words that make you grit your teeth

[Aggie_Ama]

I just keep thinking of things that people say that annoy me.

Pasty, pale, white (in a negative tone "you are so white")- I am fair skinned. F-you if I care about not having skin cancer. And yes, that f.

Vertically Challenged- no challenge here, I am short damnit. Sure I need a stool to get things off the shelf but don't act like being 5'2" is a handicap.

Zit- ugly word for an annoying issue.

C*nt- makes my skin crawl.

[Jolt]

I just keep thinking of things that people say that annoy me.

Pasty, pale, white (in a negative tone "you are so white")- I am fair skinned. F-you if I care about not having skin cancer. And yes, that f.

Vertically Challenged- no challenge here, I am short damnit. Sure I need a stool to get things off the shelf but don't act like being 5'2" is a handicap.

Zit- ugly word for an annoying issue.

C*nt- makes my skin crawl.

I agree, "vertically challenged" is just dumb! It's one of those things that must have come from "political correctness" gone overboard. As for the "c word", that is just disgusting--worse than the f-bomb which is bad enough! BTW, didn't we have another thread like this a while back?

[crazycanuck]

Just another thing..Please remember that religion is not shoved down our throats down here as much as it is in the US.

Mr Silver, must you quote every single verse in the Bible? You don't have to point it out, the non religious folks are not complete morons thanks. It's not going to change my view about religion.

[Andrea]

I think it's pretty awful, too, and I can probably count the number of times I've said it on one hand without using my thumb.

Once was directed towards a woman in an Escalade that nearly hit me with her mirror while I was in the bike lane (and put her passenger-side tires over the line to do so!), then swerved towards me again when I began to pull up next to her at a stoplight. I had to ride into the the gutter to get around her, and I let the c-word fly right into her open window

[Geonz]

I think it's pretty awful, too, and I can probably count the number of times I've said it on one hand without using my thumb.

Once was directed towards a woman in an Escalade that nearly hit me with her mirror while I was in the bike lane (and put her passenger-side tires over the line to do so!), then swerved towards me again when I began to pull up next to her at a stoplight. I had to ride into the the gutter to get around her, and I let the c-word fly right into her open window

When I was teaching reading in tutorials, we would end each session with paired read-aloud (taking turns reading) from a book of the student's choice. This ninth grade girl chose Cujo. When she'd come to a 'bad word,' she would simply skip it, so I did the same.

When the c-word came up and I skipped it, she called me on it... "You skipped that word!" - and she was concerned that I'd skipped it because she'd never heard of it before. I told her what it meant and that she probably hadn't heard of it because it was considered even more 'inappropriate' and rude than other 'bad words.'

I did suggest that she not announce at the dinner table that she'd learned a new word...