Words you dislike? Or really like?

rsvman

rsvman

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It's the off-season and this is the off-topic forum, so I guess anything is fair game, right?

I hear a lot of people complain about the word "moist." It's surprising to me how many people I've heard say they dislike the word. I don't mind it at all. "Damp" is worse, to me.

Words I really dislike? "Behoove." I've always hated this word. When I was a teenager, people were also telling me, "It would behoove you to 'your advice here'." Maybe that's why I hate it, but I also think it just sounds stupid. Like you meant to say "behave" but you can't pronounce it properly.

Other words I don't like? "Impactful." Not sure that's really even a word, but I hear it used more and more. In the old days we said something "had an impact." What was wrong with that?


Words I like? I dunno. I kinda like "cornpone." No reason. It just makes me smile.
 
rsvman said:
It's the off-season and this is the off-topic forum, so I guess anything is fair game, right?

I hear a lot of people complain about the word "moist." It's surprising to me how many people I've heard say they dislike the word. I don't mind it at all. "Damp" is worse, to me.

Words I really dislike? "Behoove." I've always hated this word. When I was a teenager, people were also telling me, "It would behoove you to 'your advice here'." Maybe that's why I hate it, but I also think it just sounds stupid. Like you meant to say "behave" but you can't pronounce it properly.

Other words I don't like? "Impactful." Not sure that's really even a word, but I hear it used more and more. In the old days we said something "had an impact." What was wrong with that?


Words I like? I dunno. I kinda like "cornpone." No reason. It just makes me smile.
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I'll bite.

Word I hate: "Pro-active."

Word I like: "Defenestration."
 
I am guilty of using these, but I don't like "Honestly" and "Frankly" because they imply to me that without using those words, someone is not being honest or frank.

Also don't like when people refer to their significant other as "babe."

On a somewhat related note, a pet peeve is people who refer to a relative as "dad" or "mom" as in "dad went to the store today" without using the possessive "my" unless of course they are referring to a shared "mom" or "dad."
 
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rasputin said:
I'll bite.

Word I hate: "Pro-active."

Word I like: "Defenestration."
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I LOVE "defenestration." Awesome word. My kids knew that word when they were preschoolers. I'd say, "I don't know what I'm going to do with you!" and they would reply "Defenestrate me?"
 
Hhmmm...I don't like hearing "good" used when "well" is correct.

"awesome" is due for a long rest in hell, too. Way too much "awesome" bandied about.
 
CrazyNotCrazie said:
I am guilty of using these, but I don't like "Honestly" and "Frankly" because they imply to me that without using those words, someone is not being honest or frank.
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In my view, a key to analyzing legal briefs, or any argument for that matter, is to pay close attention to what comes after words like "honestly," "frankly" or "clearly." It is almost always anything but.
 
CrazyNotCrazie said:
I am guilty of using these, but I don't like "Honestly" and "Frankly" because they imply to me that without using those words, someone is not being honest or frank.
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We advise witnesses never to use these words during testimony for exactly that reason. Someone starts an answer saying "to be honest," invites the rejoinder "so were you not being honest before?"
 
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rsvman said:
It's the off-season and this is the off-topic forum, so I guess anything is fair game, right?

I hear a lot of people complain about the word "moist." It's surprising to me how many people I've heard say they dislike the word. I don't mind it at all. "Damp" is worse, to me.

Words I really dislike? "Behoove." I've always hated this word. When I was a teenager, people were also telling me, "It would behoove you to 'your advice here'." Maybe that's why I hate it, but I also think it just sounds stupid. Like you meant to say "behave" but you can't pronounce it properly.

Other words I don't like? "Impactful." Not sure that's really even a word, but I hear it used more and more. In the old days we said something "had an impact." What was wrong with that?


Words I like? I dunno. I kinda like "cornpone." No reason. It just makes me smile.
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Words? "Just sayin'"...

Hate 'em.

C'mon, take ownership! You said 'em!

-jk
 
I am a word hound, as my post history will attest. Some might call me pedantic, and I accept that.

Defenestration is at the top of my list. Miasma is near the top. Wormhole is another contender.

Literally and irregardless bring up the rear.
 
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