words that make you grit your teeth

[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.

[Geonz]

Driving home from Colorado a couple days ago I found a public radio station and the guy was doing a show about Ben Carson, the neurosurgeon and speaker and author ... and a primary theme of the show was the incredible importance of reading and education.
The guy doing the show, however, kept referring to "John Hopkins" hospital. GRRRRRR~!~! Education is important but you can't get the name of the hospital right? Talk about sending the message "Education is important - but we're going to be hopelessly ignorant anyway!"

[LBTC]

Driving home from Colorado a couple days ago I found a public radio station and the guy was doing a show about Ben Carson, the neurosurgeon and speaker and author ... and a primary theme of the show was the incredible importance of reading and education.
The guy doing the show, however, kept referring to "John Hopkins" hospital. GRRRRRR~!~! Education is important but you can't get the name of the hospital right? Talk about sending the message "Education is important - but we're going to be hopelessly ignorant anyway!"

I'm sorry, I don't know the correct name of the hospital. A google seach reveals that there is a John Hopkins hospital in Baltimore.....

[LBTC]

Ah, many of these irritate me from time to time. In casual conversation, most of my friends and associates, or even I(!), will use some variation listed here, just for effect. No problem there. And in a post in a forum such as this, the grammar and pronunciation isn't all that important to me. Occasionally, it can be confusing, and I hate it when I've included some typo that makes it appear that I don't know the correct word...and don't notice until it's too late to edit.

It is publications and news broadcasts that I wish would get it right!

The sports player did not miss a game because he has a groin. Everyone has a groin! He missed the game because he has a groin injury!

There is no such thing as stick-to-it-iveness. The word is tenacity! Good gravy!!

Gosh, those are just the first two that come to mind. If I think of more, I'll share.

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[ttaylor508]

"FRICKEN" instead the "f-word" ... Half the time when people say FRICKEN, it sounds so much like the F-word, you might as well have just said it....

[SouthernBelle]

"FRICKEN" instead the "f-word" ... Half the time when people say FRICKEN, it sounds so much like the F-word, you might as well have just said it....

I personally like friggin'

It keeps me from really cussing when I'm angry. Or mad, as in insane.

[cyclinnewbie]

I'm coming in a tad late here, but here goes...

People who interject R's into normal words, ie: Warshington, warsh the winduhs, etc.

Woof instead of wolf.

Ain't...I use it occasionally, but only in one or two sayings I use to make a point.

Overuse of the F word, and overuse of the word "like". I'm so over it...

Any word that is slurred or mumbled....my 14 year old has suddenly lost the ability to speak clearly. The kid mumbles EVERY word that escapes his mouth. Drives me NUTS.

Mammiogram. It's MAMMOGRAM. sheesh....

I seen...I just don't know where people learn to talk.

Geeze can you tell I was raised by a British mother who taught me to enunciate precisely? (I don't always, but I still like clear, appropriate speech).

<climbin down off'n mah soapbox>

[mimitabby]

oh yeah, thanks for reminding me. the prostrate gland EEEEK!

[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)

[redrhodie]

The word "folks" makes me cringe, especially when used by news reporters and politicians.