What phrase or high jacked word bugs you ?

January said:
Good luck in Australia - everyone uses this term for children
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Just about everybody uses it here too January. Since I have no intention of getting on an airplane again, I don't have to worry about hearing it in Australia. :D

@Sunkist Re: "wouldn't refer to my middle-aged kids as 'children,' or even 'my children"
.'Sometimes I'll say my child when referring to my son , who's 57 (usually in the context of something funny having been said), but mostly I call him by his name or say my son.
 
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"just lovely" has taken over for awesome

"tuck" and "tucked in to" tuck referring to putting ingredients in a sandwich for instance, "tucked in to" means eating

"jammy" referring to eggs where the yolk is in the molten state btwn soft and hard boiled

"hack" taken over for "Macgivered" which previously was "a work around" which took over for a racist expression

This one makes my blood boil. - "OK", used emphatically at the end of statement or explanation (typically by a mansplainer) to confirm that the statement is THE one and only true correct thinking expressed in the statement

Mansplaining doesn't bother me because it expresses perfectly what some people of either sex do and it's not really a replacement for any one word used previously.
 
againstthegrain said:
"jammy" referring to eggs where the yolk is in the molten state btwn soft and hard boiled
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That's probly regional. I've never heard an American say it in reference to eggs, at least not on the west coast. We would say "I like my eggs runny."

We do say Jammies, though, in reference to pajamas, which has apparently become regular daytime wear for a lot of us here in Central Calif. But I don't think many of us wear our jammies in bed.

againstthegrain said:
This one makes my blood boil. - "OK", used emphatically at the end of statement or explanation (typically by a mansplainer) to confirm that the statement is THE one and only true correct thinking expressed in the statement
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And then there's "Okaaay," used after someone else says something stupid or bizarre, or something all too obvious. Which probably replaced "Well, alrighty then," a term borrowed from Jim Carry's Ace Ventura movies, Carried over from his Saturday Night Live skits.

But, I'd like to clarify it's use post-mansplaining. It's a punctuation, not an emphasis. Right or wrong, fact or false, it means the discussion is over. The man's done 'splainin'.
 
Jules said:
Me and Monica went to the store.
Give the parcel to Monica and I.
I’s and Monica’s parcel has arrived.
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Our parcel has arrived.

Most people I know wouldn't use the word "arrived," though. I'm only mentioning that because I find it interesting when perfectly good words become archaic because people get lazy. Or, actually, it's probably because schools fast-track their students, arbitrarily trimming off a lot of meat along with the fat.

I don't use proper grammar in casual conversation anymore. I got tired of being asked if I'm a teacher, or what college I went to...and it's always "What college did you go to?" instead of which did you attend. These days, you aren't relatable when you use proper grammar. Not where I live, at least. Where I live, you get a smirk, a chuckle, and an expression that says "Who the hell is this guy?"

I rarely use proper grammar on here. "Loose grammar" has become a habit.
 
Dr.Colosso said:
k

Actually I find that one funny. If someone holds a huge tirade to a teen and they say k.
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I say it myself sometimes. It's always been on forums and I write it, 'kay. It's usually my one word reply after a long post explaining why I'm wrong about something while using straw man arguments and "they say" as their fact source.
 
Murrmurr said:
Our parcel has arrived.

Most people I know wouldn't use the word "arrived," though. I'm only mentioning that because I find it interesting when perfectly good words become archaic because people get lazy. Or, actually, it's probably because schools fast-track their students, arbitrarily trimming off a lot of meat along with the fat.

I don't use proper grammar in casual conversation anymore. I got tired of being asked if I'm a teacher, or what college I went to...and it's always "What college did you go to?" instead of which did you attend. These days, you aren't relatable when you use proper grammar. Not where I live, at least. Where I live, you get a smirk, a chuckle, and an expression that says "Who the hell is this guy?"

I rarely use proper grammar on here. "Loose grammar" has become a habit.
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I occasionally order items to be delivered from a store not far from here- but too far to walk- and after I place the order, the page says (as example) 'delivered between 8 and 9 p.m.' This is the way it's worded, although the order was placed a couple of hours before then. It SHOULD read 'WILL BE delivered between 8 and 9,' otherwise it looks like it was already delivered..
 
againstthegrain said:
"jammy" is used by foodies that eat eggs
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Ah. Probably Americans don't use it in reference to eggs because the consistency of what we call "jam" isn't runny. Jam is on the thick side and a bit lumpy, though not quite as thick as jelly, and not as lumpy as what we call preservatives. They all pair equally well with peanut butter, though.

But I suppose American foodies use it, professional ones, particularly, because they're universal. Also, I doubt they eat peanut butter.
 
These days there are words that now have new definitions forced upon us, to the point that it is frowned upon or mis-construed if you use them in the context we knew of in our youth.
gay
drag
silence
bang
snowflake
left - right
post
viral
 
RandomName said:
Advertisers have been turning nouns into verbs for years, trying to be cute. :cautious: The latest advertisement annoyance is the word 'money', as in "Think of J. Smith Investment Corp when you money!" :sick:
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Agreed! As an editor, this type of thing drives me batty.

I vented about this in a different thread, including KFC's "The Colonel Lived So We Could Chicken" and American Home Shield's "Don't Worry—Be Warranty." (I'm sorry—what???)

To me, those just sound stupid.
 

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