Annoying word usages

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Annoying word usages; What gets up your nose?
Topic Started: Oct 18 2012, 12:05 AM (935 Views)
heatseeker	Oct 18 2012, 12:05 AM Post #1
Veteran Member Posts: 10,320 Group: Member Member #713 Joined: March 30, 2010	This one isn't particularly new, but I find it annoying. Way too many news reports, in print, or broadcast, describe stuff as being "sold off." What's wrong with just "sold"? And I deplore the increasing euphemisms about death. No one dies anymore. They "pass". Arrghh. What words are bugging you?

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Tipacanoe	Oct 19 2012, 06:44 AM Post #31
Blue Star Member Posts: 1,255 Group: Member Member #758 Joined: May 9, 2010	I am getting a little tired of "going forward", "at the end of the day", and "it is what it is".



heatseeker	Oct 19 2012, 06:49 AM Post #32
Veteran Member Posts: 10,320 Group: Member Member #713 Joined: March 30, 2010	Or "at this moment in time". What the hell is wrong with "now"?



Tipacanoe	Oct 19 2012, 06:52 AM Post #33
Blue Star Member Posts: 1,255 Group: Member Member #758 Joined: May 9, 2010	Just back from a cafe where the waitress ordered me to "Enjoy"! Didn't express a wish or say exactly what she was ordering me to enjoy. Am I a bit over the top? It's like people saying "No problem" in response to "Thank you". There's a CBC weatherman who has been doing that lately. It's faintly annoying at first and then grows into a crescendo the more I hear it! Aaagh!!!



heatseeker	Oct 19 2012, 06:55 AM Post #34
Veteran Member Posts: 10,320 Group: Member Member #713 Joined: March 30, 2010	"Enjoy" is just so presumptuous and stupid.



Trotsky	Oct 19 2012, 08:39 AM Post #35
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	I like FLAMMABLE and INFLAMMABLE meaning the same thing. I also love the fact that almost everybody has the complete opposite meaning for the word NONPLUSSED...even the NY TImes. Edited by Trotsky, Oct 19 2012, 08:41 AM.



Bitsy	Oct 19 2012, 08:47 AM Post #36
Veteran Member Posts: 31,383 Group: Member Member #267 Joined: March 11, 2006	The confusing of a bathroom and a rest room annoys me; as does the confusion between can I and may I.



Deleted User	Oct 19 2012, 09:25 AM Post #37
Deleted User	One death euphemism I belatedly decided was apt: When one of my cats died, i went into the bathroom (her choice), looked at her, and said "She's gone". And she was... as in no longer inhabiting her shell. i have always been a srtong advocate of saying "died" when that is what you mean. but when George died, it was hard to say.; led me to be more sympathetic to those who substitute some other word. nainai
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haili	Oct 19 2012, 01:37 PM Post #38
Gold Star Member Posts: 7,084 Group: Member Member #387 Joined: September 15, 2006	nainai: that's true. When they die they are gone and it's sad when a pet dies too.



jupiter	Oct 23 2012, 04:46 AM Post #39
Super Poster Posts: 361 Group: Member Member #804 Joined: September 23, 2010	Darcie Oct 19 2012, 05:36 AM Went to Oxford and this is what they say about it. HOPEFULLY you will read it. I use it all the time. :-( thank you, I couldn't be bothered looking it up. Hopefully I will look into next time. Home � Better writing � Improve your English � Hopefully Hopefully There are two ways of using the adverb hopefully. Traditionally it means �in a hopeful way�: She smiled at him hopefully. This sense has been used since the 17th century, so it�s very well established. In the second half of the 20th century, a new use developed, with the meaning �it is to be hoped that�: Hopefully we�ll see you tomorrow. When it�s used in the second way, hopefully is acting as a sentence adverb, a type of adverb that comments on the whole of a sentence rather than just a part of it. Many people object to the use of hopefully as a sentence adverb. They compare it with other sentence adverbs such as �unfortunately� or �clearly�, which can be paraphrased as �it is unfortunate that ...� or 'it is clear that ...': Unfortunately, he missed the train. [i.e. it is unfortunate that he missed the train.] Clearly, they have made mistakes. [i.e. it is clear that they have made mistakes.] It�s certainly true that you can�t paraphrase hopefully as �it is hopeful that�. But this is no reason to ban its use as a sentence adverb: there are no grammatical rules that say the meaning of a word mustn�t be allowed to develop in this sort of way. http://oxforddictionaries.com/words/hopefully



Dana	Oct 23 2012, 05:52 AM Post #40
WWS Hummingbird Guru & Wildlife photographer extrordinaire Posts: 13,054 Group: Member Member #830 Joined: March 23, 2011	Bitsy Oct 19 2012, 08:47 AM The confusing of a bathroom and a rest room annoys me; as does the confusion between can I and may I. Well, that confuses me! I'd have to say washroom.



Bitsy	Oct 23 2012, 06:20 AM Post #41
Veteran Member Posts: 31,383 Group: Member Member #267 Joined: March 11, 2006	Dana Oct 23 2012, 05:52 AM Bitsy Oct 19 2012, 08:47 AM The confusing of a bathroom and a rest room annoys me; as does the confusion between can I and may I. Well, that confuses me! I'd have to say washroom. Washroom is not a word widely used in my circles but you would be surprised how many people will ask for the "bathroom" in a public establishment. While in college, my god daughter worked in an upscale Mexican restaurant in Dallas, and she said he had to bite her tongue when asked that question.



Deleted User	Oct 23 2012, 02:20 PM Post #42
Deleted User	In the UK, Australia & N.Z. they use the word "toilet" which is very clearly understood. When I first asked for a washroom, they thought I wanted to wash clothes & pointed me to a laundromat. another gripe is when people say "I am sure" .. sure of what?
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FuzzyO	Oct 23 2012, 02:26 PM Post #43
Posts: 16,968 Group: Administration Member #710 Joined: March 30, 2010	In the UK I don't think I ever asked for anything other than the loo.



Trotsky	Oct 24 2012, 12:43 AM Post #44
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Quote: When one of my cats died, i went into the bathroom (her choice), looked at her, and said "She's gone". Where did you finally find her, nai?



campy	Oct 24 2012, 01:47 AM Post #45
Handyman Extraordinaire Posts: 28,720 Group: no politics Member #204 Joined: February 2, 2006	Reading this and the 'annoying' aspect. How would the language ever change if people did not use 'annoying' words on a common basis. We would still be saying 'thee' and other quaint words that have long departed the English language.



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