words that make you grit your teeth

[maillotpois]

I think "disirregardless" is even more glorious.

Oh that's just loverly.

libary

I thought that was spelled "liberry"...

[smilingcat]

No comment. I can't spell.

smilingcat

[Grog]

Pedle for pedal.

And, yes, nucular. I heard it from an engineer supposebly (haha that one is funny) trained in "nucular engineering," couldn't believe my ears.

[Eden]

Pedle for pedal.

And, yes, nucular. I heard it from an engineer supposebly (haha that one is funny) trained in "nucular engineering," couldn't believe my ears.

Somehow my husband has inadvertently picked this up, but the most frustrating part is that he cannot hear that he is saying it incorrectly.... He insists he is saying nuclear and will get very angry if you tell him he said nucular.... but I'm not nuts, someone else heard it too....

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Surrealistic. "Surreal" is usually quite sufficient.
Same thing with minimalistic. Minimal usually works fine. This one is ironic to boot, because the word minimalistic is hardly minimal.

Loose instead of lose....as in "I don't want to lose my shirt".

Folage or foilage instead of foliage, as in Autumn foliage.

Putting apostrophes in plurals where they don't belong, as in "My bike's are for sale."

I also am annoyed that the quaint old term "buck naked" has now apparently been changed to "butt naked".

Yeah I laugh at peddle instead of pedal too.
But I'll confess- the other day I had typed "handelbars" instead of handlebars. I caught it just before I posted it though! I attribute it to too much exposure to classical music in my youth.

[Paradox]

Overuse of business phrases such as "touch base" or "proactive" to make yourself sound more important than you are...

The overuse of the word "like" by young women. I'm like so like over that.

"old school"
"sick" to describe something cool
"my bad"
"wicked"

[Veronica]

"wicked"

"Wicked" is a long time Maineism. It's staying in my vocabulary.

V.

[dex]

"Invite" as a noun. This one drives me up a tree, and given the work that I do, I fight the battle against it *constantly*.

"Massclusive"--referring to the popularization of designer label items (handbags, clothes, accessories, etc.)

[shootingstar]

Got nothin' new to add here.

Overuse of F word and "like" is tiresome. Hard to even want to listen to a speaker who uses either of these words for nearly every sentence.

[dachshund]

"Wicked" is a long time Maineism. It's staying in my vocabulary.

V.

I still like "wicked".

These grate on my nerves:
utilize
drill down
collaborative

And for some reason, "sweet" just irritates me. Not sure why. I probably didn't like the first person who said it to me.

[LBTC]

How about chaffing? Really, my bicycle shorts do not cause me to have the hulls of wheat on my buttocks!! (although I imagine it could feel similar)

[spindizzy]

"chester drawers" (for chest of drawers)

"pitch red"

"julury" (for jewelry)

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

"julury" (for jewelry)

I actually saw a jewelry store once that had a big fancy sign hanging out front that said "JEWLERY". Unbelievable!

[salsabike]

Flustrated.

Although you can see how that word came about...

[beccaB]

But I'll confess- the other day I had typed "handelbars" instead of handlebars. I caught it just before I posted it though! I attribute it to too much exposure to classical music in my youth.[/QUOTE]


George Frederick Handel-
a German born composer who lived most of his life in England and considered himself English although he never developed a good grasp of the English language. It is especially noticed in his oratorios, the way not so important words fall on important parts of the measure. I LOVE music history! Trend setters, those composers are!