• After 15+ years, we've made a big change: Android Forums is now Early Bird Club. Learn more here.

Words you find irritating

Fascism or fascist and Nazi simply because people use them improperly all the time. I saw someone with a bumper sticker that said "End Fascist Capitalism" the other day.:rolleyes:
 
I hate "irregardless". The proper word is "regardless".

I also hate "flammable". The proper word used to be "inflammable", but too many people misunderstood it and got burned, so "flammable" became also a proper word meaning the same thing as "inflammable".
 
Antidisestablishmentarianism and floccinaucinihilipilification and Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
 
I hate it when people say "k" instead of ok. Lol, when people text me that it seems dismissive like yeah.. yeah.. yeah ....whatever.

Like when I text my son, Can you please put the dishes away? He says k. I'm like, Foo! I need a better acknowledgement than that! :p
 
moist.... ever since the show dead like me, this word has been ruined, just has a dirty connotation to it now :(

Also on the same page as OTD, Communism since most people don't truly understand what Communism would entail, actually I guess that applies for most forms of organized government :P

and ironic, simply because no one uses it properly!
 
Chemical names tick me off:

methionylglutaminylarginyltyrosylglutamylserylleucyl phenylalanylalanylglutaminylleucyllysylglutamylarginyl lysylglutamylglycylalanylphenylalanylvalylprolylphenyl alanylvalylthreonylleucylglycylaspartylprolylglycylisol eucylglutamylglutaminylserylleucyllysylisoleucylaspartyl threonylleucylisoleucylglutamylalanylglycylalanylaspartyl alanylleucylglutamylleucylglycylisoleucylprolylphenyl alanylserylaspartylprolylleucylalanylaspartylglycylprolyl threonylisoleucylglutaminylasparaginylalanylthreonylleucyl arginylalanylphenylalanylalanylalanylglycylvalylthreonyl prolylalanylglutaminylcysteinylphenylalanylglutamyl methionylleucylalanylleucylisoleucylarginylglutaminyllysyl histidylprolylthreonylisoleucylprolylisoleucylglycylleucyl leucylmethionyltyrosylalanylasparaginylleucylvalylphenyl alanylasparaginyllysylglycylisoleucylaspartylglutamylphenyl alanyltyrosylalanylglutaminylcysteinylglutamyllysylvalyl glycylvalylaspartylserylvalylleucylvalylalanylaspartylvalyl prolylvalylglutaminylglutamylserylalanylprolylphenylalanyl arginylglutaminylalanylalanylleucylarginylhistidylasparaginyl valylalanylprolylisoleucylphenylalanylisoleucylcysteinyl prolylprolylaspartylalanylaspartylaspartylaspartylleucyl leucylarginylglutaminylisoleucylalanylseryltyrosylglycyl arginylglycyltyrosylthreonyltyrosylleucylleucylserylarginyl alanylglycylvalylthreonylglycylalanylglutamylasparaginyl arginylalanylalanylleucylprolylleucylasparaginylhistidyl leucylvalylalanyllysylleucyllysylglutamyltyrosylasparaginyl alanylalanylprolylprolylleucylglutaminylglycylphenylalanyl glycylisoleucylserylalanylprolylaspartylglutaminylvalyllysyl alanylalanylisoleucylaspartylalanylglycylalanylalanylglycyl alanylisoleucylserylglycylserylalanylisoleucylvalyllysylisol eucylisoleucylglutamylglutaminylhistidylasparaginylisoleucyl glutamylprolylglutamyllysylmethionylleucylalanylalanylleucyl lysylvalylphenylalanylvalylglutaminylprolylmethionyllysyl alanylalanylthreonylarginylserine.

I mean, cant McDonalds just call it Secret Sauce and be done with it?
 
In casual conversation,

Anybody says "whatever" to me better cover the back of their head 'cause the slap is coming.

"Whatnot" comes in a close second.

In business, if I read anything with the words "productivity" or "commitment" i know it's ready to be spread on my rose garden.
 
You are lucky he even acknowledged your text, let alone the dishes.


I hate it when people say "k" instead of ok. Lol, when people text me that it seems dismissive like yeah.. yeah.. yeah ....whatever.

Like when I text my son, Can you please put the dishes away? He says k. I'm like, Foo! I need a better acknowledgement than that! :p
 
"Better get it now" If I wanted what POS they are selling, I would have bought it long ago.

Need is another. I NEED the basics, food, shelter, etc. I don't NEED anything else. I may want it, but I don't NEED it.
 
Back
Top Bottom