Words and phrases that annoy you

[はるひ]

kawaii
turn down for what

 

[MosuGoji]

"check your privilege"
The absolute worst phrase ever

 

[Ib4]

"check your privilege"

I've never heard that phrase. Is it a quote from something or is it something like "check your privilege(s) Bob-you aren't allowed to do that?"

Anyway I'm sure these are all pretty common ones, but-

hashtag, regardless of satirical purpose
YOLO, regardless of satirical purpose
LOL used outside of a few texting/online chat situations
Swag used outside of intentional satire

And a possibly rarer critique-
"That's ironic," when something is actually just funny/strange/anything else other than actual irony

 

[Profesco]

On a similar, academic note: a lot of academic writing (specifically humanities and argumentative writing) features the phrase, "the ways in which." This phrase really bothers me because it's mostly used to signify intelligence rather than bolster an argument. For the most part, "how" can replace it. When writing my thesis, I made certain to never include that phrase because it annoyed me so much.

You've picked one out of a thousand. Academese sucks. These authors need only their degrees if they want to brandish a visual marker of their participation in the "smart people" club. I'd much rather see academic articles written in language - and style - that clarifies rather than confuses, that tries to give unfamiliar readers a fair shot at grasping the content and arguments. Granted, that's a little harder when you have to deal with specific technical details (like jargon names for chemicals or complex pathways, as in neuro/cell biology), but the prose and sentence structure could still be better adjusted around those things. It sucks, too, that there's still an element of academic hoity-toitiness that perpetuates the idea that you're not doing real work unless your writing is impenetrable to anyone who is not a specialist in your field. For my part, I've chosen to write my first paper assignments for any class in the standard 'technical' style, just to let my teachers know I can, then write the rest in the more casual and engaging style of good popular science writers like Dawkins and Pinker. I'll jump through some hoops to earn my cred, but I want to make the research I love accessible to a broad audience.



Phew. I guess I'll share a linguistic pet peeve of mine while I'm here. A little tiny bit of I-can't-help-it elitism to soften my tone and self-deprecate after the above tirade, heh. Anyway, I always trip over the phrase "could of been" when reading (or "could of gotten," "could of said," etc. - it's the "could of" that's the problem). It's supposed to be "could have been," or the contraction "could've," which is presumably where the error comes from. I don't know why this error catches me off guard so much more frequently than others, but it does. Oh well!

 

[Ketaru]

- "Serving up ______ realness"
- "Throwing shade"
- "Straight acting"
- "Fierce"
- "Do you even lift?"
- "Drama-free", because the people that say it are NEVER drama free.
- "Sugoi!"
- "Kawaii!"
- "It's over 9000!"
- "Cool story bro."
- "lol-something"
- "I'm not rude. I'm honest."
- "I'm an open book."

Probably many others, but these are the ones I could think of off the top of my head.

 

[SILVER XD]

"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."

It's a cute enough phrase, but the people that like to use it the most are usually naive and self righteous Utopians. I remember when it was all over my facebook when Osama Bin Laden was iced by navy seal team 6, and all the moral crusaders were up in a frenzy that calice, barbaric Americans were celebrating another persons death. Instances like that among others just make me think "Oh shutup" whenever I hear it.

I'm definitely with you on that one. I wish the world was that nice.

Other phrases that annoy me:
Freak
Neet
Weeaboo or any similar alternative, be it 'Westaboo' or what have you
[insert chain of YouTube comment-quality insults here]
I've never personally been called any of these before but their usage irks me and makes me aware of the shallow and idiotic mentality of the user

Also, I live in what would be considered the southern United States and the terms 'fix'(when referring to cooking food) and 'dun' are things that catch my ear and make me cringe just a little. No offense to anyone reading this who happens to use these terms, they're really just habits that people acquire.

YOLO, swag, etc.(I do find 'yeet' to be satirically funny even though I have no idea of what it means). Also, 'THOT, is the worst term ever.

 

[The Pokemon Broadcast]

"check your privilege"
The absolute worst phrase ever

I thought I was the only one who get's annoyed with how much this phrase get's thrown around!

I've never heard that phrase. Is it a quote from something or is it something like "check your privilege(s) Bob-you aren't allowed to do that?"

From Know Your Meme, so I'm not sure how credible this definition is:
"Check your privilege" - an online expression used mainly by social justice bloggers to remind others that the body and life they are born into comes with specific privileges that do not apply to all arguments or situations.

I apologize if this, somehow, starts a big argument. That's not my intention.

 

[はるひ]

"check your privilege"
The absolute worst phrase ever

i hate that one to ><;

 

[Blaziken.Babe]

Not really a word, but if you ever use ":3", I will hate you forever

same, i hate that too.

 

[Ketaru]

same, i hate that too.

In general, I just hate it when people use smileys in serious conversation. Nothing disrupts the flow of talk more than for somebody to suddenly say, "Stop being so serious :3" or some variation thereof. People that want to be taken seriously ought to talk like they mean it. People that type like children ought to be dismissed as such.

 

[Monster Guy]

In general, I just hate it when people use smileys in serious conversation. Nothing disrupts the flow of talk more than for somebody to suddenly say, "Stop being so serious :3" or some variation thereof. People that want to be taken seriously ought to talk like they mean it. People that type like children ought to be dismissed as such.

Are they saying colon three? Because you can't really use smileys when talking. Colon capital P. P)

Excessive swearing annoys me. It just isn't necessary to throw in several ****s in your speech...

 

[INeedScizor!61!]

The phrase "I could care less" is a peeve, as well as "literally" when not meant literally.

Also, the "adjective noun is adjective" phrase, where both adjectives are the same word.

 

[Lord Trollbias]

-Yolo
-Swag
-Ratchet
-Bae
-Reverse Racism (It's just racism regardless of who perpetuates the racism)
-U mad?

 

[ilovemyumbreon]

I'd say "YOLO" and "selfie" both bother me, YOLO because it was already a cliché before it was overused and selfie because I thought it meant something less innocent when I first heard it and because my generation was narcissistic enough to need a name like that for self portraits.

 

[Everlasting]

"I ________ before it was mainstream."

I can't think of others at the moment because things like hashtag (#), YOLO, selfie and U mad ? make me laugh. I don't know why, I think it's funny for some reasons (maybe because it's ridiculous). And I don't mind people who are saying lol and ROFL outloud, because not only did I take the small habbit to say ROFL when I find something supposed to be funny not funny, but it's too silly to not make me giggle.

 

[HMSSparky]

All of them. At some point, every word and phrase has annoyed me. As for ones that annoy me consistantly, "I'm not being funny" said just before a serious statement. "Calm down" no matter what, the phrase "calm down" will only increase my anger, even if I wasn't angry in the first place. "Modern music is bad" and other variations of it, because it's simply a matter of taste. It annoys me even more when I hear teenagers saying that they hate modern music and only like music from before they were born. It just sounds too much like they're trying to be original, which is another thing that annoys me, but I won't go into that.
When YOLO and swag were used seriously, I used to dislike them, but since it's become common for them to be disliked, I will admit to using them. I use YOLO a lot as a reason for things just because I'm awful at explaining things and it's funnier than "just because", and I use swag to describe myself because I'm that much of a narcissist. But back to phrases I don't like, "is it just me" because more often than not, no, it's not just you. Also, most Welsh words and phrases annoy me and I've had to put up with them all my life. Especially "cwtch" which if you don't know, means hug or cuddle. "Nerd","Geek" or "Dork" used by people who are clearly not. My rule is, if they have any of those three words printed on a t-shirt or jacket, they are not that.

 

[dragontamer44722]

"whatever" even though I use it a lot when annoyed. My brother is the master of "whatever"

 

[Shinehollow]

Being the gamer who hides in the basement almost all day except to eat/go on the laptop,"Go outside" is probably my most hated phrase.I do go out sometimes,but mostly go to the vehicle/water plants.

 

[Mitzi]

"U mad bro?"

"Cool story bro"

If you still use this please remove yourself from life, thank you, this PSA is over.

 

[HMSSparky]

"U mad bro?"

"Cool story bro"

If you still use this please remove yourself from life, thank you, this PSA is over.

Well, I guess that includes me. I like "Cool story, bro" but if "U mad, bro" is used without the accompanimet of a troll face, then it's not as funny.