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to fucking HATE words like

260 replies

JustDontWantToSay · 27/08/2014 00:15

"totes"
"emosh"
"amazeballs"

and the horror I've just seen on fb....

"appaz" (apparently).

FFS. WHY?????

OP posts:
Kimaroo · 27/08/2014 11:58

Aargh dippy egg has reminded me of eggy bread Shock I don't know which is worse.

vixsatis · 27/08/2014 12:03

educatingarti- couldn't agree more on "expiration". "Transportation" instead of "transport" is almost as bad.

My normal, British husband has started to say "I'm good" rather than "I'm well" or "I'm fine" when an enquiry is made as to his health or whether he has everything he wants in a restaurant. I am going to have to LTB.

I'll join the chorus of those who hate "rellies" "veggies" "roasties" "toasties" etc. and "spag bol" is ghastly.

I can forgive teenage slang and "K": they only do it to annoy

tittifilarious · 27/08/2014 12:03

The bad thing is, when you use any if these words in a pis stake way, they somehow seep into your consciousness so you end up doing them for real - yes, guilty of "oh em gee" Blush

Not quite the same but I do feel irrational fury at "MaccyD's". Just fuck off.

tittifilarious · 27/08/2014 12:04

No Idea what happened to my typing on last post!

CountBapula · 27/08/2014 12:08

How about 'awks' for 'awkward'? eg 'Bumped into my ex at a party. Bit awks.'

I should add I love this kind of language and use it all the time, in a totes ironic way, natch. I'm 36 and a professional writer

tittifilarious · 27/08/2014 12:09

Me too baptula but then I use it for real!

thatsn0tmyname · 27/08/2014 12:16

I hate 'gutted', 'gobsmacked' and am not keen on 'holibobs' (holidays).

MarkWrightsLonelyBraincell · 27/08/2014 12:27

Selfie.

Fucking selfie.

Everybody is at it, "hang on, let me show you this selfie of me and my dog/cat/other". Me - "oh LOVELY". Inside I am screaming.

GarlicAugustus · 27/08/2014 12:31

Does anybody still chillax? I rather like chillaxing :)

I don't belong on this thread, do I. I'm, like, too fucking whatevs about lingo, ya getme? Can't get emosh over verbal experiments. (or experz?)

GarlicAugustus · 27/08/2014 12:33

Selfie's okay with me, too. It explains the strange arm's-length angle, and/or why half their face is obscured by the back of a phone!

Sidge · 27/08/2014 12:34

I love a good swear.

I also love using words like totes, amazeballs, whatevs and lolz - primarily to annoy and embarrass my 15 year old DD1 Grin

I call it spag bol and enjoy a cuppa with my dippy egg.

So shoot me. I don't use them at work and only with friends in an ironical way (d'ya see what I did there?)

(I do draw the line at hubby though. Yak.)

Kimaroo · 27/08/2014 12:38

Hubs. Or worse, Hubz.

TheObligatoryNotQuiteSoNewGirl · 27/08/2014 12:38

DB (aged 12) says "dat" instead of that, and "doe" instead of though. As in "dat tank doe..." / "dat kill doe..." (usually whilst playing World of Tanks). Drives me mad!

I also once had an art teacher who could not stop saying "sort of". We once counted 47 times in one hour long lesson.

That said, I'm very guilty of "awesomesauce" (I even once made my friend a bottle of "awesomesauce" for Christmas, which was mostly blackcurrant squash), and I've noticed recently I've started saying "ta" instead of "thank you", which always used to drive me mad when other people said it.

CountBapula · 27/08/2014 12:40

I use this lingo at work Blush but our office is extremely informal.

Anyway, I fucking hate formal language. I'd rather say, 'Could you do that tomoz? Ta' rather than 'Please ensure completion of this task tomorrow.'

aciddrops · 27/08/2014 12:43

Simples
gotten gotten gotten gotten gotten - hearing this word in the UK raises my blood pressure.

tobiasfunke · 27/08/2014 12:48

Nearly anything shortened with an ie or y to make it, you know, more friendly like.

Indie- for independent school

Indyref for the Scottish referendum - that one is really getting on my goat at the moment.

Veggie etc etc etc

SaskiaRembrandtWasFramed · 27/08/2014 12:53

Yes, to simples. Also MaccyDs, holibobs and amazeballs.

I absolutely detest besties too. The first time i heard that used I thought the speaker was referring to a dog.

Mintyy · 27/08/2014 12:55

Discussion of the Day? Really??

LividofLondon · 27/08/2014 12:55

Oh no, I'm about to go back to education and I fear I may be bombarded with this from my, probably much younger, class mates. Anyway, got to go...laters y'all (and anyone who doesn't like me saying laters are haters Wink) [shudder]

GarlicAugustus · 27/08/2014 12:56

Mintyy - blame the holibobs Wink

hippopootamus · 27/08/2014 12:58

'mac and cheese'. It's macaroni. grrrrr.

hippopootamus · 27/08/2014 12:59

'mac and cheese'. It's macaroni. grrrrr.

Shockers · 27/08/2014 13:03

For about six months, I thought LOL meant lots of love. I used it on the end of every email to my ( step) brother whilst discussing his mum's aggressive cancer. He's never mentioned it and I can only assume he realised my mistake Blush.

cherrybombxo · 27/08/2014 13:04

I say mac and cheese, don't see the problem there.

I do, however, hate 'nom'. Whether it's 'om nom nom' or someone referring to their food as 'noms' it makes my eyeballs itch.

ScarlettlovesRhett · 27/08/2014 13:05

Ha! I am 39 - I am an unashamed sayer of:

Totes
Amaze (pronounced uh-mez, so even more annoying Grin)
Whatevs
Hashtag - just sayin'
Oh-em-gee
Lolz
Ay-sap (for ASAP)
No my god (has taken over from omg now)
Tomoz

You'd all hate me!! (I do make every effort to use correct punctuation and spelling in texts though, other than the examples above, obvs Wink)