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What modern slang that is becoming mainstream are you annoyed with?

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nakedfrog said:
"Literally" used as the opposite of what the word is supposed to mean.
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I came here to post this. What annoyed me the most is that ever since Merriam-Webster caved in and formally recognizes the alternative meaning, the English language no longer have a word to explain something that happens, well, literally. This bugs me to no end.

My second top annoyance is the recent(?) trend of using the phrase 'low key' in almost everything. The original meaning is straight forward, but recently I've heard it used in all kinds of different sentences that to me make no sense whatsoever.

And there you go. After all that I feel like I need to get some kids off my lawn or something.
 
cronos said:
I came here to post this. What annoyed me the most is that ever since Merriam-Webster caved in and formally recognizes the alternative meaning, the English language no longer have a word to explain something that happens, well, literally. This bugs me to no end.

My second top annoyance is the recent(?) trend of using the phrase 'low key' in almost everything. The original meaning is straight forward, but recently I've heard it used in all kinds of different sentences that to me make no sense whatsoever.

And there you go. After all that I feel like I need to get some kids off my lawn or something.
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I agree with this.

We could simply use a different emphasis word such as "fucking." We could then fucking restrict usage of literally to fucking only fucking mean the fucking literal definition of fucking literal. However, if "fucking" is fucking overused, its fucking emphasis fucking fades.
 
Hey, people are complaining about the use of "literally" as an intensifier and that's a practice that's literally centuries old.
 
ewdotson said:
Hey, people are complaining about the use of "literally" as an intensifier and that's a practice that's literally centuries old.
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Fortunately it had died out for a while, and should have stayed that way. I certainly don't recall it being used in this way in the common parlance until the past few years.
 
Ichinisan said:
Why?
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Because when someone says "No worries" , you could still be worried about a lot of other things. More accurate would be "dont worry about it " or something specific to the topic in question, not a generalized statement like no worries. In fact to have "no worries" in this day and age, one would have to be completely oblivious to the state of the world.
 
frozentundra123456 said:
Because when someone says "No worries" , you could still be worried about a lot of other things. More accurate would be "dont worry about it " or something specific to the topic in question, not a generalized statement like no worries. In fact to have "no worries" in this day and age, one would have to be completely oblivious to the state of the world.
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You're interpreting it wrong. "No worries" is widely accepted to mean "no worries" about that specific thing you're saying "no worries" about. It's similar to "don't worry about it" but has more of a double meaning - also means "sure." Like, "can I get a glass of water?" "No worries, mate!"

EDIT: I thought about it a little more. "No worries" is more like saying "no problem" to a request. "Don't worry about it" is like saying "it's OK" to an apology.
 
It bothers me when a female is shown on TV holding a microphone, interviewing a male athlete who's 12" taller than her and he's looking down on her and calls her "man."
 
"Impact(ed)" as a replacement for "affect(ed)". It's used because people didn't pay attention in school, and are afraid of confusing the words effect and affect.
 
I think impact gets used these days cuz it sounds more serious. Politicians and reporters especially like to sound more serious or make an even more important, so they use Impact instead of all the other choices.
 
shortylickens said:
I think impact gets used these days cuz it sounds more serious. Politicians and reporters especially like to sound more serious or make an even more important, so they use Impact instead of all the other choices.
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Could be. Whatever the background is, it *triggers me.

*That's another one I hate, along with all the other terms go along with everyone's precious feelings. The world sucks. Pull up your panties, and deal with it :^S
 
frozentundra123456 said:
Because when someone says "No worries" , you could still be worried about a lot of other things. More accurate would be "dont worry about it " or something specific to the topic in question, not a generalized statement like no worries. In fact to have "no worries" in this day and age, one would have to be completely oblivious to the state of the world.
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it's no different than saying "no problem"

i tell people "no problem" even when helping them was a big annoyance

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