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Words or phrases that should be banned from the english language

John Doe1

por ejemplo: "hubby"

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mlumley

Brit. We aint brit's, English, Welsh, or Scotish

. Or should we call you Paddies?:D

du Maurier

Tautology in general can be irritating -- the kids in the X-factor might find that something was "proper good".

Wetai

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

"Coke and hookers."

Usually said by people who probably never smoked a cigarette, never mind doing coke. And this is probably the closest they'll ever get to a hooker.

Nonsense. I like some coke and a hooker from Galway any time.

corktina

s'up

MyKeyG

Fancy a cuppa! It's the laziest stupidest phrase in the language. Although casual speech in general is retarded. People who use it just sound like idiots.

Dionysus

"whilst" - why in the name of Jesus don't people say "while"? Why? It's a sure sign of undereducation to say "whilst" when there's a perfectly good modern word which means precisely the same. It sounds pompous as well as incorrect.

Likewise with this affectation of saying "an historic" instead of "a historic' - the indefinite article 'an' used to come before a vowel sound (not a vowel) when the English word was of French and ultimately Latin origin. However, most people in Ireland pronounce the 'h' in historic/hotel/house etc and this therefore renders the pronunciation 'an historic' etc incorrect.

Indeed, leaving aside Ireland, in standard OED English 'a historic' etc is accepted, while 'an historic' is acknowledged as non-standard. Think about that next time you think saying 'an historic' gives your view more gravitas than 'a historic'.

/ rant over.

tjones64

Whilst.

Biggins

Miss Olenska wrote: »

My boyfriend likes to say he "beat it into" me. :pac:

Bless, he's such a romantic!

:pac:

Optimalprimerib

MCMLXXV wrote: »

I think 'Pal' is pretty good TBH. I like words that can be used as both a term of endearment and an insult depending on the context.

TBH p*sses me off too

[Deleted User]

"at this moment in time!"

you mean now!

landsleaving

'Now in a minute.'

Pick one. Goddammit pick one. It's not both.

'I won him' (instead of 'beat')

As previously mentioned, 'like', though I occasional suffer from that one myself.

bicardi19

Legend or Ledge.

Dionysus

Two other greatly misused/misunderstood words/phrases:

'Presently', when people actually mean 'currently'. Correct usage: I am currently here but I'll be with you presently (very shortly).

'It begs the question' when 'it begs the question' does not mean, and never has meant, "it poses/raises the question".

1) 'Begging the question does not mean to bring up the question. It means to present as true a premise that requires proof--i.e., taking a conclusion for granted before it is proved or assuming in the premises of your argument what is supposed to be proved in the conclusion. (This fallacy is related to the circular argument.)' (Source)

2) Begging the question:

"The Right Way to Use "Begs the Question"

Begs the question is actually a term that comes from logic, and it's used to indicate that someone has made a conclusion based on a premise that lacks support (1, 2). It can be a premise that's independent from the conclusion (3) or in a simpler form, the premise can be just a restatement of the conclusion itself (4, 5).

For example, let's say Squiggly is trying to convince Aardvark that chocolate is healthful, and his argument is that chocolate grows on trees, so it must be healthful. Aardvark could rightly say there's no proof that something is good for you simply because it grows on a tree. Some things that grow on trees are poisonous--Chinaberry tree fruit, for example (6). So Squiggly's argument is based on a faulty premise.

Aardvark could correctly say that Squiggly's argument begs the question. What does growing on trees have to do with being healthful, anyway?

I remember what begs the question means by thinking that THEE argument raises a specific question--it begs *the* question--What's your support for that premise? OR more informally, What does that have to do with anything? You use the phrase begs the question when people are hoping you won't notice that their reasons for coming to a conclusion aren't valid. They've made an argument based on a lame assumption. The question is What's your support for that premise?

Here's an example of a simple argument that begs the question. This one just restates the conclusion as a basis for the conclusion: Chocolate is healthful because it's good for you. That begs the question. How do you know chocolate is good for you? Again, the question is What's the support for your premise? or What does that have to do with anything? If I didn't just accept that chocolate is healthful, I'm not going to accept that it's healthful because you say it's good for me. They're the same thing. Make a better argument."

Turtyturd

Fact...just because you put it at the end of your sentence does not make it a fact.

Most things you consider to be a fact you do not know to be a fact, as you are relying on the word of someone you assume know what they are talking about telling you it is a fact. It's mainly just the first bit that bothers me though....that and simples.

coonecb1

"In the context of...." (Usually a filler line for politicians, while they try to think of something to say between their lies).

"Going Forward" (I know, it's prob listed 100 times in this thread)

"Happy out". (Please explain what the f*ck is this supposed to mean, and who's the c*nt that invented it?)

looksee

corktina wrote: »

"Uni" in an English accent...

In fact "Uni" in any accent...

in fact anything in an English accent.

"In fact" in fact.

People who say "English" when they mean "British"

oh fux, thats me then

"Oh fux" that I just made up I think

Yes that annoys me too, I have a friend that says it...she also says 'what will be, will be' and 'the way forward'.

Shanotheslayer

''Believe you me''

What the fúck does it even mean?

Sky King

For the day that's in it
(in what?)

It's a long road that has no turning
????

Say Your Number

Using the word 'fit' to describe somene as sexually attractive.
Also 'sucks ass' it doesn't even make any sense.

sparkle_23

"Boom" at the end of a sentence. I don't what or where it's from but it's annoying

sparkle_23

And "lippy" as in short for lipstick :mad::mad::mad::mad:

Max_Charger

The words "Random" to describe an event and "Randomer" to describe a person, normally used by women, it's like nails on a f*cking chalk board when i hear it!!!!

AoifeCork

This one is soooo annoying but I've said it to people in college before and they literally look at me like I am the one that's mental:

IRREGARDLESS....Oh sweet Moses.. are you actual serious?

Irrespective and regardless have, against their will, been morphed together to form some meaningless NON-word. It makes me want to tear my hair out sometimes.

admiralofthefleet

'think outside the box' - used almost exclusively by marketing and HR knobs

luckyfrank

GENTILITY

i hate that word

Togepi

The first one that springs to mind is the word 'retard' when used to insult anyone. Annoys me so much to hear it.

cocalolaman

"Who knows? You might even enjoy yourself."

Fooooookk yooouuuuu

Togepi

Oh yeah, another one is when people overuse the word "contemporary" on those interior design shows. It seems to be the only word they ever use to describe things!

languagenerd

Togepi wrote: »

Oh yeah, another one is when people overuse the word "contemporary" on those interior design shows. It seems to be the only word they ever use to describe things!

I've always (irrationally) hated the word "contemporary". Now I think that ^ may be why :P

Also "succulent", always used in ads for food that rarely looks it.

And "juicy", especially when it's written across some-one's arse on a tracksuit :P

MyKeyG

Deleted User wrote: »

"at this moment in time!"

you mean now!

Moment (in time):
noun. A particular period of importance, influence, or significance in a series of events or developments.

Now:
adv. At the present time.