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Do makey-uppy words piss you off ?

Liam Byrne

I was just listening to the radio and someone had texted in about a "staycation" and the word makes me want to change channel.

I have no problem with made-up words that involve the full word - e.g. "lawnmower" or the like, but a "fire engine" wasn't bastardised into "firengine" just because the end of one word sounded like the start of the other.

I always envisage the D4 types sitting around going "chortle, chortle, good one Ivor", and hitting the streets to spread their virus.

Firstly, the Irish word was "holiday"
Secondly, Irish people "stayed" - as in hit our own beaches - long before the Celtic Tiger and the recession.

So why do we need a ridiculous-sounding new "word" ?

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CardBordWindow

makey-uppy :mad:

southsiderosie

Thread title: "Do makey-uppy words piss you off?"

Hee hee.

starbelgrade

Thread needs poll options;

Do Makey Uppy words piss you off?

- Yes they doodey

- Nokey dokey

- Atari Jaguary

beertons

someone take a jizz in your cornflakes?

CreepingDeath

Only "perma-banned".

Sergeant

Quite a flagulous topic.

[Deleted User]

Always hate when people say 'rosemantic', hear it in work every Valentine's Day.

positron

Liam Byrne wrote: »

I was just listening to the radio and someone had texted in about a "staycation" and the word makes me want to change channel.

I think 'staycation' as a word is being misused here.

It's supposed to mean taking time off work and staying at home - as in staying at one's own house (not home country) - but I suppose we don't have a word for 'holidaying in Ireland', or is there?

Pherekydes

Staycation is a horrible word, especially when it's used incorrectly.

Holidaying in Ireland is not a staycation. A staycation is when you take 2 weeks off work and lounge around your own house doing f*** all.

Here's a few more to get the thread going:

edutainment (ugh)
infomercial.

danniemcq

better than putting .com at the end of sentances. thats annoying and i alwasys have to resist smacking whoever i hear saying it

--Kaiser--

southsiderosie wrote: »

Thread title: "Do makey-uppy words piss you off?"

Hee hee.

The ironing is delicious

the groutch

OP needs to chillax

starbelgrade

positron wrote: »

I suppose we don't have a word for 'holidaying in Ireland', or is there?

Pointless.

Mr. Presentable

Sergeant wrote: »

Quite a flagulous topic.

Agreed. Cromulently redumnant.

minikin

Annoyifying thread is annoyifying.

ejmaztec

Pherekydes wrote: »

Staycation is a horrible word, especially when it's used incorrectly.

Holidaying in Ireland is not a staycation. A staycation is when you take 2 weeks off work and lounge around your own house doing f*** all.

Here's a few more to get the thread going:

edutainment (ugh)
infomercial.

Sounds like a fuckallation to me.

Chuck Stone

Nopers.

Liam Byrne

I had actually intended to highlight the irony of the thread title in the OP as a "P.S.", but I forgot to!

However the fact remains that I didn't chop any bits off the words, so it's more like "lawnmower" (acceptable) than "staycation" (unacceptable).

Jesus Wept

A lot of them do. It can depend on who is saying them, like any **** on Irish television.
Some are perfectly cromulent.

gugleguy

kuwlya - badunderdunks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

there!

and if you don't like em then * off!!!!!!!!!!

GLaDOS

The word "guesstimate" always makes me irrationally annoyed.

Liam Byrne

gugleguy wrote: »

.....and if you don't like em then * off!!!!!!!!!!

I've unfortunately never met a girl called "off".

alexjk

50% of all words are made up. FACT.

[Deleted User]

OP I think you should chillax

Sergeant

Deleted User wrote: »

OP I think you should chillax

Whatever.

Pherekydes

alexjk wrote: »

50% of all words are made up. FACT.

90% of statistics on the interwebz are made up 10% of the time.

Malari

No, I like the sniglet-style ones. Among my favourites are:

"Window-cating" - the accidental use of the windscreen-wiper in a car when you meant to signal left.

"Lactomangulation" - Manhandling the "open here" spout on a milk carton so badly that one has to resort to using the "illegal" side.

"Sarchasm" - The giant gulf between what is said and the person who doesn't get it.

Glinda

All words are makey-uppy words, just madey-uppy at different times

Feeona

The word blog irritates me because by the time I finally got to know what a blog was, there was this whole group of people who were like 'OMG, you don't know what a blog is!' and they weren't even kids!

We'll all look back on this golden age of the 'internet' and combined words and shake our heads in embarrassment. Combined words are so early noughties :pac:

Liam Byrne

Deleted User wrote: »

OP I think you should chillax

If that were actually a word I might have a clue what you're on about.

Unfortunately I can't do something that doesn't exist.