones.

Bob Harris

'optics' ....they're usually not good apparently

Purple Mountain

Selfie. Sounds so poxy.

J Madone

Hustings,
A real Americanism

New Home

App, too! Too difficult to add a few more letters and say application instead? Oh, and whatever happened to computer programmes? Do computers have only apps, too, now?

ampleforth

GenZ ... I prefer 'snowflakes' instead.

New Home

Aaaargh!!! Snowflakes!! (and not the precipitation ones).

o1s1n

Pythagorean wrote: »

I have noticed recently that some new, and to my mind , irritating, words are becoming increasingly prevalent,. Two examples ---- "get-go" instead of start, and "uptick" instead of increase. I have seen and heard these used on mainstream media now. I cringe when I hear them.

Ever heard someone say or type 'from the gecko" rather than 'from the get go'?

Such cringe. It's up there with 'pedal stool' and 'damp squid'

ampleforth

New Home wrote: »

Aaaargh!!! Snowflakes!! (and not the precipitation ones).

Fecking aye!

the-island-man

Said this before in a similar thread.....Eatery, f***in' aule American bull****.

Zaph

J Madone wrote: »

Hustings,
A real Americanism

Nope, apparently it dates back to the Vikings in at least the 12th century and was used by Dickins in The Pickwick Papers in the 19th century. Origin of the word explained here.

New Home

So the Vikings got to America first and brought their words there with them?!? Shocking!

Rodney Bathgate

Curate (not new but now used for ****e like ‘a curated wash bag’)

ampleforth

Second wave... sounds like fun, but isn't...

New Home

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

Curate

As in, a kind of priest? Or as in curate an exhibition? Neither are new, but if there's another meaning then I stand corrected.

rtron wrote: »

Does "New normal" really mean "the way things are now, instead of before"?

Yes.

Rodney Bathgate

New Home wrote: »

As in, a kind of priest? Or as in curate an exhibition? Neither are new, but if there's another meaning then I stand corrected.





Yes.

Curate is of course not new but it is now used for ****e like ‘a curated wash bag’

no.8

'Touch-base'

New Home

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

Curate is of course not new but it is now used for ****e like ‘a curated wash bag’

Good grief, now I'm sorry I asked... are you serious? Ok, I agree with you.

no.8 wrote: »

'Touch-base'

Yes.

s1ippy

o1s1n wrote: »

Ever heard someone say or type 'from the gecko" rather than 'from the get go'?

Such cringe. It's up there with 'pedal stool' and 'damp squid'

"Here here"

Got that on a whatsapp group the other day, how does one arrive at adulthood and not encounter that written correctly.

(nice reference btw)

KaneToad

o1s1n wrote: »

Ever heard someone say or type 'from the gecko" rather than 'from the get go'?

Such cringe. It's up there with 'pedal stool' and 'damp squid'

Upsetting the apple tart.
Hoisted by his own leotard.
Mute point.
Excetera.

ShooterSF

Embiggen

Rodney Bathgate

KaneToad wrote: »

Upsetting the apple tart.
Hoisted by his own leotard.
Mute point.
Excetera.

Damn squid.

Pythagorean

Excetera is a true abomination, and so is exasperated, instead of exacerbated. Both are commonly heard on radio nowadays.

hullaballoo

Exasperated and exacerbated are two completely separate words with completely different meanings?

One means (loosely) fed up and the other means (loosely) made worse.

I don't think this is a thing.

On the other hand, I am not liking the increasing use of the word "woke" used to describe someone who has been awoken. It should be "awoken". I know it isn't woke to say this but the participles mean something to me. At least I can say they done.

looksee

hullaballoo wrote: »

Exasperated and exacerbated are two completely separate words with completely different meanings?

One means (loosely) fed up and the other means (loosely) made worse.

I don't think this is a thing.

On the other hand, I am not liking the increasing use of the word "woke" used to describe someone who has been awoken. It should be "awoken". I know it isn't woke to say this but the participles mean something to me. At least I can say they done.

Oh you haven't been listening Hullaballoo, I have heard people saying exasperated when they mean exacerbated, I doubt they are even aware that exacerbated is a word!

I do struggle with the word 'woke' though in the social media sense, its a word that does not mean anything to me, it doesn't inform me.

looksee

Mod: Hi folks, just a gentle reminder to look at the title of the thread - we are looking for 'irritating new words' - which could include existing words given a new use - like 'woke' - or entirely new inventions. Malapropisms and egghorns are entertaining but not really on topic for this thread. Thanks!

Pythagorean

Here's an irritating new word then ; "Bootilicious" or maybe "Bodacious", another is "Chillax". Nouns which have been turned into verbs, eg. "tasked with" , "concerning" in the sense of worrying, or a cause for concern.

BonnieSituation

ShooterSF wrote: »

Embiggen

That's a perfectly chromulent word.

BonnieSituation

The recent proliferation of "staycation" everywhere has started to bite me hard, and I'm starting bristle when I hear it.

Also the use of "addicting" rather than "addictive".

Oh and one that made me properly twitch, "preciseness". The irony wasn't good enough to stop me making an audible groan.

1874

Pythagorean wrote: »

I have noticed recently that some new, and to my mind , irritating, words are becoming increasingly prevalent,. Two examples ---- "get-go" instead of start, and "uptick" instead of increase. I have seen and heard these used on mainstream media now. I cringe when I hear them.

uptick has been on the go for around 15 years,maybe it just took that long to find its way into more mainstream or common usage, first I heard was in relation to an increase in insurgent attacks in Iraq around 2005, I was in a multinational then and within a few months I heard it being used commonly, but they were already fairly heavy on the corporate bull$hit lingo.

byronbay2

Pythagorean wrote: »

Here's an irritating new word then ; "Bootilicious" or maybe "Bodacious", another is "Chillax". Nouns which have been turned into verbs, eg. "tasked with" , "concerning" in the sense of worrying, or a cause for concern.

These are the new words that annoy me. Most of them seem to come from American sports reporters/commentators but have been integrated into British sport now. A good example is: To win a medal ----> to medal, e.g she medalled at the last Olympics.

Bob Harris

Cosplay.. now there is one irritating word

Former Coach

‘Would of’ rather than ‘would have’......

Mearings

Yeah-no. (With apologies to RO'CK.)

Duckjob

An IT specific one that drives me nuts is "build out".
e.g. as soon as we get approval to go ahead we can start building out the API.

WTH is wrong with just saying build, code, or write ?

American sh*te.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Intersectionalist.

the-island-man

Staycation.... because people are too Fu***** lazy to say "I'm spending my holiday in Ireland"

BonnieSituation

BonnieSituation wrote: »

The recent proliferation of "staycation" everywhere has started to bite me hard, and I'm starting bristle when I hear it.

Also the use of "addicting" rather than "addictive".

Oh and one that made me properly twitch, "preciseness". The irony wasn't good enough to stop me making an audible groan.

the-island-man wrote: »

Staycation.... because people are too Fu***** lazy to say "I'm spending my holiday in Ireland"

Amen brother!

I see sheep

'Cohort' is used very ofter now and I find it irritating.

tayto lover

Booty.
It’s always arse in Louth.

Dyr

Duckjob wrote: »

An IT specific one that drives me nuts is "build out".
e.g. as soon as we get approval to go ahead we can start building out the API.

WTH is wrong with just saying build, code, or write ?

American sh*te.

So many **** terms in IT now, We've a rake of consultants in at the moment, and they're hilarious.

"On-board"

"Socialize"


"Orchestration"

"Go on a journey"

We had one genius today actually come out with the terrm "See to the horizion and then beyond that" I had to bite my tongue

Bob Harris

..just north of...'

Nothing is ever 'just over' or 'just above' anymore.

two wheels good

Other nouns to verbs:
"headquartered" as in "Company X is headquartered in Dublin."
I've heard "officed" also.

"Reaching out" is gaining popularity. In place of "contacted/emailed/phoned".
I've been hearing it on RTE radio1 recently.
It has its place when referring to canvassing a community I suppose but not when it means emailing an individual.

Once again .. bloody americanisms!

Pythagorean

Even though not strictly new words, I find the new usage of "conversation" rather than debate or discussion, and "journey" referring to a life event etc, rather irritating. Also why does everything have to be "absolutely amazing" ? .I was watching a TV soap, and the boss said to her employee "would you like to take your lunch break early? " "that would be amazing" she replied.

Banter