what word or phrase do you hate most?

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<p>Danke Schoen...............</p>

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<p>two phrases i absolutely hate: "i could care less" and "nip it in the butt" common people get it right it's "couldn't" and "bud"</p>

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<p>Stuff I hate:</p>

<p>Words:
plethora, castigate, all the text message abbreviations: u, ur, lol, etc. and many others I can't think of right now.</p>

<p>Punctuation:
Using an elipsis as an all-pupose connector...as in writing like this...where every sentence and even dependent clauses...are linked by elipses.</p>

<p>Wrong usage:
Saying gender when you mean sex. The sexes are male and female. The equivalent genders are masculine and feminine.</p>

<p>Saying bemused when you mean amused. Bemused really means much the same as confused.</p>

<p>Using parameter to mean a boundary or limit. You probably meant "perimeter." A parameter is a variable, not a boundary.</p>

<p>Using effete when you mean effeminate. Effete means sterile, barren, degenerate, or old and worn out. It does not mean a man or boy with feminine characteristics.</p>

<p>Common misspellings:
All of these are WRONG: alot, definately, moreso.
All of these are right: a lot, definitely, more so.</p>

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<p>the word ballin, particularly when used as an adjective in cornbread white suburbs.</p>

<p>ex: "that $40,000 acura u got for your 16th birthday is ballin! "</p>

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<p>^^^ I know exactly what you mean, I hate when I hear ballin</p>

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<p>Where I live in the NYC metro area, ballin commands almost as much power as YO. It's sad.</p>

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<p>"pimp"</p>

<p>..a person who traffics prostitutes is NOT someone to look up to.</p>

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<p>monopoly</p>

<p>if u break it down mono = one and poly = many so the word means "one many"? that makes no sense, it's the only word i know that contradicts itself</p>

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<p>Or it could be 'mono' meaning one, and 'polein' meaning sell...</p>

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<p>it was just a joke goodbrew...</p>

<p>and also i hate the word invigorating, it's one of those stupid words they put on food products but in reality it doesn't mean anything</p>

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<p>Same difference, that oxymoron destroys my soul.</p>

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<p>ok, i hate it when i'm at the end of a xcountry or track race, and i'm totally dying and people watching yell to me, "kick it in!", or when my coach says, "Now let's see how strong you really are!" it just really sucks hearing those b/c i only hear them when i'm really really tired, so it just makes me remember other times when i was really tired.</p>

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<p>"dude" </p>

<p>"hella"</p>

<p>"agreed"</p>

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<p>Wow coureur, this is a thread about words and phrases that annoy you, not a grammar lesson or a chance to show off how many big words you know. Besides, I don't think I've EVER heard anybody make some of those mistakes.</p>

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Using an elipsis as an all-pupose connector...as in writing like this...where every sentence and even dependent clauses...are linked by elipses

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<p>Eh... I do that (online, anyway, not in my "real" writing). I suppose that when I talk in real life, I tend to ramble, and my thoughts aren't very distinct.... so... using ellipses tends to convey this manner of speaking/conveying my thoughts more accurately.</p>

<p>Oh- and my many ellipses in that last paragraph were sarcastic =)
I don't know if punctuation marks CAN be sarcastic, but... why not?</p>

<p>PS- "Ellipsis" is spelled with two Ls, not one... who said that?!?</p>

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<p>whatever. <- that's really annoying online or in person.</p>

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<p>Yep, and all of those annoy me.</p>

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<p>Don't worry, you will.</p>

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<p>Uh oh. UH OH.</p>

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<p>Probably "gay" or "retarded." Come on, people, stop insulting a large amount of our population like you're taking a breath. Don't be lazy; be creative with your insults!</p>

<p>Oh, and I hate when people use "their" to refer to one person.</p>

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Oh, and I hate when people use "their" to refer to one person.

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<p>I believe it's actually grammatically incorrect to use "their" in the place of "her" or "his".</p>