What words should be banned?

Mad_maxx · 13-06-2020 8:03am

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

POC(standing for people/person of colour and excluding all people considered "white") is a horrible divisive word that seem to set the stage for an us vs them type scenario instead of everyone just being people.

deeply politically loaded term, hate it

Mad_maxx · 13-06-2020 8:14am

Three words this time used as a political statement

Everyone
Pays
Tax

Mr Magnolia · 13-06-2020 10:17am

Pacific.

Just so those who can't seem to pronounce 'specific' have to cop themselves on.

maestroamado · 13-06-2020 10:23am

Hairy Japanese BASTARDS! wrote: »

For fuck sake. Stop bypassing the shitting swear filter.

I think i am being bullied as when i enter bad word it is *****....
How do i stop this??
Who do i complain to??

maestroamado · 13-06-2020 10:31am

Airyfairy12 wrote: »

'Fall' instead of saying 'Autumn', especially when used by Irish people but also just in general.
My brother told me he is going back to college in the Fall - My eyes nearly rolled out of my head.

Is he not going to University?

symester etc... we have embraced US language...

Snails pace · 13-06-2020 10:36am

Hipster
Vegan

Gerry T · 13-06-2020 10:38am

Haven't read the full thread but I'd add

Fake-news

and

Alternative-facts

mikemac2 · 13-06-2020 11:28am

No hand act or part .

The only people who say this are guilty of something.

Fogmatic · 13-06-2020 11:36am

...at this time.

ra0044 · 13-06-2020 11:42am

Entitled
Gosh
guys
Marketing
Kids

So many more. Mainly said with irritating youtuber accents

storker · 13-06-2020 11:47am

Offensive*

Twitter

(* Except if used as a noun when discussing military history

)

newaccount2017 · 13-06-2020 11:49am

Moist

super_furry · 13-06-2020 11:54am

Clunge
Literally
Probe
Rekt
Vino

fonecrusher1 · 13-06-2020 12:05pm

Just ban people here using American slang / words. Please stop. You're just causing embarrassment. Yes you.

Ted_YNWA · 13-06-2020 12:35pm

Anything that gets -gate' added to it as a scandal.

maestroamado · 13-06-2020 12:37pm

Not sure this Americian.

"There is no evidence of wrongdoing"" GUILTY

Dickus Swiveller · 13-06-2020 12:44pm

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Just ban people here using American slang / words. Please stop. You're just causing embarrassment. Yes you.

This. "Awesome", "dude", and also that annoying voice inflection thing that people seemed to have picked up from tv shows like Friends.

Just stop. Please. For the sake of humanity.

Gregor Samsa · 13-06-2020 12:45pm

“Dad! ...”

Hamsterchops · 13-06-2020 12:52pm

Mammy.

fonecrusher1 · 13-06-2020 12:59pm

Hamsterchops wrote: »

Mammy.

Its better than "MOM".

Seamai · 13-06-2020 1:05pm

"SO" When using it at the start of of a sentence, when did that become a thing? Tony Holohan and a few of his colleagues at the DOH press briefings seem to be incapable of starting a reply to a question without "So"
I called a company recently and got a recorded message starting "So, you have reached *******& Co." WTF!

Seamai · 13-06-2020 1:06pm

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Its better than "MOM".

Mummy's a bit precious too, my own mother, hates it, not that pushed on mum either so we always go out of our way to find cards saying Mam or Mammy.

fonecrusher1 · 13-06-2020 1:22pm

Seamai wrote: »

Mummy's a bit precious too, my own mother, hates it, not that pushed on mum either so we always go out of our way to find cards saying Mam or Mammy.

Yeah but at least mum, mam, mammy is Irish. When did people here start saying mom ffs. Hey MOM did you see my sneakers and I can't find my sweater. Soda.... soda? Like baking soda? Oh you mean a fizzy drink. Cop on.

When did all this American sh!te sneak into common parlance here?

Rodney Bathgate · 13-06-2020 1:22pm

Cis

Flickerfusion · 13-06-2020 1:26pm

Going forward

In multiple geographies

Ticking all the boxes

All the annoying business phrases that have slipped into real life.

completedit · 13-06-2020 1:29pm

Barnet. Such an annoying word

Seamai · 13-06-2020 1:32pm

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Yeah but at least mum, mam, mammy is Irish. When did people here start saying mom ffs. Hey MOM did you see my sneakers and I can't find my sweater. Soda.... soda? Like baking soda? Oh you mean a fizzy drink. Cop on.

When did all this American sh!te sneak into common parlance here?

I hate MOM with a vengeance, have a friend from Kerry that uses it, sounds even more ridiculous in a Kerry accent.

Rodney Bathgate · 13-06-2020 1:35pm

It is strange how so many seemingly rational people have such a problem with how someone else refers to or addresses their mother.

Seamai · 13-06-2020 1:41pm

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

It is strange how so many seemingly rational people have such a problem with how someone else refers to or addresses their mother.

Well often it's the mother herself who will dictate what they liked to be called. We always called my grandmothers granny or gran when we got older, some of my cousins started calling one nanny but she was having none of it. She used to say "A nanny is a female goat, they smell, don't call me that"

13-06-2020 1:51pm

"Life hack"

Gerry T · 13-06-2020 1:52pm

Seamai wrote:

"SO" When using it at the start of of a sentence, when did that become a thing? Tony Holohan and a few of his colleagues at the DOH press briefings seem to be incapable of starting a reply to a question without "So" I called a company recently and got a recorded message starting "So, you have reached *******& Co." WTF!

I do that all the time, I might read a message before sending, if I see the "so" I remove it, annoys me too !

CosmicFool · 13-06-2020 2:00pm

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

Cis

Beat me to it

Gregor Samsa · 13-06-2020 2:07pm

Seamai wrote: »

"SO" When using it at the start of of a sentence, when did that become a thing?

“Become a thing?”

A thing is a physical object. A linguistic concept, in this case the filler “so”, can’t be a thing.

BorneTobyWilde · 13-06-2020 2:08pm

The word '' black'' to describe people in US. African Americans are very light skinned compared in reality. Compared to parts of African that have never seen a caucasian person.

sudanese-model-queen-of-the-dark-nyakim-gatwech-27-5959ef180a5ba__700.jpg

Alf Veedersane · 13-06-2020 2:13pm

Guesstimate.

You can't have it both ways. Pick one.

13-06-2020 2:13pm

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Yeah but at least mum, mam, mammy is Irish. When did people here start saying mom ffs. Hey MOM did you see my sneakers and I can't find my sweater. Soda.... soda? Like baking soda? Oh you mean a fizzy drink. Cop on.

When did all this American sh!te sneak into common parlance here?

Mum is a bit too British.

Rodney Bathgate · 13-06-2020 2:17pm

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

The word '' black'' to describe people in US. African Americans are very light skinned compared in reality. Compared to parts of African that have never seen a caucasian person.

America has both with all the variations in between those extremes. Apparently the lighter skinned black people (like the first photo) can experience prejudice from the darker skinned black people.

Gregor Samsa · 13-06-2020 2:21pm

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

America has both with all the variations in between those extremes. Apparently the lighter skinned black people (like the first photo) can experience prejudice from the darker skinned black people.

I think the poster just wanted to post the photos.

The Tetrarch · 13-06-2020 2:22pm

the likes of
Y'know (GAA speak)

Mattdhg · 13-06-2020 2:27pm

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

America has both with all the variations in between those extremes. Apparently the lighter skinned black people (like the first photo) can experience prejudice from the darker skinned black people.

Yeah, someone described as "high yellow" (fairly sure its a derogatory term btw) is light skinned enough to pass for white but they have black parents/grand parents somewhere in the mix. Its pretty sad because theyre seen as neither black nor white, and so don't fully belong in either community/face racism for it from both sides.

tayto lover · 13-06-2020 2:38pm

Millennials. Detest that word but don’t really know why.

Oh and also “Your round” even though there’s two words in it.

rosmatt · 13-06-2020 2:52pm

I use Mom and I am called Mom by my kids because that is the Irish for Mother.

I'm gobsmacked by people who think it's an American thing.

And we do NOT use Mum in Ireland - that's British.

Rodney Bathgate · 13-06-2020 2:57pm

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

I think the poster just wanted to post the photos.

Well the first lady is pretty stunning (in my opinion) so I won’t complain.

marklazarcovic · 13-06-2020 3:30pm

influencer

13-06-2020 3:34pm

black,
lives,
matter.

whisky_galore · 13-06-2020 3:44pm

Frontline "heroes".

Fair enough for HSE staff actually caring for sick but it is such a throwaway term, even a drain unblocker or a burger flipper at Maccas is a "hero" now.

Hamsterchops · 13-06-2020 4:22pm

rosmatt wrote: »

I use Mom and I am called Mom by my kids because that is the Irish for Mother.

I'm gobsmacked by people who think it's an American thing.

And we do NOT use Mum in Ireland - that's British.

That's quite a statement, but it's not true.

My Mother is my Mum, my wife is Mum/ Mummy to our children, and most of their school friends are Mums to their children too...
On saying that, we have noticed a bit of MoM creeping into the what's app groups in recent years :cool:

That whole Irish Mammy thing annoys me.
Hope you're listening Ryan Tubridy.

Rodney Bathgate · 13-06-2020 4:25pm

whisky_galore wrote: »

Frontline "heroes".

Fair enough for HSE staff actually caring for sick but it is such a throwaway term, even a drain unblocker or a burger flipper at Maccas is a "hero" now.

Anyone who works with burgers is a hero in my book.

biko · 13-06-2020 4:30pm

"Challenge" when you're too PC to say "Problem".

JoannieG · 13-06-2020 4:37pm

Utilise. What's wrong with "use"?

What words should be banned?

Comments