The "hated words" thread

[7rider]

LOL. Me neither.

Another favorite:

Negative impact.

It doesn't make any sense. If it's a negative impact, does that mean that things separated. Isn't that the same as exploded?

Oh, heck. In the regulatory world, under the various statutes, we deal with "negative impact" all the time. Like when a regulation puts you out of business. That would be a negative impact. You balance that with the positive impacts: like those rare occasions when a regulations is (bonus!) going to boost your business (well, assuming it's doing that NOT because the reg put all your competitors OUT of business. Oops!).

[SouthernBelle]

Two of my biggies have already been mentioned.

Conversate. The word is converse.

& grow a business. Hate that!

[Wahine]

Oh, heck. In the regulatory world, under the various statutes, we deal with "negative impact" all the time. Like when a regulation puts you out of business. That would be a negative impact. You balance that with the positive impacts: like those rare occasions when a regulations is (bonus!) going to boost your business (well, assuming it's doing that NOT because the reg put all your competitors OUT of business. Oops!).

I hear ya. I just wish people would say negative effect, instead of impact. (See Zen's post above).

[yellow]

I hear ya. I just wish people would say negative effect, instead of impact.

A related one...in my line of work, we discuss project-related effects. Some people that I work with actually use "impacted" as a verb, as in "the wetland would be impacted by..." Arg! The only thing that can be impacted is a wisdom tooth. I'm with you, Wahine. I prefer to use the word "effect" instead of "impact" (but I seem to be alone on this most of the time with my coworkers, which begs the question: is it me or are they all uncouth?).

And as SK knows, I say "very unique" all the time. Why? I have no idea. Where did I learn that one? I'm trying to overcome this shortfall in my life. Sometimes I even say "very super unique". I tend to overuse the word "super" for emphasis. Super fun, super cute, super whatever...

My most hated words are irregardless, orientated, and potable. Regarding the last one, I hate it because most people mispronounce it and that hurts my ears. And we all know by now that the first two aren't really words (though "irregardless" is now accepted as slang and does occur in some dictionaries).

[SadieKate]

The only thing that can be impacted is a wisdom tooth.

If that's the case, then your dogs must have very unique anal glands.

[yellow]

If that's the case, then your dogs must have very unique anal glands.

You mean your dog has very super unique anal glands. My dogs seem to just have normal ones.

[Veronica]

Irregardless, the potable water can be impacted by the real unique prostrate prostate whose owner should have been orientated to properly utilize the facilities.

V.

[yellow]

Irregardless, the potable water can be impacted by the real unique prostrate prostate whose owner should have been orientated to properly utilize the facilities.

V.

Did the facilities include a defribulator?

(OK, I'm just waiting from someone to bring up engrish again...it's been a while).