Words and phrases that I just can't use, either at all or at the very least without rolling my eyes, giggling, or being loaded with sarcasm:
TIA (for "thanks in advance")
return on investment (or even worse, just saying "R.O.I.")
just a heads up
bailiwick
poo-poo (as in, "he poo-poo'ed that idea")
outside the box
win-win
kudos
massaging the data
staycation
webinar
vista
Twihard
buttock (weirdly, this is only true of the singular. I can say "buttocks" just fine).
zeitgeist
panties
What words bug you?
Thursday, December 03, 2009
What if I have to talk about the Buttock Zeitgeist?
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16 comments:
"like"
Bro (as in, hey bro!)
"whatever"
"at the end of the day"
"it is what it is"
...and any word with "uber" in front of it :-))
Galoshes
Goulash
Tartar
Out-of-pocket (as in unreachable)
gal
anyways (anyway in the singular is perfectly fine)
wiener
"pant"
...as in, "This's a fine-looking pant, even though it's acrylic and has no pockets"
...the pronunciation of "skedule" (sic) as "shed-ju-ul". Pretentious much?
paradigm
Google (when used as a verb, as in "just google it")
hubby
slacks
moist
ointment
And I agree with most everything that has already been listed by others!
You'll never make it at Microsoft, lady.
For those of us in the medical business, TIA means transient ischemic attack. IE, mini stroke. CJ
tour de force
every single one
honeydew
I don't like it when people say "guac".
"Panties" got rehabilitated for me the moment my husband saw the cover of a Michael Moorcock Elric book and said, "Nice man-panties on that guy".
All other usages (including the fashion editor usage of "pant," also "lip") still cause me to make the ew face.
Also "panties"
and add "touch base" (as in confer, check with).
multi-tasking
re-tooling
human capital
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