words that make you grit your teeth

[SadieKate]

I have a question for those of you who dislike certain words like "prolly." Do you hate every instance of it or do you recognize that it can be used in jest? I would never use the word in a formal situation, but to friends and family with the right inflection, it's just a figure of speech. Like times one uses the word "ain't". When I am speaking with someone, I can generally tell by the speaker's inflection whether she knows the difference between proper and poor grammar.

Out fishing with my brother once, he stumbled around for the name of young turkeys. He conjured up "turklets" and it's stuck. Not a real word, but who cares? He's not going to use it in a research paper.

Language is such a fluid thing and humor can come in many forms.

[Aggie_Ama]

Out fishing with my brother once, he stumbled around for the name of young turkeys. He conjured up "turklets" and it's stuck. Not a real word, but who cares? He's not going to use it in a research paper.

Language is such a fluid thing and humor can come in many forms.

I call a herd of moose MEESE. We are planning a trip to Alaska and were talking about seeing Moose. I told my husband, why is the plural of goose Geese but the plural of Moose isn't Meese? We got a good laugh and now we say it. Prolly would piss a lot of people off to hear it.

I think what annoys me is over use of words. My brother-in-law uses ain't all the time. Any my cheek tingles when I hear it remembering getting slapped for saying it over and over just to piss off my mom.

[rij73]

This thread is hilarious... I just remembered another one that REALLY gets to me.

I hate it when the word "crescendo" is used to describe a climax or peak. I've heard this pretty frequently as in: "His anger reached a crescendo." I think it has become an accepted use.

Crescendo means "growing" in Italian. It is used in music as an indication to increase volume gradually. It does not mean anything about the moment of greatest volume or climax!

My husband (an architect) hates it when "architect" is used to describe someone in a non-architectural sense. For example: "The architect of the 9-11 terror attacks." Drives him NUTS!