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Words you hate?

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I have an irrational hate of the word "nowadays", and feel uncontrollable rage when I see it as "now a days", or even worse "now-a-days".
 
The 1 word I CAN NEVER SAY in front of my mother is cu*t. I said it once around 12, got the belt and a strict lecture on never saying it again. I say it in my head when im pissed at her, but thats as far as it ever goes.
 
The 1 word I CAN NEVER SAY in front of my mother is cu*t. I said it once around 12, got the belt and a strict lecture on never saying it again. I say it in my head when im pissed at her, but thats as far as it ever goes.

Too bad you didn't get the belt more often.
 
paradigm (especially when followed by "shift")

Or uttered at all by an "urban poet." They LOVE to over-use that word which is particularly why I hate it.

Another one that they love which I hate is "juxtapose." There's even a magazine called "Juxtapoz" or something for them and the wanna-be hipsters they appeal to. Ugh.

The main reason I hate these words is because their clique tries so hard for people to think they are smart that they grab onto a couple "smart words" and grossly over-use them. It's so blatantly obvious and yet it goes on and on, completely unchecked and unchallenged. NPR always eats it up.
 
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