words that make you grit your teeth

[roadie gal]

So as not to hijack Zen's "epic" thread... What other words make you grit your teeth?

I have a list:

Dude - enough already with "dude". When some twit calls me dude I look down toward my "parts" and say, "Nope, I've got indoor plumbing, no dude here".

Awesome - "Awesome" is the sunrise over the ocean. It's something transcendent, not your new shirt.

Conquering a mountain - K2 and Everest are still there, despite the number of people who summit. The mountain is not "conquered". I don't think the mountain really cares. feh

Anyone else?

[maillotpois]

Irregardless.

[mimitabby]

Irregardless.

that's what i was going to say! a senior engineer uses this often in conversations. Or should I say monologues. And he's kind of exalted and haughty...and has seniority... and then he spits out that word and my eyes cross.

[maillotpois]

Nucular.

[7rider]

Nucular.

Axed (for "asked").

[Tuckervill]

acrosst.

Please, dear husband, DON'T say it anymore. It's not cute. It is ignorant.

Karen

[Smilie]

Boobies. They are BREASTS people, grow up!

Prego, preggers, knocked up. It is PREGNANT people, again-GROW UP.

*****, that is just an ugly word. ESPECIALLY when it is referred to female body parts, or any OTHER word that refers in a crude way to female parts. Again men(in this case usually) GROW UP!

Whew, thanks for letting me get that of my chest.

[uforgot]

Not a spoken word, but when I see: "Your invited" or "your the one for the job", I grit my teeth big time.

[Andrea]

acrosst.

Please, dear husband, DON'T say it anymore. It's not cute. It is ignorant.

Karen

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.

[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

[rij73]

acrosst.

Please, dear husband, DON'T say it anymore. It's not cute. It is ignorant.

Karen

That could have been me saying that!

[rij73]

The one that REALLY gets me is the mixing up of 'effect' and 'affect'. Drives me ABSOLUTELY bonkers!!!

[ilima]

I have another one to add. Inspired by an episode of HGTV's House Hunters. Cali woman looking for a home in Hawhy near Whykikee where she truly feels at home.

If you truly feel at home here at least have the courtesy to learn the proper pronunciation of the native language. That upside down backwards apostrophe is a glottal stop--please learn how to use it!

[Aggie_Ama]

I don't mind being called Mrs. Amanda XXX. I don't mind getting things addressed to Mrs. C. XXX. I actually do not like being called Ms. It is Mrs. for me.

I changed my last name but to hold onto my maiden name I got rid of my middle name (hated it anyway) and now my maiden name is legally my middle name. I like it and I like being a Mrs.

My husband and I are team and I feel like having the same last name is a way of being a team. Others do not and that is okay with me. I rarely miss my maiden name, probably just a couple times in 5 years since I ditched it. I still am very proud to be a member of my family and proud of their name.

When people call me Miss Amanda I want to slap them though. That is only for little bitty kids and the sweet old lady (76) who worked for me at Lowe's. We called her Miss Jenny.

[Flur]

I also took my husband's name, but I kept my middle name. My university, however, refuses to accept this and continues to send mail to Keri (maiden name) (last name). How many times do I have to tell them that's not my name?!?!