Annoying words or phrases

[Ned Christiansen]

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.

[SBRSarge]

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]

PLATFORM..in regards to weapons. Utterly ridiculous.

[IALoder]

"I seen that"

No, no you didn't. You may have seen that, or you saw that.

"Pacifically".... No. Specifically.

[WillieThom]

Not knowing the difference between ‘affect’ and ‘effect.’

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/affect-vs-effect/

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

That is so meta....

[The Dumb Gun Collector]

“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.

[markm]

When the white news cast says "drop" for the release of any info/product. STFU, Shelly! You're white!