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We all have items in our modern spoken language that are irritating to us.
"Melty cheese" irks the hell out of me when I hear it. It is supposed to be meltED cheese. There is no such thing as "melty". I picture a 5yo asking mommy for a "melty cheese" sammich. Quite a few commercials these days use that idiotic, childish term. Has our society devolved to a kindergartner level when speaking? It started with Taco Bell a couple years ago, now just about any ad I see for something with melted cheese on it is "melty" :mad:
Any commonly used "non-words" in today's clown world irritate you?
"It is what it is" is another. No shit, is it really what it is?
Ok, dont get me started but right now in the corporate world and on TV, soooo many people will say "blah bla bla this that the other" then they say "RIGHT". quit saying right after everything you say "RIGHT".
Just stop ending every sentence saying RIGHT , RIGHT. Please just stop it those people.
PB
How about "reach out"? Corporate all the way. When I hear "reach out" I picture some urchin in the water desperately reaching for a rescue rope you [deliberately] threw just a little bit away from them!
The Dumb Gun Collector
10-21-22, 21:00
"It is what it is" is another. No shit, is it really what it is?
Absolutely my most despised in the last 10 years. F'ing hate it.
I also despise using the term "a minute" to mean a long time.
Recently I hear people saying "populate" to mean filling something up. I "populated" my shelf with cans of soup. Freaking yuck. I think it is spillover from computer talk.
titsonritz
10-21-22, 21:08
It annoys the shit out me when every other word is "Like".
or "You know?"
It annoys the shit out me when every other word is "Like".
or "You know?"
Remember Moon Unit Zappa's "Valley Girls"? :suicide:
Current boss is saying supposevly and labtop. That's killing me on the inside.
titsonritz
10-21-22, 21:22
Remember Moon Unit Zappa's "Valley Girls"? :suicide:
Oh my God
Gag me with a spoon
Totally
Grody
How about "reach out"? Corporate all the way. When I hear "reach out" I picture some urchin in the water desperately reaching for a rescue rope you [deliberately] threw just a little bit away from them!
That one grates on me too.
Another is "vision". Thoughts and ideas are fine, but "I have a vision" sounds like they are seeing shit.
Straight Shooter
10-21-22, 21:23
Watch these stupid millennial commercials..especially that stupid ass CARMAX ad..theyll answer with both yes AND no.."um no..yeah.SURE".
"No,yeah sure its ok" THAT shit drives me bonkers.
Perfect example here:
https://youtu.be/RaX1v1vUpdc
Watch these stupid millennial commercials..especially that stupid ass CARMAX ad..theyll answer with both yes AND no.."um no..yeah.SURE".
"No,yeah sure its ok" THAT shit drives me bonkers.
Perfect example here:
https://youtu.be/RaX1v1vUpdc
Have you been to the Midwest? It's a dialect here. No but yeah = yes. Yes but no = no. Then there's the whole "ope" when you mean sorry. We all have our quirks
"Circle back" my wife has started using this at work, ugh
Adding "at" after "where are you" type of statements. It seems to have become standard English and it drives me nuts!
"Circle back" my wife has started using this at work, ugh
Adding "at" after "where are you" type of statements. It seems to have become standard English and it drives me nuts!
That red-headed twat Jen Psaki comes to mind when I hear that.
That red-headed twat Jen Psaki comes to mind when I hear that.
I don't know why but that red head gets my mojo werkin'.
I don't know why but that red head gets my mojo werkin'.
Face/palm......c'mon man, get a grip on yourself! (er, uh, maybe not)
Straight Shooter
10-21-22, 22:31
Have you been to the Midwest? It's a dialect here. No but yeah = yes. Yes but no = no. Then there's the whole "ope" when you mean sorry. We all have our quirks
Bro- that is some retarded ass shit. Its like talkin to the Rain Man or something.
Using the "word" LOL in everything you write.
Have you been to the Midwest? It's a dialect here. No but yeah = yes. Yes but no = no. Then there's the whole "ope" when you mean sorry. We all have our quirks
If you're 15 maybe, otherwise, NOPE.
I haven't seen a commercial in a long time. When I used to watch those channels I'd always mute commercials the second they came on.
I don't know why but that red head gets my mojo werkin'.
Oh no, not even on her best day. Too many high quality reds out there to waste it on Boones Farm strawberry.
At work I've been hearing about getting or adding "logos" when signing new customers.
“Real quick” (proceeds to speak for 10 minutes while adding nothing)
“Walk the dog”
“Kabuki dance”
“Mute point” -anytime someone subs the wrong word into a common phrase, really.
“Adjust fire” when not conducting a CFF.
“Prep the battlefield on that”
I despise pretty much anything that catches on with staff types that they feel the need to inject into everything they say. Especially if its something they borrow from grunts, and even worse when their use of it demonstrates a lack of understanding of the phrase. Its like trying to speak to a freaking parrot.
Anything a senior leader feels the need to say constantly. Polly want a cracker. Bawk. Real quick.
Averageman
10-22-22, 05:27
I despise pretty much anything that catches on with staff types that they feel the need to inject into everything they say. Especially if its something they borrow from grunts, and even worse when their use of it demonstrates a lack of understanding of the phrase. Its like trying to speak to a freaking parrot.
Anything a senior leader feels the need to say constantly. Polly want a cracker. Bawk. Real quick.
Bwahahaha!
It never ceases to amaze me that some folks think every problem has a solution and that every solution hasn't been tried already.
They sit in meeting after meeting and all they really need is to hand out a training calander and get out of the way.
Bwahahaha!
It never ceases to amaze me that some folks think every problem has a solution and that every solution hasn't been tried already.
They sit in meeting after meeting and all they really need is to hand out a training calander and get out of the way.
Imagine a version of hell wherein you have to discuss ITAR and EAR with some of those dudes, via VTC with a shit connection, and you don’t speak lawyer and they don’t speak arms, armor, and optics.
The_War_Wagon
10-22-22, 07:27
"But climate change DEMANDS...."
“Real quick” (proceeds to speak for 10 minutes while adding nothing)
“Walk the dog”
“Kabuki dance”
“Mute point” -anytime someone subs the wrong word into a common phrase, really.
“Adjust fire” when not conducting a CFF.
“Prep the battlefield on that”
I despise pretty much anything that catches on with staff types that they feel the need to inject into everything they say. Especially if its something they borrow from grunts, and even worse when their use of it demonstrates a lack of understanding of the phrase. Its like trying to speak to a freaking parrot.
Anything a senior leader feels the need to say constantly. Polly want a cracker. Bawk. Real quick.
LOL, we'd play 'senior enlisted bingo' with key phrases and words...."behoove", "shipmate", "mute point," etc.
Irregardless. Makes me want to stab them with an icepick.
People who end every sentence with the phrase you know. Every f'ing sentence. Drives me crazy.
The word anyways. The word is "anyway". There is no "s" at the end.
And people who start sentences with 'So.' I tell people the 'so' is silent, just say your sentence.
Face/palm......c'mon man, get a grip on yourself! (er, uh, maybe not)
I'll circle back to that.
:)
Any way.... Here's another one:
"Any way" or its cousin "any hoo"
Bro- that is some retarded ass shit. Its like talkin to the Rain Man or something.
I agree. I don't talk like that but I am surrounded by it.
Having the distinct pleasure of investigating a kid porn case and going through the snapchats and texts of high schoolers has set my IQ back and I didn't have much to spare from the onset. It is miles of shorthand that I thought we got rid of when we got full keyboards on smartphones.
Fr means for real
Og is on God
It goes on and on.
"We embrace Diversity". And Multiculturalism.
One needs only to look at the history of the American Indians to see how well that worked out for them.
When people say “that being said”. Once is a little annoying but saying it five times in a sentence is brutal.
Current boss is saying supposevly and labtop. That's killing me on the inside.
My wife hates Especially I mean EXpecially. Hear it on the news and the whole deal.
PB
I agree. I don't talk like that but I am surrounded by it.
Having the distinct pleasure of investigating a kid porn case and going through the snapchats and texts of high schoolers has set my IQ back and I didn't have much to spare from the onset. It is miles of shorthand that I thought we got rid of when we got full keyboards on smartphones.
Fr means for real
Og is on God
It goes on and on.
I can't even imagine, it would cost brain cells for sure. Good work because somebody has to do it that doesn't speak that language.
PB
Baby talking catch phrases, like OP's "melty". Things like, "totes!" and "adorbs!!" (totally & adorable). "That is like literally the most totes adorbs kitten!"
Misuse of terms to sound smart, informed, or decisive. Things like "technically" and "literally" are a start. "I am like literally, technically the most informed person about this".
Bad grammar and misuse of pronouns- "come to this meeting with Tom & I", "they joined Tom & I for the meeting", "me & her had a drink"
Confusing "than" and "then", using "of" instead of "have", there, they're and their, to, two, too, etc
Passive voice, 'exspecially' used in meandering statements (I cringe every time I hear it spoken). "I had asked Jane to join Tom & I for this meeting, because it was more important then anything else we had to get done today. She had said she would of come but she had already said her & me had discussed this already, and she had already sent the email and the boss already had said he had read it already".
Third person pronouns for first person use. "Jane says they lost their keys. There very upset and they need them so they can start they're car. Has any one seen them?" Who?! Jane or 'their' f**king keys?
1_click_off
10-22-22, 10:47
Hot mess
Don’t cha know
Starting sentences with “Let me be clear” or “Look”. When politicians or government officials start with either one I know that total B.S. and gaslighting is to follow.
Averageman
10-22-22, 11:15
Skrimp.
You know instead of Shrimp?
Some people are like, totally like unlistenable, because like, they use "like" every other word.
It just makes me tune out to whatever they're saying and just start counting the number of "like"s they're throwing in. Sometimes it's astonishing when somebody has to say" like" 10+ times just to get a sentence out. It's brutal.
https://youtu.be/2FSQYBjkGq4
I have a few. As mentioned, Reach out. I hate that. I always think about my crosshairs on a target.
People who start every sentence with, “honestly “. I assume they normally lie.
“Just one more thing.” That generally means 12 more things and an hour of stupidity.
Cheers, Steve
"Without further ado". WTF is "ado"?
Straight Shooter
10-22-22, 12:21
I agree. I don't talk like that but I am surrounded by it.
Having the distinct pleasure of investigating a kid porn case and going through the snapchats and texts of high schoolers has set my IQ back and I didn't have much to spare from the onset. It is miles of shorthand that I thought we got rid of when we got full keyboards on smartphones.
Fr means for real
Og is on God
It goes on and on.
I understand more than you know. Ive worked with..urban yoots..for so long it was affecting me too. I would imitate them in conversation, to me, as a joke, thinking whomever I was talking to would just KNOW somehow I was clowning...NO. I had to set the record straight with some close friends that no, I hadnt gone "hood" and was mimicking what I heard at work 12 hours a day.
Someone mentioned "skrimp". I purposely say that when Im out with the gf.."lemme gets a order of dem skrimps"..DRIVES HER UP A WALL. Man I crack up everytime.
“EMPOWERING”. My immediate reaction; FUKK YOU!
How has no one brought up “OK Boomer” yet? I’m not a “Boomer” age definition wise, and I hope in no other way, but if all anyone has to contribute is that just quit wasting the internet.
Supposebly….
Starting a sentence with to be honest. So you were lying the rest of the time? [emoji4]
How has no one brought up “OK Boomer” yet? I’m not a “Boomer” age definition wise, and I hope in no other way, but if all anyone has to contribute is that just quit wasting the internet.
Okay boomer.
Irregardless. Makes me want to stab them with an icepick.
You did that on purpose.
Btw guys, it's "moot" point.
LOL, we'd play 'senior enlisted bingo' with key phrases and words...."behoove", "shipmate", "mute point," etc. Ever hear someone say “be-hooah-of”? Back when you could make E-9 on a GED, that phrase was tossed out from time to time. I would cringe in sympathetic embarrassment.
Irregardless. Makes me want to stab them with an icepick. If I were on your jury, I would vote not guilty.
“Same difference” also annoys me.
The thread title reminded me of something mildly amusing: I was once charged with “directing offensive, annoying, or derisive words toward another person”. I found out when I applied for a CCP and was told that there was a warrant out for my arrest. I never found out who accused me; the JAG got it nolle prossed and we had a laugh at the Louisiana legal system.
Okay boomer.
As entirely expected. I knew someone wouldn’t disappoint.
I understand more than you know. Ive worked with..urban yoots..for so long it was affecting me too. I would imitate them in conversation, to me, as a joke, thinking whomever I was talking to would just KNOW somehow I was clowning...NO. I had to set the record straight with some close friends that no, I hadnt gone "hood" and was mimicking what I heard at work 12 hours a day.
Someone mentioned "skrimp". I purposely say that when Im out with the gf.."lemme gets a order of dem skrimps"..DRIVES HER UP A WALL. Man I crack up everytime.
Bonus points if you know what a “case quarter” is.
The thread title reminded me of something mildly amusing: I was once charged with “directing offensive, annoying, or derisive words toward another person”. I found out when I applied for a CCP and was told that there was a warrant out for my arrest. I never found out who accused me; the JAG got it nolle prossed and we had a laugh at the Louisiana legal system.
You can actually be charged with some bullshit like that? That sounds a little unconstitutional, no? If there was no threat involved (like "I'll kill you") then WTF is up with that.
Skrimp.
You know instead of Shrimp?
Or "Can I axe you a question?" Please part with the ebonics and speak English.
"Literally"
"Technically..."
"I could care less..."
The list is...literally...endless.
I admit to saying "like" a lot.
I had an E9 that would inject "and stuff" into the middle or end of every sentence he said. That's not an exaggeration. There were betting pools during commander's calls with the winner getting a wad of cash.
Or "Can I axe you a question?" Please part with the ebonics and speak English.
Metathesis. A holdover from African-Engligh. Transposing letters.
Would of, could of & should of instead of would've, could've & should've. Not using may & can properly. Supposably. These aren't really phrases but they do annoy the crap out of me.
You can actually be charged with some bullshit like that? That sounds a little unconstitutional, no? If there was no threat involved (like "I'll kill you") then WTF is up with that.
Surprised me, as well. Part of the problem was that I failed to show up for the summons that I never received.
Inkslinger
10-22-22, 19:25
“Could care less”. Really? How much less? A little or a lot?
As has already been said irregardless grates on my nerves
Another is "We were conversating", really? since when did conversating replace conversing?
Straight Shooter
10-22-22, 19:54
Bonus points if you know what a “case quarter” is.
I SAY THAT ALL THE TIME!! Never heard too many others that know that!:);):D
titsonritz
10-22-22, 20:04
Btw guys, it's "moot" point.
Thank you.
Would of, could of & should of instead of would've, could've & should've. Not using may & can properly. Supposably. These aren't really phrases but they do annoy the crap out of me.
You've read my mind.
I agree. I don't talk like that but I am surrounded by it.
Having the distinct pleasure of investigating a kid porn case and going through the snapchats and texts of high schoolers has set my IQ back and I didn't have much to spare from the onset. It is miles of shorthand that I thought we got rid of when we got full keyboards on smartphones.
Fr means for real
Og is on God
It goes on and on.
Dis fr.. Ion evn no wut dey tryn to say
Bonus points if you know what a “case quarter” is.
Let’me hold a case quarter...
When I lived in Florida I DESPISED newscasters that insisted on using pop / urban / hip lingo in regular broadcasts. While trying to build a relevant online persona it came off like a failing SNL skit.
Whatever the swampy msm catch phrase of the day they are regurgitating is what gets me...right now I'm dealing with 'Threat to Democracy'
Sticks in my craw...
Not reading through 7 pages to see if it has been mentioned.
But I hate it when someone answers me with “right”.
Them: Good morning, how is your morning going?
Me: Going great, but traffic was backed up at the exit ramp.
Them: “Right”
1_click_off
10-22-22, 21:26
Bonus points if you know what a “case quarter” is.
I’ll trade you four case quarters for a hard dollar.
WillieThom
10-22-22, 21:36
I’ve yet to read this thread so I don’t know if it has been mentioned… but when people use “then” when they should be using “than” and vice-versa annoys the shit out of me to the point I can hardly stand it. I don’t point it out when I see it on the forums because that would be rude but it happens ALL. THE. TIME. on M4C and now that I have a thread where I can point it out for all to see…
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/when-to-use-then-and-than
Also: https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/how-to-use-theyre-there-their
Also: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/your
And: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/you're
titsonritz
10-22-22, 21:42
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZnKf8tdP2Y
Straight Shooter
10-22-22, 22:21
Pretty soon we ALL gonna have to learn to speak jive.
https://youtu.be/yzIcec_bQss
We have a program manager who uses "ask" as a noun in place of question or request e.g. "I have an ask" or "The ask from last week was never answered". Drives me nuts.
One I've been seeing and hearing a lot lately is "Oh how the turntables." which was originally a gag from The Office. Michael Scott being an idiot mispronouncing the phrase, "Oh how the tables have turned." But it seems like people these days actually think "Oh how the turntables" is the correct phrase. Drives me nuts.
fedupflyer
10-23-22, 16:23
My wife hates Especially I mean EXpecially. Hear it on the news and the whole deal.
PB
Maybe that's why some think it is EXpresso.
fedupflyer
10-23-22, 16:27
Deboard an aircraft...no such word, its deplane or egress, hell even depart would work.
Active taxiway....well all taxiways are active unless it is closed.
Black ice....no its clear ice that happens to be on a black surface.
Tarmac......arghhhh
Any time someone announces what they're about to say:
"I was going to say..."
Then just say it or keep your mouth shut and don't repeat it.
"Let me ask you a question."
I'm either going to say "no" or "just ask the question."
I guess this is why I get accused of being an introvert like it's a bad thing.
'Preciate ya...
Absolutely despise this one.
FlyAndFight
10-23-22, 19:33
I despise the "I ain't gonna lie" phrase.
Equally bad is the use of "literally" to stress a point.
Ugghh...
Deboard an aircraft...no such word, its deplane or egress, hell even depart would work.
Active taxiway....well all taxiways are active unless it is closed.
Black ice....no its clear ice that happens to be on a black surface.
Tarmac......arghhhh
LOL (I know that one pissed someone off!)
Winter weather is winter weather. No shit. But when I moved to Tennessee 26 years ago that was the first time I ever heard the term "black ice". Really? "Oh, we have black ice here so it's actually worse" when you mention that winter's effects are a pleasant departure from NE Ohio ones. I was like WTF?
People who use "literally" when they mean figuratively but don't have the education to begin to understand the difference.
Also learning to despise "text type" on forums where 90% of people seem to be using phones rather than keyboards. Thankfully not really an issue here.
People who use "literally" when they mean figuratively but don't have the education to begin to understand the difference.
Also learning to despise "text type" on forums where 90% of people seem to be using phones rather than keyboards. Thankfully not really an issue here.
Okay, you made me think of another: "Did you use/download the app?" No, I didn't f*****g use the app, I don't download shit on my phone and my life doesn't revolve around my phone. Yeah, I know, "something something Boomer" (even though I missed being a Boomer by a year).
It sounds like many of these people posting need to turn the damn TV off and go outside.
Inkslinger
10-23-22, 20:00
It sounds like most of these people posting need to turn the damn TV off and go outside.
That sounds like a great plan. There’s definitely nobody outside our homes that talk…
"I support the Second Amendment, but..."
WillieThom
10-23-22, 20:00
Irony
That sounds like a great plan. There’s definitely nobody outside our homes that talk…When a great deal of the posts are bitching about stuff on TV, it would be wise to turn the effing TV off wouldn't it?
I understand your sole purpose on here is to start arguments but damn it gets for tiring.
Okay, you made me think of another: "Did you use/download the app?" No, I didn't f*****g use the app, I don't download shit on my phone and my life doesn't revolve around my phone. Yeah, I know, "something something Boomer" (even though I missed being a Boomer by a year).
I actually don't even go online with my phone. I make calls and I send texts. I do not use it as a pocket computer. I hate when people text me links. Send it to my email and I'll look at it, this is just a phone to me.
Even worse is now my goddamn television needs apps. And they update and I need to resubscribe to maintain my free usage. I'm learning to hate my television, but I can't watch shit on a 20" computer monitor and I sure as shit won't be watching it on a phone. I have a 55" HD for a reason.
When a great deal of the posts are bitching about stuff on TV, it would be wise to turn the effing TV off wouldn't it?
I understand your sole purpose on here is to start arguments but damn it gets for tiring.
I think a lot of people are dealing with this nonsense in the workplace. I don't watch network tv and I don't watch the news so I'm insulated from most of the abuses TV can inflict upon users.
Straight Shooter
10-24-22, 01:52
It sounds like most of these people posting need to turn the damn TV off and go outside.
Been without TV for YEARS now. Stopped watching almost all of it back in the early 2000's. Been asked a 100 times "you ever watch.." NOPE.
Im aware of some shows, but have never watched one episode.
The amount of demonic crap I just couldnt take anymore..NOT sitting thru some dating commercial with two fags hugged up on the couch..or some fat chick talking about what pad she uses, or any of the other sickening shit they advertise or talk about.
I heard a Pastor a good while back talking about Americas need for "entertainment". Then he asked "Whats the first word in entertainment? ENTER".
And I realized then its one of Satans many avenues he uses to get inside everyone from children on up's minds. Of course along with the internet, that even worse. But I CONTROL what I log onto and see & hear online. You gotta sit thru that crap unless your gonna be changing the channel every few minutes.
Poo Poo mock or laugh all you want, watch what you want. Im done with it, movies and 99% of Hollywood.
And Im a PROUD BOOMER.
Steyr- I invested in a nice 32" monitor which is hella bigger than the TV we had coming up- plenty big to watch anythig youd like on it. I dont & wont sit around hunched over a stupid phone either.
Inkslinger
10-24-22, 06:26
When a great deal of the posts are bitching about stuff on TV, it would be wise to turn the effing TV off wouldn't it?
I understand your sole purpose on here is to start arguments but damn it gets for tiring.
Says the guys who’s only post in this thread was to talk shit on people [emoji1362]
john armond
10-24-22, 06:54
Bonus points if you know what a “case quarter” is.
Haven't read all the way through yet, but it is an actual physical quarter, as opposed to two dimes and a nickel (or some other variation of $0.25. First time I heard that I was working in a pawn shop. People always wanted to pawn their "VCRA" back then.
Says the guys who’s only post in this thread was to talk shit on people [emoji1362]Are there any TV references in the thread (there are several in the first 10 posts)?
Its pathetic I have to break this down into little pieces for you.
My mistake was using the word most when I should have said many, my fault.
At this point I'm done with your trolling, on the ignore list you go with the other trolls.
Been without TV for YEARS now. Stopped watching almost all of it back in the early 2000's. Been asked a 100 times "you ever watch.." NOPE.
Im aware of some shows, but have never watched one episode.
The amount of demonic crap I just couldnt take anymore..NOT sitting thru some dating commercial with two fags hugged up on the couch..or some fat chick talking about what pad she uses, or any of the other sickening shit they advertise or talk about.
I heard a Pastor a good while back talking about Americas need for "entertainment". Then he asked "Whats the first word in entertainment? ENTER".
And I realized then its one of Satans many avenues he uses to get inside everyone from children on up's minds. Of course along with the internet, that even worse. But I CONTROL what I log onto and see & hear online. You gotta sit thru that crap unless your gonna be changing the channel every few minutes.
Poo Poo mock or laugh all you want, watch what you want. Im done with it, movies and 99% of Hollywood.
And Im a PROUD BOOMER.
Steyr- I invested in a nice 32" monitor which is hella bigger than the TV we had coming up- plenty big to watch anythig youd like on it. I dont & wont sit around hunched over a stupid phone either.Sorry but post number 10 was the one that made me post that after seeing other TV references in that short span.
Pandemic, covid, vaccine.
Sent from my Pixel 3 using Tapatalk
titsonritz
10-24-22, 13:23
I remember our TV dying with a I was a kid, dad said "F' it no more of that bullshit in this house, go outside and play." So I grew up without one. Had cable briefly while I was married, other than that the only reason I've had a TV was to watch VHS, DVD or BR movies. Definitely do not need a TV to know there are plenty of morons out there inept at speaking/comprehending the English language.
I agree with a number of the above words/phrases. I have become less irritable about the decline in language and vocabulary skills (and spelling) as the years pile up because there's little ROI for my displeasure. Errors do color my view of the speaker/writer.
I continue to indulge in mild annoyance with the overuse of ". . . in order to . . . ".
Rare use won't raise my ire (as in the Preamble) but I cringe with repeated use--when a simple " . . . to . . ." would suffice. I appreciate economical speech/writing. I suppose that's one reason I admire Hemingway's style.
I honestly can't remember the last time I turned my TV on.
WillieThom
10-26-22, 02:02
Yeah man… yeah. TV is the devil. I have like 37 TVs and I just look at them all the time and think about how I never watch them. Hell yeah.
Some of you guys kill me.
You fully understand that a firearm has no predisposition, but cannot (seemingly) discern that television is only a medium, like a book, and it's usefulness is based upon the content and not the book or the tv itself.
If something is crap, I don't watch it. Just like I don't read books that are crap.
Thankfully there are thousands of really amazing films, just like books and some tv shows that are interesting or at least fun (usually for nostalgic reasons)...again just like books.
Certainly there is a ton of propaganda (just like books) out there, but it's usually pretty easy to avoid.
Has anyone mentioned "Reece" yet?
Has anyone mentioned "Reece" yet?
Good one and it's interesting to hear those that try to sound high speed use it as well. I've heard it pronounced Reesee, Rikki, Reese, and Rick.
Ned Christiansen
10-26-22, 09:27
Language is fascinating, and not stationary. It's a lifelong (casual, informal) study for me, the many ways we have of speaking English-- the accents, the localisms-- some are slang and some are real words that just aren't used elsewhere. Michigan is a good example in microcosm. We have at least two distinct accents, down low we speak what I believe is called "Midwest Neutral". Travel north and the northern accent will start to be heard. Go to the UP (Upper Peninsula) and talk to people. Depending on where / who you are talking to, you may find yourself enjoying the wide and deep "Yooper" accent ("Yooper" = UP-er). This accent is a direct descendant of the melange of languages and resulting accents-on-English that came along with immigrants who ventured to the UP to work in the mining and lumber industries...... mostly Nordic and mostly Finnish. I was immersed again in this accent last week (my family is from there) and I must say-- I love it. There's another thing about the Yooper accent-- it pretty reliably identifies the speaker as an honest, hard-working, independent-minded, patriotic American. The UP is not a good place for lazy-asses. And government interlopers have a low success rate there.
Well maybe I got distracted a bit here with Michigan charm and language, but I think that's because I don't see these irritating words and phrases under discussion showing up much in the UP.
As I said above, language does evolve. If we could start in, say, 1776 and sample spoken English at twenty-year intervals, even localized to one region, I expect we would see a slow and steady morphing to how we speak today. And I agree completely that there are a lot of meaningless nothings creeping into our language. They are the same as having a bowl of Cheerios where every fifth one is styrofoam! They do not improve communication, they delay it, they dilute it, they avoid it. I don't like it either. I worked with a guy years ago who ended almost every sentence with "or something or whatever, ya know?" Sometimes you see even educated public figures peppering every sentence with "ya know". It's frustrating and it can be difficult to keep if from invading one's own speech! I'm not the model of perfect English but here are a few that might be wince-worthy but can actually come out kinda entertaining:
"I got all flustrated."
"It was inferiorating."
We have a program manager who uses "ask" as a noun in place of question or request e.g. "I have an ask" or "The ask from last week was never answered". Drives me nuts.Most dictionaries list "ask" as both a verb and a noun.
The noun means a request or deliverable.
Just like request can be either.
"This new request is going to suck up all of our resources"
LOL (I know that one pissed someone off!)
Winter weather is winter weather. No shit. But when I moved to Tennessee 26 years ago that was the first time I ever heard the term "black ice". Really? "Oh, we have black ice here so it's actually worse" when you mention that winter's effects are a pleasant departure from NE Ohio ones. I was like WTF?Yeah it's kind of funny how "black ice" that northerners make fun of causes dozens of very severe accidents with northerners on the interstate each winter in Northwest Georgia on I-75.
They assume that since there is no snow on the ground they can drive 80 to 90 mph.
The black ice is in comparison to the white snow / ice they are used to seeing.
And in your headlights on lighter pavement or concrete it can show up as black from a distance like there is a wet spot.
There'll be a 17 car collision and the northerners involved are saying "man I've never seen anything like that before". Mostly Ohio, Michigan, and Toronto migrants.
Not unusual to have a 40 degree temperature swing on winter days where it's warm enough to melt any snow and then it'll drop to 10-20° at night and freeze.
Language is fascinating, and not stationary. It's a lifelong (casual, informal) study for me, the many ways we have of speaking English-- the accents, the localisms-- some are slang and some are real words that just aren't used elsewhere. Michigan is a good example in microcosm. We have at least two distinct accents, down low we speak what I believe is called "Midwest Neutral". Travel north and the northern accent will start to be heard. Go to the UP (Upper Peninsula) and talk to people. Depending on where / who you are talking to, you may find yourself enjoying the wide and deep "Yooper" accent ("Yooper" = UP-er). This accent is a direct descendant of the melange of languages and resulting accents-on-English that came along with immigrants who ventured to the UP to work in the mining and lumber industries...... mostly Nordic and mostly Finnish. I was immersed again in this accent last week (my family is from there) and I must say-- I love it. There's another thing about the Yooper accent-- it pretty reliably identifies the speaker as an honest, hard-working, independent-minded, patriotic American. The UP is not a good place for lazy-asses. And government interlopers have a low success rate there.
Well maybe I got distracted a bit here with Michigan charm and language, but I think that's because I don't see these irritating words and phrases under discussion showing up much in the UP.
As I said above, language does evolve. If we could start in, say, 1776 and sample spoken English at twenty-year intervals, even localized to one region, I expect we would see a slow and steady morphing to how we speak today. And I agree completely that there are a lot of meaningless nothings creeping into our language. They are the same as having a bowl of Cheerios where every fifth one is styrofoam! They do not improve communication, they delay it, they dilute it, they avoid it. I don't like it either. I worked with a guy years ago who ended almost every sentence with "or something or whatever, ya know?" Sometimes you see even educated public figures peppering every sentence with "ya know". It's frustrating and it can be difficult to keep if from invading one's own speech! I'm not the model of perfect English but here are a few that might be wince-worthy but can actually come out kinda entertaining:
"I got all flustrated."
"It was inferiorating."
I read a book, The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language. It goes into a lot about how it morphs and changes over time. I am also fascinated by language, dialects and the vocabulary associated with regionalism.
RE: the UP, my dad's family is from northern WI and the UP. Me, I was born on the coast of NC, right by an island (Harkers Island) that retains its own dialect and vocabulary, spillover from original colonists.
Ned Christiansen
10-26-22, 12:02
Yeah, I need to get that book. Is that the guy that pointsout that the French language is the result of Latin being morphed and corrupted over time due to the long separation / remoteness from Rome?
Yeah, I need to get that book. Is that the guy that pointsout that the French language is the result of Latin being morphed and corrupted over time due to the long separation / remoteness from Rome?
I don't know. I looked up the author's other books and he has a crap-ton.
WillieThom
10-26-22, 15:50
Some of you guys kill me.
You fully understand that a firearm has no predisposition, but cannot (seemingly) discern that television is only a medium, like a book, and it's usefulness is based upon the content and not the book or the tv itself.
If something is crap, I don't watch it. Just like I don't read books that are crap.
Thankfully there are thousands of really amazing films, just like books and some tv shows that are interesting or at least fun (usually for nostalgic reasons)...again just like books.
Certainly there is a ton of propaganda (just like books) out there, but it's usually pretty easy to avoid.
TV will kill you. It’s basically the devil. All that demonic, evil crap. And, and, and… Satan.
Love is love.
That one irritates me.
Most dictionaries list "ask" as both a verb and a noun.
The noun means a request or deliverable.
Just like request can be either.
"This new request is going to suck up all of our resources"
It does not have to be wrong to be irritating. If the subject of the sentence is a request, call it a request.
Andy
"Physicality"??? You mean to be physical? Like a footballer is a physically capable person??
My chiefs send out Emails with the "Alcon" greeting. Kind of like the military. But not.
I support the second amendment "BUT"
And pretty much anything out of their mouth after that to justify it.
It does not have to be wrong to be irritating. If the subject of the sentence is a request, call it a request.
Andy
In my experience, it's people who have a limited education attempting to sound like they have a PhD, especially if they have to fill an upper management position that they are barely qualified for. Similar to non military folks throwing out sentences that are 90% military anacronym's and lingo.
It's one thing when you are working WITH military people so that everyone is on a common page, but when it's every days usage so you can feel like a seal it's kind of silly. I was around military people as a result of my occupation so I picked it up, but there was a point when I realized I was doing it more than a little and had to actively talk a little more like a normal person.
fedupflyer
10-27-22, 00:18
Gamechanging...everything is gamechanging nowadays.
Gamechanging...everything is gamechanging nowadays.
No...it's paradigm shifting. If I hear one more idiot use it, especially incorrectly...
Adrenaline_6
10-27-22, 12:24
"Loose" instead of the proper word "lose". Are you kidding me?
Libary
Valentimes
Saying the word height like "heighth"
deers
Should have, could have, and would have, not should of, could of, and would of.
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Ned Christiansen
10-28-22, 09:04
Fenton-all, not Fentanyl.
One of my faves: "It's impordint", or, "it's impor-int" with a glottal stop between syllables. But then I'd best not cast the first stone, because I don't say, I think few say, "im POR tant". I say "importn't".
One of my faves: "It's impordint", or, "it's impor-int" with a glottal stop between syllables. But then I'd best not cast the first stone, because I don't say, I think few says, "im POR tant". I say "importn't".
This drove me crazy for years and I can't even say the words with that "int" at the end. I can't even mock it to explain to my children when I ask WHY? I dont know where it started or came from but my adult kids say and dont understand what I'm talking about when ask. And I have seen it slip into mainstream media of the younger reporters or TV personalities.
Question, who else knows what Ned is talking about? I'm so curious who else noticed this in kids. This hit a nerve with me and has driven me crazy. They are not using words out of context is just almost like an accent. I'm like where in the fck did this come from, you grew up in my house.
PB
titsonritz
10-28-22, 14:48
Right...
How about annoying body language and movements?
You can’t even watch college football anymore without players acting like spastic retards.
I don't think anyone brought this one up, it's more of a phrase than word/words:
.... as good as anybody ....
Used most in sports commentary, " Team A is playing as good as anybody in the league" . They usually say it as a compliment to team A. But if you're saying A is playing as good as anybody, doesn't that also means A is playing no better than the other teams.
militarymoron
10-30-22, 19:04
Teenagers using the word "literally" as much as "like", and using it to replace the word 'figuratively', which is has the opposite meaning of 'literally'.
Example: "Bro, like my eyes literally popped out of my head when I saw that!"
Teenagers using the word "literally" as much as "like", and using it to replace the word 'figuratively', which is has the opposite meaning of 'literally'.
Example: "Bro, like my eyes literally popped out of my head when I saw that!"
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The country you grew up in is dead !
OutofBatt3ry
10-30-22, 20:12
I can't believe I'm the first to post this....
People who start a sentence/post/conversation with "So......."
You know who you are. Almost as bad as the "lol" crew. Stop it.
Ned Christiansen
10-30-22, 20:39
Guilty and trying to break the habit. I dunno what happened, I tried it once, just to, you know, see how it was and now.....
titsonritz
11-03-22, 02:11
People who use "literally" when they mean figuratively but don't have the education to begin to understand the difference.
Teenagers using the word "literally" as much as "like", and using it to replace the word 'figuratively', which is has the opposite meaning of 'literally'.
Example: "Bro, like my eyes literally popped out of my head when I saw that!"
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"Threat to democracy"
Almost always spoken by someone on the side of those who are indeed a threat to democracy. Besides, it's a Republic......
"Threat to democracy"
Almost always spoken by someone on the side of those who are indeed a threat to democracy. Besides, it's a Republic......
Ding ding ding!
Several of my company’s software developers in India always talk about needing to share their “diverse perspectives.” [emoji849]
Here’s your cookie for being special!
“I’m so jelly.”
How much harder is it to say “jealous”?
"wouldn't want to get shot by it" or "nobody volunteer to get shot by it" as a justification for whatever marginal caliber. :rolleyes: (Its never said about 9mm or bigger).
For example, a 32 acp FMJ - "wouldn't want to get shot by it" :rolleyes:
Forget about 12'' penetration and consistent expansion; the simplified version of bullet selection is "wouldn't want to get shot by it". :rolleyes:
fedupflyer
11-20-22, 17:45
No...it's paradigm shifting. If I hear one more idiot use it, especially incorrectly...
Cant say I have really heard that one much in common use.
Then again the ones that use it probably think paradigm is 20 cents.
[Insert eye roll here]
“I’m so jelly.”
How much harder is it to say “jealous”?
Some generations new hip and cool vernacular. Watch a teen movie from the 1950s and you will probably stroke out.
Special needs or handy capable.
Special needs or handy capable.
Differently abled or differently-abled
Andy
Some generations new hip and cool vernacular. Watch a teen movie from the 1950s and you will probably stroke out.
I can imagine some day people pointing to a lot of things from the 1950s that signaled the downfall of western civilization. [emoji57]
hotbiggun42
11-21-22, 21:23
Orange man.
My 16 year old daughter hangs out with her girl cousins (all +/- 5 years, one a bit older). Words like "on fleek", "slay", a few others, make me want to kick puppies. I tell them to talk like the intelligent, educated young women that they are.
titsonritz
11-22-22, 12:31
My 16 year old daughter hangs out with her girl cousins (all +/- 5 years, one a bit older). Worlds like "on fleek",
That is a new one on me, but than I spend a fair amount of time in the slang dictionary trying to figure WTF people are trying to say.
I’ll add a few that I hope I didn’t miss earlier in the thread…
-“I could care less” when they are trying to say they could not care less. For the love of God, man. Words matter!
These two especially in police/fire radio usage;
-FYI
-Be advised
Now, doesn’t the fact that you picked up the f8&@%ing microphone, pushed the transmit button, took a deep breath in, and spoke into the mic imply that you, in fact, are trying to ‘advise’ someone of something ‘for their information’?
Hell, I’ve even heard both in the same sentence. I have grammatical PTSD from it to this day.
I agree with a number of the above words/phrases. I have become less irritable about the decline in language and vocabulary skills (and spelling) as the years pile up because there's little ROI for my displeasure. Errors do color my view of the speaker/writer.
I continue to indulge in mild annoyance with the overuse of ". . . in order to . . . ".
Rare use won't raise my ire (as in the Preamble) but I cringe with repeated use--when a simple " . . . to . . ." would suffice. I appreciate economical speech/writing. I suppose that's one reason I admire Hemingway's style.
Hemingway rocks. Short, concise, declarative sentences. Few wasted words.
For an irreverent, humorous read, check out “The Heming Way” by Marty Beckerman.
Language is fascinating, and not stationary. It's a lifelong (casual, informal) study for me, the many ways we have of speaking English-- the accents, the localisms-- some are slang and some are real words that just aren't used elsewhere. Michigan is a good example in microcosm. We have at least two distinct accents, down low we speak what I believe is called "Midwest Neutral". Travel north and the northern accent will start to be heard. Go to the UP (Upper Peninsula) and talk to people. Depending on where / who you are talking to, you may find yourself enjoying the wide and deep "Yooper" accent ("Yooper" = UP-er). This accent is a direct descendant of the melange of languages and resulting accents-on-English that came along with immigrants who ventured to the UP to work in the mining and lumber industries...... mostly Nordic and mostly Finnish. I was immersed again in this accent last week (my family is from there) and I must say-- I love it. There's another thing about the Yooper accent-- it pretty reliably identifies the speaker as an honest, hard-working, independent-minded, patriotic American. The UP is not a good place for lazy-asses. And government interlopers have a low success rate there.
Well maybe I got distracted a bit here with Michigan charm and language, but I think that's because I don't see these irritating words and phrases under discussion showing up much in the UP.
As I said above, language does evolve. If we could start in, say, 1776 and sample spoken English at twenty-year intervals, even localized to one region, I expect we would see a slow and steady morphing to how we speak today. And I agree completely that there are a lot of meaningless nothings creeping into our language. They are the same as having a bowl of Cheerios where every fifth one is styrofoam! They do not improve communication, they delay it, they dilute it, they avoid it. I don't like it either. I worked with a guy years ago who ended almost every sentence with "or something or whatever, ya know?" Sometimes you see even educated public figures peppering every sentence with "ya know". It's frustrating and it can be difficult to keep if from invading one's own speech! I'm not the model of perfect English but here are a few that might be wince-worthy but can actually come out kinda entertaining:
"I got all flustrated."
"It was inferiorating."
Ahoy Ned, from a troll from down under the bridge! Haven’t seen you since a class with Felts in Plymouth a few years ago.
You make good points. And for the record, we here in southern Michigan have no accent.
I went to school for a bit in the Soo and became tri-lingual; yooper and troll, and married into a hillbilly family. After I left school I used to listen to Prairie Home Companion to get my fix of upper midwest accent.
Cheers, and stay warm.
My 16 year old daughter hangs out with her girl cousins (all +/- 5 years, one a bit older). Words like "on fleek", "slay", a few others, make me want to kick puppies. I tell them to talk like the intelligent, educated young women that they are.
They may not say it but they are thinking "Pound sand old man"! :sarcastic:
Same thing I would have done of course "back in the day", might even have flipped him off as he turned to walk away......but I'd make damn sure he didn't see me do it! :fie:
the AR-15 Junkie
11-22-22, 21:04
build
this build
meh
Ned Christiansen
11-22-22, 22:15
build
this build
meh
I am also not a fan of "build" even when it's a 1911 that someone has put >100 hours into. But it has become the word. English marches on.
SBRSarge, you are so right, our version of English is the world standard.... well, to us at least. As a fellow Michigander, would you agree there can be a little bit of a Detroit accent? I guess anywhere you go, any country, the people in the cities speak a little more frankly and efficiently. I see the Detroit Metro accent and the Chicago accent as different and yet similar in some ways.
Advertising plays a significant part in changing the language whether you call it corrupting it or advancing it (for my part, corrupting it, usually). Advertising gurus are quick to pick up on and proliferate what many of us would consider outlandish slang.
I am also not a fan of "build" even when it's a 1911 that someone has put >100 hours into. But it has become the word. English marches on.
SBRSarge, you are so right, our version of English is the world standard.... well, to us at least. As a fellow Michigander, would you agree there can be a little bit of a Detroit accent? I guess anywhere you go, any country, the people in the cities speak a little more frankly and efficiently. I see the Detroit Metro accent and the Chicago accent as different and yet similar in some ways.
Advertising plays a significant part in changing the language whether you call it corrupting it or advancing it (for my part, corrupting it, usually). Advertising gurus are quick to pick up on and proliferate what many of us would consider outlandish slang.
Detroit accent to me is kind of a mix of inner-city meets midwest, with a twist of chip on the shoulder attitude! I’ve never given it much thought before but see it now.
As a yooper, do you remember the Unicorn Hunters from Lake Superior State College and their yearly list of words that should be banned? (I’m dating myself here, it changed to a University well after I was there.). https://www.lssu.edu/traditions/unicornhunters/
Straight Shooter
11-23-22, 06:49
PLATFORM..in regards to weapons. Utterly ridiculous.
"I seen that"
No, no you didn't. You may have seen that, or you saw that.
"Pacifically".... No. Specifically.
WillieThom
12-01-22, 20:40
Not knowing the difference between ‘affect’ and ‘effect.’
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/affect-vs-effect/
FromMyColdDeadHand
12-01-22, 23:28
That is so meta....
The Dumb Gun Collector
12-02-22, 07:48
“Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.” It’s one of those lame throwaway phrases like “Darwin Award winner!” that immediately makes me think the speaker is mean-spirited and possibly a little dumb.
When the white news cast says "drop" for the release of any info/product. STFU, Shelly! You're white!
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