words that make you grit your teeth

[Tuckervill]

AAaaaaaaa!!!!!!! My boyfriend says that. He claims it's a UP Michigan thing...

I stick a knuckle in his tight left IT band every time he says it.

I thought he got it from his mother, who is a redneck (the nicest kind) from rural Florida. But his DAD is from MICHIGAN! Maybe that's where SHE got it!

Karen

[mimitabby]

well, we're certainly a diverse lot!

[withm]

Forte.

If you don't know how to pronounce it correctly you ought to simply say that something is not one of your strengths.

[Tuckervill]

I'm from Chicago. I use "guys" to refer to everyone, even little action figures.

I do NOT like the p-word. I greatly prefer "girly-bits" in the context of this forum--at some point the right words will trigger the filters. I think it's best that we don't use words that would have the perverts coming in because they searched the proper words.

There's a mixed up word Bush used that I very nearly can't avoid saying as if it were real: misunderestimated. It's ALMOST right!

Karen

[SadieKate]

OMG!*

As in "Oh my goodness" or "Oh my gosh!"

That "G" can be very diverse.

[nancielle]

Prolly for probably. Makes me crazy.

I agree with the posters upthread with the inappropriate uses of apostrophes or homonyms (there, they're, their; your/you're; no/know; to, too, two) Or using "then" for "than".

Ok, I feel better now.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Prolly for probably. Makes me crazy.

That reminds me....I cringe when people say "addy" instead of "address".

Yes we are all different.
I think 'the P word' is only derogatory if it's used in a derogatory manner. It can also be a loving term.
What's that Eleanor Roosevelt quotation?-
'No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.'

[kelownagirl]

That reminds me....I cringe when people say "addy" instead of "address".

Oops. guilty here. Will stop immediately!