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Words People Use That You Hate

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PanzerIV

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If there is one word I cannot stand it's "ain't." You could be a Nobel Laureate and if you utter "ain't" that knocks instant IQ points off my perception of someone.

Also double negatives like "I ain't got none." Some hillbilly at work uses this stuff all of the time and I cringe. I am not perfect but some of these are so obviously wrong I wonder how they aren't embarassed to ever open their mouths. Then again I am a transplanted Northerner in the South...

One more is might could as in "I might could get that for you at the store." Come on people!!
 
I don't like it when people say "Who all has a cat?" or whatever. Who all? If you ask "Who has voted?" isn't that sufficient. Did some idiot in the corner not think you were talking to him? So you have to say "Who all has voted?"

In elementary school they used to teach us common mistakes that you want to avoid. A few examples were "He learned Ted" meaning "He taught Ted". Or "I itch myself" meaning "I scratch myself." My friends and I thought this was unbelievable. That anyone would say learned instead of taught and itch instead of scratch. Then I grew up. And met some dumb people.
 
uber. people that use the word uber really piss me off because, more often than not, they screw it up.
 
Originally posted by: sygyzy
In elementary school they used to teach us common mistakes that you want to avoid. A few examples were "He learned Ted" meaning "He taught Ted". Or "I itch myself" meaning "I scratch myself." My friends and I thought this was unbelievable. That anyone would say learned instead of taught and itch instead of scratch. Then I grew up. And met some dumb people.
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LOL.
 
I hate it when people mix metaphors.. It distracts me till I've figured out how they've mixed them.

Such as:
"It's no skin off my back"="It's no skin off my nose."+"You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours."

Drives me crazy...
 
Around here people like to refer to Pittsburgh as Picksburgh. There is also a road in my town named Patteson Dr and everybody says it as Patterson Dr. Then there is my all time favorite that is universal nationwide ask being pronounced aks.
 
The first year I was signed up on this board, for a few months it seemed that almost every thread title had "woot" in it. I can't stand that word. I even started a thread telling everyone to knock it off.
 
hella

Using "they" to refer to a single person.

Example:
me: "My friend got a speeding ticket."
other person: "They should drive slower."
 
I hate business/office catch phrases.

Bandwidth, plate, etc.

Freaking drives me crazy.

Bandwidth is a measure of data throughput. I eat off of a plate, I do not keep my work on it.

Viper GTS
 
One thing I read recently in a magazine riled me. It was an article about a high school girl who died. They posted a note from one of her classmates after she died. It went something like this:

"I hope you are happy up thurr in heaven."

I would expect that someone would use proper language when speaking about something so solemn.
 
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