Overused words

[cuppajoe_9]

Here's a thread to unload all your favorite overused/misused/redundant/contradictory words and/or phrases.

My personal favorite: gender. People don't have genders, words have genders. People have sexes. That's right SEXes. Get over it you puritanical losers.

[kathycf]

Phrases I don't like? Calling people "Losers" for one... :confused:

Other annoyances:
overuse of "filler" type words and phrases: like, you know, so,
People who rely on slang too much.
I am sorry to say it because I notice a few very nice folks actually do this here, but I hate when people type something like u for you, and hu for who, or overuse the term "lol"...it is just a pet peeve of mine, nothing against anybody.

[RobinHood3000]

"LOL" is overused, but it doesn't bother me much. I just cut it out of my own usage, no need to cut it out of everybody else's.

[kathycf]

"LOL" is overused, but it doesn't bother me much. I just cut it out of my own usage, no need to cut it out of everybody else's.

Same here, I don't expect that people will or even should stop using it. Like, you know, that would be, like, way arrogant and harsh, like, you know? lol... :lol: ;)

[ShoutGrace]

Same here, I don't expect that people will or even should stop using it. Like, you know, that would be, like, way arrogant and harsh, like, you know? lol... :lol: ;)

Oh, Kathy.

It bothers me when people use the word 'copacetic'. I happened upon that word sometime before middle school and performed all the necessary time and effort expenditure involved with looking it up and memorizing it.

It has become something close to slang. For some reason it drives me nuts to hear that word spoken aloud.

[cuppajoe_9]

Phrases I don't like? Calling people "Losers" for one... :confused: I like to think that the fact that I used the word 'puritanical' in the same sentence make up for it.

You're right though, and I don't do it often. I was really tired when I composed that. As I am right now.

[smilingtearz]

I kinda( :D)use the word "Kinda" a lot of times instead of saing "kind of"...

[Mililalil XXIV]

I kinda( :D)use the word "Kinda" a lot of times instead of saing "kind of"...
I am so tired of the word "saing"!

[kathycf]

I like to think that the fact that I used the word 'puritanical' in the same sentence make up for it.

You're right though, and I don't do it often. I was really tired when I composed that. As I am right now.
Not trying to pick on you or anything, it just seemed a bit off to me, thats all.




Oh, Kathy.


Hmmm?

[papayahed]

A friend of mine uses terms "whack" and "dealio". I really really really dislike that. A woman in her mid thirties should not be saying "Hey, Nellie I can't believe you took all the butter, that's Whack"

[cuppajoe_9]

Some annoying redundancies:

Tuna fish (there's another kind of tuna?)
PIN number (personal identification number number)
HIV virus (human immunodeficiency virus virus)
Yellow in color
Round in shape

[Virgil]

"lurk"

I hate when people use that for common every day things. It's so sensational.

[Riesa]

lurk lurk lurk lurk lurk, the cat is lurking even chunky is lurking. the donkeys lurk in their pasture.

what is wrong with lurk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I love it! LURK. I'm going to start every lurking email to you with that now.
It makes me mouth feel funny saying it. And I think I look like a real goofball in a fishing hat saying it. LURK. some fish is lurkin down around our boat, phil.

lurk lurk lurk.

Oh, and a word I overuse is OH. I think it used to be UMM, but somewhere I changed it to OH.
:D

[kathycf]

Some annoying redundancies:

Tuna fish (there's another kind of tuna?)
PIN number (personal identification number number)
HIV virus (human immunodeficiency virus virus)
Yellow in color
Round in shape

You left out ATM machine, automatic teller machine machine. ;)
There is also a cosmetics company called MAC that has started calling itself MAC cosmetics. what is the problem with that you may ask? The MAC stands for Makeup Artist Cosmetics....Makeup Artist Cosmetics Cosmetics.

*Grumble*

*edit* Riesa's post reminds me of a forum I post at where new members are called either "lurker" or "lurker who speaks" I really dislike that, and I am not quite sure why. I have nothing personal against the word "lurk" but Riesa seems to have an inordinate love of it. :) ;) :) (joke)

[RJbibliophil]

I think the word "love" is too flung around and misused in the english language. It loses it's meaning. We should be like the greeks and have at least 4 words to describe differents kinds of love, likes, etc.

Abbreviations and some slang don't really bug me,
but it bugs me when people don't use any punctuation or capitals the words just go and on and never seem to stop one can not tell where one sentence starts and the next one begins it is so annoying

And I agree with cuppa and kathy on the above mentioned, but whatever

[Virgil]

lurk lurk lurk lurk lurk, the cat is lurking even chunky is lurking. the donkeys lurk in their pasture.

what is wrong with lurk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I love it! LURK. I'm going to start every lurking email to you with that now.
It makes me mouth feel funny saying it. And I think I look like a real goofball in a fishing hat saying it. LURK. some fish is lurkin down around our boat, phil.

lurk lurk lurk.

Oh, and a word I overuse is OH. I think it used to be UMM, but somewhere I changed it to OH.
:D
:lol: I bet you were lurking in the background just waiting to pounce on my thread. :lol: Nice to see you Riesa.

[Nightmare9870]

Some annoying redundancies:

Tuna fish (there's another kind of tuna?)
PIN number (personal identification number number)
HIV virus (human immunodeficiency virus virus)
Yellow in color
Round in shape

Redundancies don't bother me most of the time, but when people say "deja vu all over again," I have to strongly resist the urge to yell at them.

[Bysshe]

Something that I've heard, and even seen written down a couple of times is "avian bird flu".

Really. Some people just don't think. :rolleyes:

[shinigami]

how about "moral lesson"? Or when people use the words: liberty, justice, freedom and stuff like that.. it really bugs me.. and people always say that things are ironic... or the irony of things... it's really stupid!! They don't even know what irony means...
I mean.. I guess it's a pet-peeve of mine... and when people say things that don't make sense or sometimes they just keep on talking in English but the accent and the words they use clearly show that they can't talk in straight English.. I really have to resist myself from shouting " Shut Up!!" and things like that... It really is Super Annoying.... well, that's what I think... and yah.. "LOVE" is so overused... and "bless you"., and the fillers like.. "and.. you know.. and all, and like.. like", when people use these I tell them to shut up... it's really annoying to me..

[AimusSage]

I nominate 'Turnip' as most overused word :)

[WhimsySA]

I say Ya (in S.A.) or Yeah is the most overused

[smilingtearz]

I am so tired of the word "saing"!

uh... that was a typo!!.. i never say "saing!"

[kathycf]

I nominate 'Turnip' as most overused word :)

Maybe by you! ;) :p

I was in a business a while ago, and they had a sign posted:

No checks excepted

When I pointed out (politely) that they might want to change that to Accept
they looked at me like I had two heads. Sure, words that sort of sound similiar must mean the same thing, right????? :rolleyes:

[Chava]

My danish teacher recently bawled me out for abbreviating all my literery analysis with the nicely covering phrase, "and so forth" or "etc." seriously, it's become the class joke...

[RobinHood3000]

PIN Number may be redundant, but can you imagine if they just called it a pin?

"Please input your PIN."
<DOINK>
"OWWW!!!"

[kathycf]

PIN Number may be redundant, but can you imagine if they just called it a pin?

"Please input your PIN."
<DOINK>
"OWWW!!!"

Whatever do you mean? :brow:
;) :p

[cuppajoe_9]

No checks exceptedMust be monetary egalitarians.

My local liquor store had this sign in it until recently:
Please do not ask to borrow money from our employees to purchase our products. We will not stand for this horashment.We figure he was 'doing inventory' when he wrote the sign.

[Manfred]

The slang term "whatever" really sets my teeth on edge. As in:
"But I love you, my Darling!", he cried.
"Whatever."

[RobinHood3000]

I agree -- it's the same for "Oh, well."

[Taliesin]

Pointless - some people say it too easily.

Oh, and another thing is when the word "sexy" is used too much in commercials. We have nothing against that word, but really - sexy clocks, sexy lamps, sexy wellingtons et cetera - this really sounds very weird.
Overused.

[Chava]

"just"

in the sense, "it's just a painting". Too many of my friends belittle themselves in that way...

[vrianto3]

How about 'I'?

[cuppajoe_9]

Whenever my sister uses the phrase 'hence why...' I have to resist the urge to resort to violence.

[RJbibliophil]

I see nothing the matter with hence why...

redundancies exist because it is easier to know what people mean if they say ATM machine, than if they say ATM.

[RobinHood3000]

ATM -- Automated Teller Machine, or At The Moment?

PIN -- Personal Identification Number, or sharp, pointy thingy?

[cuppajoe_9]

I see nothing the matter with hence why...Hence means 'that is why'. You don't need to say "Hence why the author uses this metaphor". You can just say "Hence the author uses this meatphor".
ATM -- Automated Teller Machine, or At The Moment?

PIN -- Personal Identification Number, or sharp, pointy thingy?I have never heard ATM used to mean At The Moment. And if I had, I would probably mention it here.

A PIN is a personal identification number, a pin is a sharp pointy thing. I can not imagine a situation where those two could be confused.

[cuppajoe_9]

I wonder why people think they can say "There are no atheists in foxholes" and not think that would make somebody want to beat them up.

[Mark F.]

The word social is used way too much, it desn't mean anything anymore. Everything is social or antisocial.

[tainaprincess]

The word "normal". I mean, what does normal mean? To someone, it might mean something completely different than what it means to someone else.

[RobinHood3000]

I wonder why people think they can say "There are no atheists in foxholes" and not think that would make somebody want to beat them up.I wholeheartedly agree.