Commonly used terms you can't stand

BuilderPlumber

What are the commonly used terms you cannot stand. There are 3 that stand out for me. Millennials, snowflakes and viral. Why?

Millennials is a term that has taken hold in the last few years. The strange thing is it means people born between the early to mid 1970s to the mid 1990s rather than the obvious 2000 which is referred to as generation Z. The term on its own I have no problem with but it is the media's mocking connotations when it is used that is problematic when it is ............

Usually mentioned along with the term snowflake. This term is often used by bullies and the like to degrade people who are more sensitive than them. When applied to a whole generation, this is not pleasant. People like Bill Cullen from an older generation tend to think the younger generation has it softer when in fact each generation brings its own problems and no generation is perfect.

Viral. Originally this was meant to mean some infection and then it began to mean a malicious software program. Now, it is a term used by the media to describe something they want to push that has been viewed many times on a media affiliated social media website. Very much a term that has become a soundbite of the Tubridy era.

Beasty

Well I'll throw in baby BOOMers - I'm sure I was very quiet back then...

milli milli

I can’t stand when people use the word ‘feels’ for feelings. It drives me mad. I feel like I’m in some crappy American song when I hear it.

mada82

milli milli wrote: »

I can’t stand when people use the word ‘feels’ for feelings. It drives me mad. I feel like I’m in some crappy American song when I hear it.

Especially when someone from their mid20s onwards

HONKEY TONK

Snowflake

McMurphy

Get away from me., I've a headache.

The_Valeyard

Synergy

Ludikrus

110%

Solomon Pleasant

I see people constantly using the word “lit” to describe something that’s good. Annoys me quite a bit.

Donald Trump

Beasty wrote: »

Well I'll throw in baby BOOMers - I'm sure I was very quiet back then...

I have to confess responsibility for a lot of BOOMing of those delighted mothers..........

sligojoek

Gifted As in "He gifted me a voucher".

Noveight

I'm not one to get too hung up on trivial-ish things but the use of the word retard or retarded to describe something/someone negatively really pisses me off.

Damien360

Defin-ITE-ly with emphasis on the ITE. Drives me completely nuts when I hear it.

batistuta9

Not sure what viral has to do with tubirty but it's not used in the true meaning at all.
Something going viral isn't a a video/post that has a few thousand views over a period of weeks or months. Viral is millions in days.

Hande hoche!

Nothingburger is starting to irk.

Ursummupet

Common.
Like a Dacia Duster common.
That common people drive.


Hate that word even though it innocently didn't start life out with such connotations.

BuilderPlumber

batistuta9 wrote: »

Not sure what viral has to do with tubirty but it's not used in the true meaning at all.
Something going viral isn't a a video/post that has a few thousand views over a period of weeks or months. Viral is millions in days.

Tubridy is always using the term on his show. The latest viral sensation, up on the whatever site for a week and went viral, overnight viral sensation, etc. Of course, it is like a lot of these terms not used in its correct sense.

HONKEY TONK

That will learn you!

I’m sure we said “ that will teach you. Growing up

dxhound2005

All neologisms, changes to meanings, changes to pronunciations, abbreviations, changes to spellings and Americanisms which came in after the year 1700. I can't stand them.

nlrkjos

In interviews when someone gets questioned and the first answer is "that's a good question" wtf is a bad question ! also this stupid comment... "Yeah,no" wtf is it...yes or no !

Capt'n Midnight

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Synergy

It's a good word ruined by people who haven't a clue.

In the context of advertising and sales and marketing it's meaningless.

Print out bingo cards here for your next meeting.
https://tinyurl.com/8hd38

evolving_doors

Should of

pudzey101

Totes ..... Just say totally its only fcuking 2 more letters !!

Miss Demeanour

Lets touch base.....
**** off....
You arent coming near me or my base for that matter ya weirdo.

threetrees

"Reach out to" seems to be the current buzz word for "to contact". Drives me batty, reach out to him, is he sitting next to you or something?

dxhound2005

Miss Demeanour wrote: »

Lets touch base.....
**** off....
You arent coming near me or my base for that matter ya weirdo.

Weirdo only in use since 1955. Too new for me. Weird person would suffice.

GIMP

Everything is 'SUPER' now super nice as opposed to really nice! Wrecks my head!

RainMakerToo

Not sure if it's still used, but when people said "massive" to mean good instead of actually...massive

Miss Demeanour

RainMakerToo wrote: »

Not sure if it's still used, but when people said "massive" to mean good instead of actually...massive

Well I hope it means good because my mother always uses it.....'ms d ....you look only massive tonight'

Donald Trump

threetrees wrote: »

"Reach out to" seems to be the current buzz word for "to contact". Drives me batty, reach out to him, is he sitting next to you or something?

Miss Demeanour wrote: »

Lets touch base.....
**** off....
You arent coming near me or my base for that matter ya weirdo.

Reach out and touch base

(Yeah yeah, I know that's not the actual lyrics......but you can sing this to them with "base" instead of "faith")

rockingchair1

Where is it from?

freshpopcorn

Anything along the lines of if only you had to ''walk in my shoes''.

DivingDuck

threetrees wrote: »

"Reach out to" seems to be the current buzz word for "to contact". Drives me batty, reach out to him, is he sitting next to you or something?

Most buzzspeak is amusing or at least tolerable to me, but I hate this one.

It's that hippie "our business is about people, not profit margins, because we're progressive" nonsense that always seems to originate in the most cut-throat, customer-screwing, sexist/racist/whateverist companies.

"I've reached out to John for his thoughts..."

No. You're not a medium entreating him to give insights from beyond the veil, you just sent him a poorly-written email asking if you can have casual Fridays.

It drives me mad!

naughtysmurf

My Mrs works for an American company, deals with Americans on a daily basis, last Sunday she asked me to call someone during the week on a family matter, she asked me to "reach out"

Well she can fcuk right off with that sh1te

riffmongous

milli milli wrote: »

I can’t stand when people use the word ‘feels’ for feelings. It drives me mad. I feel like I’m in some crappy American song when I hear it.

Damien360

"He axed him" .........No, you asked him.

_Dara_

Simples.

I'm not being funny.

The word 'oft' makes me squirmy for some reason.

Jayesdiem

On the appraisal forms of Mrs Jayesdiem's US based company is the actual question "does this employee GO TO BAT for the team". Makes me want to vomit.

De Bhál

HONKEY TONK wrote: »

That will learn you!

I’m sure we said “ that will teach you. Growing up

That's the joke

Zaph

Wellness. It sounds like a word that some hemp-wearing hippie living on a commune in rural Washington state dreamt up during one of their less lucid moments.

De Bhál

Meh

Nom

Jerichoholic

People saying "Awesome" all the time. I hate them.

People adding the word "Super" to everything. "I'm Super excited for something".

It's annoying enough when americans use those words, but when Irish people do it's absolute cringe.

queueeye

Incorrect use of the word literally.
As in " I walked home in the rain and I'm literally drowned".

No you're fcukin not which literally is a shame. Literally!

tonycascarino

I absolutely hate the phrase 'broke the internet'

the_pen_turner

queueeye wrote: »

Incorrect use of the word literally.
As in " I walked home in the rain and I'm literally drowned".

No you're fcukin not which literally is a shame. Literally!

exactly
I'm literally dead inside from it

the_pen_turner

one that really annoys me is quality .
on its own its pointless. you need more info like good quality or bad quality .
it pointless on its own

its like blood pressure. same thing high or low . no blood pressure and your dead so I'm sure you have some

Cookie_Monster

this one simply trick...

or variants thereof

Omackeral

Happy 'out'. Happy out where?

1874

Damien360 wrote: »

"He axed him" .........No, you asked him.

Maybe he did axe him, I often feel like axing people when they talk ****e.
There was an awful one from a few years back, I should be thankful I can't remember it.

retro:electro

"Narrative" ,"it totally changed the narritive" shut up you cnut

kimokanto

"Lovely hurling" A smelly creep I used to work with used it every f*****g day. Between that & the lack of soap and water I often felt like taking a hurl to the cnut!