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I typed meh at least twice today. Now I feel kind of ashamed.

But, you should add a number six to your list: "Totes!"

As in, "Yeah bra, we should head to the bar, totes."

this post made me throw up a little bit in my mouth

I want to go to there.

I love the grumpy lists like this, mostly because I'm a curmudgeon before my time.

"Woot" can't go away fast enough, but "deets" is starting to get on my nerves as well. While we are on the Twitter hate, let's just add "tweet" up there as well.

Is that wicked often accompanied by pissah, TK?
As in "This chowdah is wicked pissah".

"it is what it is"

"Don't be hatin'"

I have no idea where it came from or when it started, but I've been hating it ever since.

A saying I could do without:

Worst. (Insert noun of choice). Ever.

I also hate "tweet." People who say "tweet" are twats.

I think it's a damn shame you did't call out "smexy" or any Japanese phrases used half-assed by fat teenagers who wear cat ears (i.e., "kawaii desu~!" or addressing everyone as "-sama").

My pet peeve is all the emoticon faces that follow everyone's sentences. I've had people greet me at the beginning of an IM with "o.o" or "Hey =|" or "Hey! ^____^" It also fills me with rage when loser assholes shout, "EPIC FAIL!" in the middle of a classroom, thinking they're edgy and funny. Yeah, they are. Right along with LOLcats and Failboats. Right.

"Dude, for reals. That is so gay. Know-what-I'm-sayin? Don't be hatin'."

Also, let's kill "That's What She Said." It has run its course.

"Really?!?"

All of my 'friends' have adopted this from the SNL news segment. It isn't funny when Amy Poeler and Seth "I must be magic at giving head since that is the only way I could ever conceivably become head writer" Meyers do it, so what makes you think that you doing it five times a night after two bong hits and 8 beers will be any better?

Great idea for a list. Can we please retire 'Sweet Jeebus'?

I guess I'm an old fart, because I've never heard any of these, except for #2. ” … Just saying," and I heard THAT for the first time last night during the first 3 minutes of "Castle."

I will admit I will always have a soft spot in my heart for woot. Only because my really dorky coder friends started saying it 10 years ago. I only heard it in RPG circles and the like for a long time.

Also, let's kill "That's What She Said." It has run its course.
Posted by: Optimus Rhyme at March 11, 2009 5:12 PM

Nope. Not gonna' happen. Nope.

Also, what's "deets"? Should I know this? (I should probably know this).

I've never actually heard or seen "totes" used. People say this? They say it? Really? Who says this?

Jaci, that is exactly what I do when I see abbreviations like that. If they aren't formed into their own word (NASA), then my head fills in the full words.

Thus, OMG automatically becomes Omigod, and anyone who actually utters "Oh, Em, Gee" out loud deserves to have their liver ripped out through their nostril.

'Bitch' is so overused, so automatic, as to now be meaningless as an insult. Any gender to any gender. It's now pointless. Still good as a verb, though.

I totes agree with all you bitches!

Oh Tyburn, you read my mind! I sometimes listen to Wendy Williams and she has been saying 'Oh Em Gee' whnever she starts talking about Gossip Girl!
It's bad enough that it just sounds stupid, but for a 40-something woman who allegedly graduated from college to say that on the radio, just freaks me out.

I hate when people say they've been "reading HuffPo" or "watching NatGeo" (I don't care that NationalGeographic is trying so hard to make that work, it's stupid).
It's as if everyone went around saying "Jul" instead of "July" just because its shorter.

But honestly, I would put up with everything listed in all the comments above if people would just stop using "I was like" as a verb to replace "I said". It's as if there is an entire generation of people who intentionally want to appear retarded.

BTW - I'm not just older than most of you, I'm "an old" in yr parlance. I don't care about being middle-aged, but I do loathe the way being called "an old" not only objectifies me, but insinuates that I should perhaps just crawl off into the woods and let the wolves have at me.

Stupid fucking kids - get off my internet!

"I also hate 'shopaholic', 'tanorexic', 'fashionista'. They're not complimentary terms, yet stupid people call themselves that all the time. It's not a good thing, people."
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YES.

I'd add calling something "sick" and not meaning disgusting or ill. I can't get behind that.

I also hate when people feel the need to abbreviate every damn thing, Paddy.

And this is not a word, but it is something I've observed on facebook. These girls. That face. The face that ALL girls under - I don't know - 22? 24? - seem to have been programmed to make in 95% of their pictures. The pose where they purse their lips in a weird way and look to the side or towards the ceiling. I think it's supposed to look sassy? Or sexy? Not sure. Anyway, I want to shake them all and tell them it is NOT ATTRACTIVE. Not. In any way. But they all do it, over and over again. Drives me INSANE. Just SMILE, you little bitches.

tt-marie:

You are so right. I think it started because a few people took their photos themselves, holding the camera up and away to the side because that's as far away as ones arm will stretch and then the Sheepiverse decided it had to be cool if the other girls were doing it. Now it's an epidemic. You know if aliens ever do invade the earth. All they have to do is check out Faccebook to see what morons we earthlings are.

You guys sound so old right now. I mean, sure, the degeneration of language because of the stupidity of youth is horrible and disgusting, but most of these things are old. That turns this list into something that, on paper, sounds like a good idea, but, in practice, seems like you're standing on the street yelling at a cloud.

Hate youth, but don't ever specify what you hate about them or else you just give them the opportunity to "ironically" use the words that they stopped saying.

JakesAlterEgo - We are exactly like that old man in the bathrobe standing in his driveway telling those 'damn kids' to get off his lawn. We SOUND old because we ARE old - either in actuality, or in practice.

Wait a couple of years and then you'll understand how fun it is to be crotchety.

WTF? Woot? What kind of n00b spells it woot and not w00t?

Srlsly.

:D

in addition to fail, and "it is what it is"
i absolutely abhor. "(see last name, first name)

I have a bit of a problem with overuse of the word awesome. I'm working on it.

What gets me is 'squee'. Sadly this site can sometimse be rife with it.

I'm still in school, and there's this one girl in my English class who'll say the acronym "ROFL" - which is already ridiculous in the first place - as "Roffles."

Good to know!
And thousands of sincere and serious tall people I met on
_____T a l l m i n g l e . C om_____ are the most amazing people I ever met! they care nothing but real love and chemistry! that's what we are looking for in today's world! :-)

I caught "the Mask" on cable the other day, and cringed through the whole thing. I remember being in 6th grade and quoting that movie nonstop. Come to think of it, Jim Carrey was responsible for a ton of horrible catchphrases, wasn't he? "Smokin'," "All righty then," etc., etc.

"Okay, I haz a sad."
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This probably means I have the mentality of a fourteen year old, but lolspeak makes me laugh. I can't help it. It just does, particularly when used ironically.

1) Git R Done
2) Let 'er buck
3) You betcha

Basically anything you would commonly hear in Northern Alberta, and apparently, Alaska.

Also, what's "deets"? Should I know this? (I should probably know this).

Well, no one should know (or use) these, Lainey, but deets is short for details, just like totes is short for totally.

"I totes will text you the deets. w00t!"

Oh, and don't even get me started on git 'r done.

____tacular.

I've had a word in my head since the Roger Ebert thread the other day. I think I've coined it. In light of this thread, and as an experiment, I would like to officially like to introduce it here and see how far it will go, or see if it pops up in pop culture. I'm betting it will. And you saw it here first.

That word is Snarkasm

Watch for it. You're welcome.

I am also calling for an end of the word douche and any form of it. I use the term weiner but apparently its not catching on.

'Meh' makes me want to punch someone real hard.

Oh, Forbiddendonut, don't make me break out the liver rippin' hooks.

I may be a little extra touchy today because I had to remove a coworker's left ventricle via her naval after she asked a question that had very clearly been answered in the email to which she replied.

And frankly, I can't keep up with the dry cleaning bills as it is.

I've never heard WTF used, so I can't be bothered by what I don't hear. As a matter of fact, with the exception of "Just saying" none of these do I hear on any regular basis.

However, I do like the Whiskey Tango Foxtrot variation of WTF and I sometimes will use it in conversation with my husband. What can be better than channeling Penn Jillette when you're on a rant?

1.) Think outside the box.
2.) At the end of the day...
3.) Dog or Dawg or however the hell you want to spell it.

Aww, brian, we can't get rid of "douche" - however would we form such wonderful derivatives as "douchewaffle" and "douchetastic"? :)

It's fun trying to play WoW without using all of these; I think I've actually typed "LOL" only once, and I felt soiled for doing it. Sure, I lose a little DPS because I'm using full sentences, but at least I don't finish a battle feeling all...douchey.

Okay, here's my issue with Squee. When I think of "squee", it's as an expression of pure terror, as seen in Johnny the Homicidal Maniac. Now all these kids are squeeing in delight and joy. Am I wrong? Did "squee" not come from Vasquez's JTHM and Squee, et al?

Srsly, WTF?

Something that drives me crazy that Paddydog touched upon previously is the all to common practice in western Canada of cutting whole pieces of words off.

Two common ones are graduation that has been turned into "grad", and merchandise into "merch".
The wholesale degradation of the spoken English language saddens me every time. I won't be surprised in the least when people start speaking completely in single syllable words.

I'll second the "Loves me some" from above and also I hate when somebody talks about something or someone destroying their childhood memories.

Pistachio, that same method was also used in an early XKCD: http://xkcd.com/37/

As I've ranted before, the phrase "XYZ is the tits" makes me want to give the speaker a screaming anatomy lesson. Would anyone say, "Iron Man is the scapula"? I think we can all agree that the scapula is a vital and important part of the body, yes? Body part parity, people.

The other phrase the drives me banana-shit crazy is, "It's all good." When my ex started to drink himself into liver failure, this was his lame-ass response to any justifiable freakouts on my part. I get a nervous twitch now whenever I hear it.

I'm driving my poor kid nuts trying to break her of that oh-so-common teenage-girl verbal tic of making every statement sound uncertain. If she tells a story that goes, "So the girl goes to the movie or something and then her boyfriend gets home and cooks dinner or whatever...", then I interrupt her to ask, "Did she go to the movie or something else?". It took me six months to break her of the habit of calling me, "Dude", so I think this will go faster.

I, frankly, can't stand the use of "frankly." I also dislike "seriously" and "literally," but I think greater minds then I have have discussed that one.

The other phrase that worked hard to not say, and I don't like it when others say it, is "no offense." The problem I have with it is that offense is almost always meant. I think it goes with our society's insistance on going out of our way to not look like jerks, which often makes us look like bigger jerks. (My current job is fundraising, on the street, with a political lobbying group. I know people don't like us, but making eye contact and saying, politely, "no thank you," shows that you're a normal human being. I can't believe some of the lengths people will go to JUST so they don't have to respond "No" to a question)

I unapologetically use most of these, but only in actual, live conversation, because it is hilarious. Especially in meetings with my boss, who sounds even more hilarious.

And no, I will not get off your lawn.

I did think of one I'd like to see go away: shortening "-ation" words. Drives me nuts! "Preso" for "presentation," "doco" for "documentation"...for PETE'S SAKES, people, your tongue WILL NOT fall off. FINISH THE WORD, DAMMIT.

Either you all are really old, or I am just really shallow - none of these really annoy me. Except maybe "brah." That one makes no sense. "Meh" and "w00t" are probably on the way out, given they were popular in 2003.

One of my roommates is from California and she abbreviates everything. It's a little annoying, except when she says I look "presh." (short for "precious") That is her highest form of praise.

I don't know what "it is what it is" signifies as a catchphrase, and I don't know what "Creeper" means beside the guy Rondo Hatton played in "The Brute Man".

I've hated "sweet" going on eighteen years now. "Awesome" and any (or especially, really) variations of it for even longer.

Oh and "rad". Jesus. Hate that fucking word.

Know how many times I've heard people say all three since the end of the 80s?

Do you?

AM's high school kids sound almost antiquated, but maybe everything's just come back around.

I don't know anyone who says "totes" but they would sure bug me if they did. Nothing of-the-internet-moment really rankles me though, thankfully, though I'm not a fan of "stabby" and have never liked "woot".

Oh and didn't Toni Braxton get "love me some" going? Maybe, maybe not, that's just the first instance I encountered.

Fail/Epic and it's numerous other variants can die a thousand deaths, but I'm sticking up for "meh". Unless I'm writing an essay or an email, it's a usefully economic way of conveying ennui/boredom/blandness, etc.
I can see how overuse gets irritating, but I see it more on par with "wow" (another word best used sparingly if at all) rather than "lol".

I didn't use a single one of those today.

Of course, my home PC is undergoing a brain transplant and I've been buried at work until this moment, so since it's a new day, a big MEH YOU! And GO WOOT YOURSELF!

Just saying.

Also "twatwaffle" will be the catchphrase of the '10s!

By the way, did any of you catch HIMYM this week (which is second only to 30 Rock as the most quotable show on TV) when Willow...I mean Lily said that Ted and his girlfriend were having fun, "douchin' it up"??

"Douchin' it up" is TOTES what people who say shit like "totes" are doing.

I don't even know what language any of you are speaking.

I also pretty much detest when anyone tries to apply masculinity to something that is undeniably feminine in nature by simply putting "man" in front of it, i.e., "man-purse," "man-cunt," "man-gina," "man-scape," "man-boobs," "man-drag," and last but not least, "man-pussy."

Blech.

I am a professional in her mid-20s, and I embrace and cultivate the following bastardization of my vernacular in my personal life:

1. be-tee-dubs (that's "by the way" by way of "BTW")
2. using french articles in English sentences, ala Engrench. See, What are les deets? Le sigh... (my fave)
3. purposeful misuse of homophones. I.e. That's suite! That's haute! vs. sweet and hot
4. Totes. Gawd, I heart that one.
5. Variations on "lol"- lulz, luls, lul

Hate w00t with a passion. probably because it sounds like toot. Would probably never date a w00ter.

Also LMAO- don't like that one. I thought people were telling me I was 'lame'- only they were really dumb because they couldn't spell it correctly. I would actually get offended. Then I found out like three years later that it was an acronym. Oops!

And I would also "like to officially like to" learn how to post properly.

Hehehehe. I absolutely love snarkasm, and am hereby using it in every day life. Somehow.

And funny story- my sister is dating a weatherman, and he got the sports guy to say 'Boom goes the dynamite' the other night because I cracked some stupid joke about not having heard it on the station yet. If my sister doesn't marry him, I will.

I already know that I will officially never understand 'deets' or 'totes.' It doesn't sound right at all.

Oh no. Someone mentioned "tweet" so this is relevant. Ish. My good friend just threatened to not talk to me until I get on Twitter. Stupid internet.

Oh, and because I have an unfortunate habit of straying into fannish places - the words 'charrie', 'chappie' or any so-called cutesy abbreviation. IT'S NOT CUTE, YOU WENTZ. STOP IT!

However, using wentz to describe someone who is more douchey than a normal douchebag - that's still fine and dandy.

"Tight" still pisses me off. I can't even remember the last time I heard it. I pray that my generation doesn't get the brilliant idea that reuse will be ironic.

Other than that: Face-creeping, lawls, and smexy

Using "random" (or "raaaandom") to describe a person, usually oneself: this almost always indicates a lack of personality...which is ironic, because it's supposed to suggest how fabulously quirky someone is.

Adding "-ness" to the end of words at random (wow, I used it properly): this usually reveals a limited vocabulary and a raaaandom personality; however, it's acceptable in instances of extreme cleverNESS and creativity.

Not to mention another website or anything, but I love Dlisted's "Over the Moon" watch because it's one of the most overused, ridiculous phrases around. How about "we're ecstatic"? Is it really that difficult to have a decent vocabulary?

i cannot stand this phrase in any form:
"with the current state of the economy..(insert idea that sounds particularly good due to saving money in this 'current state of the economy')"
i work in local government and people have gone as far as to put this at the beginning of resolutions for new money-saving measures. we're government, people! we should be implementing money-saving measures ALL THE TIME, not just when the economy is bad! are we saying that when times are/ were good we just go blow money????

I agree for the most part, but c'mon...you can't take away "meh" and "fail/epic fail"!

We've got Transformers 2, TWO Eddie Murphy movies, Jennifer's Body, and the final episode of Dollhouse (you know as I will it's going to happen) coming up this summer...and you're going to take away 90% of the accurately scathing criticisms of said projects by revoking those phrases.

Besides, it's all about usage. Please folks, limit your "mehs" and your "Fails/Epic Fails" to only truly fitting circumstances. Not everything deserves it. Think of the children who'll grow up in a world where meh is overused, and where "Fail" will no longer describe the feeling they have after their first time on prom night. Feels kinda empty, doesn't it? Well...THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!

You've been burnt.

/Mike R. out

But honestly, I would put up with everything listed in all the comments above if people would just stop using "I was like" as a verb to replace "I said". It's as if there is an entire generation of people who intentionally want to appear retarded.

Oh PaddyDog, now I feel bad about myself. Seriously though, I know that I say this all the time, and you're right, I probably sound like a fool.

Part of it is that I pick up sayings from other folks pretty quickly and absorb them into my vocabulary without noticing.* And this phrase became very popular during my formative adolescent years.

But the other part of it is, is that I am obsessed with accuracy (so, you know, I'm not a very good story teller, because I can't bring myself to embellish/tweak what actually happened). Therefore, often, if I can't remember exactly what someone said, I'll say "she was like," as a way to indicate that that was the gist of what the person was saying. I guess I should try to start saying "she said something to the effect of" instead.

Lainey I also say "you know" or "you know what I mean?" all the time because I advise college students, and I truly need to make sure they are following what I am explaining, because often there is a lot of potentially confusing information I have to convey. But, of course, this has now completely creeped into my everyday vocabulary.

*An example of how quickly I pick things up from others: One of the things I was absolutely not allowed to use as a curse word growing up was, "Jesus Christ." Didn't come from a religious background, but my mom was clear that that was not okay. About a month after starting to see the Main Squeeze, who uses it constantly, it became my default curse! And I still haven't been able to break myself of the habit.

Oh GOD another one I hate:

Saying that something has "JUMPED THE SHARK." That phrase, in and of itself, has officially jumped the shark. It doesn't even make any fucking sense to people who didn't watch "Happy Days."

And still, no backers for "pwnd"?

Optimus - I TOTES forgot about that line. Srsly. I luvd it so much! NOMNOMNOM!

I've never known what "pwnd" meant either; I've just decided it means PussyWhippedoNDown?? so I don't use it often ...

Whoops, I meant "Motherboy XXX."

How about the use of the word "so?"

I'm SO over this
I'm SO getting that
I'm SO gonna do that

Hate it. Proceed.

Having worked in corporate for a while, I can tell you my two favorite hates are

1.) I need that five minutes ago
2.) 100%? Give me a 110%.

You dipshit managers who keep coming up with this nonconstructive blather either need to come up with something that's actually helpful or leave me the hell alone so I can get something done and stop wasting my time!

And get off my lawn!

Also, "I've got a lot on my plate." Corporate speak needs to DIE.

Weather reporters need to stop saying "overnight hours," "morning hours," "morning commute," and MOST OF ALL, "winter weather." ALL weather that happens in the winter is winter weather, and down here in North Carolina that mostly means sunny and mild. THAT is normal winter weather in the south, not cold and snow, which should therefore be called "Alaska weather" or "Milwaukee weather."

I've never known what "pwnd" meant either

It was a typo of "own(ed)", it's not an acronym.

My family in Ohio constantly says that things are "the bomb"...isn't that so last year, or what? I'm not sure why it annoys me so much, but there you have it.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned "natch".

Metal Edge used to use "natch" a lot in its photo captions. Unpleasant, but the word mostly drifted out of my life. I'd forgotten about "my bad" though. I'll try to forget it again.

The funny aspect of this is that a lot of these examples have come and gone, and come... and gone... and come back again. It would be quite interesting to detail the etymology of these phrases. For instance, I believe "I'm just sayin'.." was popularized by Jerry Seinfeld on his show; "Oh, snap" appeared not years but decades ago, was used in a Biz Markie video in 1989; and "sweet" has been around since at least the 70's, as has "boom goes the dynamite" which was a high school sports cheer.

Just sayin'. Word.

I hate "way" used as an adverb. Even Wendy's Hamburgers is using the phrase "it's way better."
No, it's not. It's much better. Get it correct!

please tell me there's someone else that is sick of "I Know, RIGHT!!!!?"

Them cunts over at Jezebels always say:
/headdesk/
AND
"Squee!!!!"

UGH. Really, it makes me want to imbibe copious amounts of alcohol and then go on a bunny-punching rage.

(I call them cunts only because they kicked me off for life when I called Jay-Z a fugly futher-mucker... )

"I know, right?"

So what is an acceptable replacement for LOL? Because I want people to know if that they've said has indeed made me Laugh Out Loud.

I've always hated Fail but Meh does not deserve such scorn.

I can't believe no one is bugged by "Emo"... that goth girl eating a bucket of chicken is so emo.

FUCKING HATE EMO! Maybe I am just too sensi about emo

this is an annoying list

what i want to know is, is there some kind of sadistic retard who feels compelled to make up ridiculous phrases and abreviate every bloody word, seriously people say el oh el (LOL) instead of hahahahahahahaha.
what fresh hell!!!

another hate of mine is repetitiveness, like,
'Sharday and me went to the mall and bought clothes and ate at burger king and her top was totally cute n i was like that top is totally cute n she was like totally.
this kind of thing is should be illegal

the last point i will touch is stating the oblvious, like when you have your hair cut and some twit or a whole group of them rather keeps saying 'you got your hair cut'
all you can think is i was there dip shits!!!!