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Title: Words that you hate
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 03, 2015, 01:20:05 PM: I was at a product launch today and heard disgusting words like:

Empower
Reinvent
Inspire

Ill also give a shoutout to

Authentic
Disruptive
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 03, 2015, 01:21:08 PM: Engage

:-\
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Post by: king of the internet on June 03, 2015, 01:21:18 PM: Love
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Post by: Madrun Badrun on June 03, 2015, 01:22:38 PM: touching-base
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Post by: Atramental on June 03, 2015, 01:22:59 PM: Authentic
Epic
Synergy
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 03, 2015, 01:25:56 PM: Dont see or hear Synergy that much anymore thank god
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Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 03, 2015, 01:29:32 PM: Synergy
Positive Reinforcement
:cac
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Post by: Mr. Nobody on June 03, 2015, 01:32:35 PM: Amazeballs
Awesome Sauce

:cac
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Post by: Beezy on June 03, 2015, 01:33:23 PM: Anything said in the presentation parodies in Silicon Valley.
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Post by: Madrun Badrun on June 03, 2015, 01:36:01 PM: No
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Post by: Kara on June 03, 2015, 01:38:08 PM: antediluvian - an overly specific word in a language with a lexicon that's already too big that erudite people made into a generic adjective

crenelated - almost never used to describe fortifications

happiness - an illusory state of being used to justify being a shithead
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Post by: Kara on June 03, 2015, 01:38:54 PM: Y'all need to stop being tech :expert s btw.
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Post by: Mr. Nobody on June 03, 2015, 01:46:36 PM: Quote from: TheInfelicitousDandy on June 03, 2015, 01:36:01 PM
No

:ufup
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Post by: Madrun Badrun on June 03, 2015, 01:54:13 PM: yes
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Post by: archie4208 on June 03, 2015, 01:56:55 PM: Toxic. Its original intent is buried and now means "thing I don't like".
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Post by: Purrp Skirrp on June 03, 2015, 01:57:00 PM: "Huzzah" because it's my spergy coworker's catch phrase apparently.

He just throws it out randomly to affirm whatever he just said.

Huzzah! :expert

Also had a friend say "obviously" a lot with smug undertones so fuck that word too, obviously.
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Post by: Kara on June 03, 2015, 02:01:25 PM: derailleur - a French word that you HAVE to butcher the pronunciation of in English, every time I say it the English way irl I feel like I'm groping Marianne

splendiferous - has no business being uttered outside a Mary Poppins revival
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Post by: archnemesis on June 03, 2015, 02:06:00 PM: feg
stan
yolo
rachet
bae
yas
doe
thirsty
feels
dead
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 03, 2015, 02:06:30 PM: Quote from: Esch on June 03, 2015, 02:00:29 PM
Iconic.

Disgusting
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Post by: Brehvolution on June 03, 2015, 02:40:13 PM: Cloud
BYOD
Aks
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Post by: Great Rumbler on June 03, 2015, 02:43:09 PM: Minimalist
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Post by: ToxicAdam on June 03, 2015, 02:45:01 PM: disgusting
problematic
mouth-feel
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Post by: Reb on June 03, 2015, 03:23:53 PM: Intuitive is doing the rounds again at work lately. Disruptive as well.
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Post by: toku on June 03, 2015, 03:26:21 PM: Penetration
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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on June 03, 2015, 03:56:35 PM: Good
Bad
Red
Blue
Green
Yellow
Clean
Dirty
Animal
Vegetable
Mineral
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Post by: eleuin on June 03, 2015, 04:46:45 PM: Hope
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Post by: brawndolicious on June 03, 2015, 04:55:25 PM: I get more annoyed by how people try to enunciate certain words like:

Effi-shent
Profi-shent
Suffi-shent

But I do always hate when people say guac instead of guacamole.
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Post by: Human Snorenado on June 03, 2015, 05:01:10 PM: Multigrain
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Post by: jakefromstatefarm on June 03, 2015, 05:26:08 PM: talent
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Post by: VomKriege on June 03, 2015, 05:46:58 PM: Visceral
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Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on June 03, 2015, 06:23:39 PM: I fucking hate when people pronounce "literally" lit-rilly.
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on June 03, 2015, 06:57:35 PM: mouthfeel
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on June 03, 2015, 07:22:51 PM: also any evo psych term like "alpha", "beta", or "dominance theory"

AAAAND any misappropriation of quantum mechanics terminology as used by wootards (see: deepak chopra, pseudointellectual gaf narbos)
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Post by: Rufus on June 03, 2015, 08:06:02 PM: quantum leap
immersive
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Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on June 03, 2015, 08:09:36 PM: Remember when every single video game review had the word "visceral" in it? Do they still do that?
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Post by: Eel O'Brian on June 03, 2015, 08:09:53 PM: epic
classic
i'd also like to include the phrase "at its finest"
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Post by: Eel O'Brian on June 03, 2015, 08:11:35 PM: shortcut words like "guac" for guacamole

just fucking talk like a normal person
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Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on June 03, 2015, 08:12:00 PM: I think "holistic" has taken the place of "synergy" in terms of meaningless corporate speak, which I think is an even more useless term than synergy.

Basically any corporate speak and any word derived from the internet in the past 15 years are words that I hate.

Quote
shortcut words like "guac" for guacamole

just fucking talk like a normal person

Yes. I've rarely heard anyone interesting use words like "guac" or "amazeballs".
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Post by: milchs evil twin on June 03, 2015, 08:12:38 PM: I only have two words I hate.

"Solutions" in marketing/sales/engineering. I fucking hope you have "solutions", otherwise you wouldn't have a business. Now tell me what the fuck it is you actually do.

The German word "pieseln", which simply means pissing, but seems to be so much closer to what the act sounds like. Can't stand it.
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Post by: Rufus on June 03, 2015, 08:22:29 PM: While I have someone to possibly sympathize on Denglish...

Rocken (though it seems to be dying)
Fighten
Managen

Fuck. Off.
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Post by: Huff on June 03, 2015, 09:18:04 PM: Yolo is my fave
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Post by: Joe Molotov on June 03, 2015, 09:19:35 PM: Quote from: Van Cruncheon on June 03, 2015, 07:22:51 PM
also any evo psych term like "alpha", "beta", or "dominance theory"

How do you feel about Omegas and their ability to get m-pregged?
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Post by: I'm a Puppy! on June 03, 2015, 09:19:55 PM: ludonarrative dissonance :holeup
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Post by: Purrp Skirrp on June 03, 2015, 09:29:18 PM: (http://i.imgur.com/x3zWaFx.png) :beli
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Post by: Yeti on June 03, 2015, 09:40:35 PM: I like YOLO because in my mind I always change it to YOLT for You Only Live Twice, which was a very soothing James Bond song.
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Post by: benjipwns on June 03, 2015, 09:42:06 PM: historic
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Post by: chronovore on June 03, 2015, 11:12:43 PM: As far as words that annoyed me, "wheelhouse" really pisses me off for some reason. I hate it. As far as phrases go, "Very unique" is super annoying to me. Unique has a meaning superseding such adverbs.

Quote from: I'm a Puppy! on June 03, 2015, 09:19:55 PM
ludonarrative dissonance :holeup
I understand what you mean here, but at the same time, can you think of any other two words which neatly encompass that? I mean, other than "bullshit story"?
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Post by: Kara on June 03, 2015, 11:21:51 PM: dour - it doesn't rhyme with hour you illiterate fool (I like the word in a vacuum but in practice it's a disaster)

au fait - perhaps the most baffling adjective in English; at least a la carte has an adverb usage to help you understand it

excoriate - technical term blithely rendered into a synonym for chastise by people who should have had their creative licenses suspended
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Post by: PlayDat on June 04, 2015, 12:10:52 AM: Awkward - 9/10 times the situation wouldn't have been awkward if you hadn't said so.

Overrated/Underrated - reeks of "My opinion is the only correct one" self-centered nonsense. There are lots of classic albums/movies/games/whatever that didn't really blow me away, but I can still recognize that they're well put together. On the flipside sometimes I get tons of enjoyment out of works that are mediocre or have glaring flaws. I kind of like when my opinion clashes with the majority because it teaches me a lot about my own tastes.
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Post by: Human Snorenado on June 04, 2015, 12:13:11 AM: Epic. 99.99% of the time it's used to describe fucking ANYTHING, it's not actually something that's, you know, epic.
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Post by: Mr. Gundam on June 04, 2015, 12:17:56 AM: Rustic
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Post by: Joe Molotov on June 04, 2015, 12:36:33 AM: Squiddy
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on June 04, 2015, 12:36:38 AM: ipa
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Post by: Beezy on June 04, 2015, 01:02:25 AM: Quote from: Human Snorenado on June 04, 2015, 12:13:11 AM
Epic. 99.99% of the time it's used to describe fucking ANYTHING, it's not actually something that's, you know, epic.
A friend of mine purposely describes things as epic because she knows it pisses me off.
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Post by: naff on June 04, 2015, 01:10:58 AM: rekt

see also, other gamer nerd shit & dubstep culture :piss2

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i was deeply into dnb culture as a teen. hate other people coz you hate(d) yourself brehs :snoop
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Post by: VomKriege on June 04, 2015, 01:22:43 AM: Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on June 03, 2015, 08:09:36 PM
Remember when every single video game review had the word "visceral" in it? Do they still do that?

In concert with "generous"and "sincere", which are empty qualifiers for movies and games most of the time.
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Post by: chronovore on June 04, 2015, 01:27:29 AM: Quote from: Vularai on June 03, 2015, 11:21:51 PM
dour - it doesn't rhyme with hour you illiterate fool (I like the word in a vacuum but in practice it's a disaster)
**checks**

"(US) IPA(key): /ˈdʊɹ/, /ˈdaʊɚ/, /ˈdaʊ.ɚ/"

:holeup

Quote from: Van Cruncheon on June 04, 2015, 12:36:38 AM
ipa

:ufup
Enjoy your PBR before toodling off on your two-wheeled Italian maintenance hobby.
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Post by: Rufus on June 04, 2015, 09:30:48 AM: Quote from: PlayDat on June 04, 2015, 12:10:52 AM
Awkward - 9/10 times the situation wouldn't have been awkward if you hadn't said so.
I wish that were true. :stahp

Quote from: chronovore on June 04, 2015, 01:27:29 AM
Quote from: Vularai on June 03, 2015, 11:21:51 PM
dour - it doesn't rhyme with hour you illiterate fool (I like the word in a vacuum but in practice it's a disaster)
**checks**

"(US) IPA(key): /ˈdʊɹ/, /ˈdaʊɚ/, /ˈdaʊ.ɚ/"

:holeup
2:1 in favour of rhyming with hour. :teehee

I've never heard it any differently, to be honest. :ohhh The commonwealth needs to get together and work on an orthography reform. The disconnect between writing and pronunciation is comical with some words.
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Post by: fizzel on June 04, 2015, 09:43:08 AM: Job-creator.
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Post by: Kara on June 10, 2015, 12:05:08 AM: cloacal - what does a bird penis have to do with a sewer
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Post by: CatsCatsCats on June 10, 2015, 12:19:07 AM: college intellectual. Which my boss uses casually often
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Post by: Positive Touch on June 10, 2015, 12:27:04 AM: any slang that is disproportionately overused by internet nerds who don't have enough rl interactions to keep up with new slang. kinda like how I still see ppl here using "salt."
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Post by: Positive Touch on June 10, 2015, 12:31:36 AM: also not a word but word-related:

-when ppl act like certain slang is beneath them. dude, you're a fucking dork; chill out.
-attempting to use any slang ironically as a shitty attempt at humor. we get it; you're a loser.
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Post by: Yulwei on June 10, 2015, 01:10:11 AM: rad

and also

Quote from: fizzel on June 04, 2015, 09:43:08 AM
Job-creator.
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 10, 2015, 10:19:35 AM: Blolack
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on June 10, 2015, 12:45:28 PM: i've kinda done a 180 on "leverage(d)". i find it really old-school corporate 2000's cute, now. :uguu
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on June 10, 2015, 12:48:42 PM: i crib slang from the-coli shamelessly. it annoys my peers; therefore, it serves its purpose. satisfying the cultural validation needs of you half-pinched social turdlings? naw, sons.

:ufup
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Post by: Kara on June 10, 2015, 12:54:33 PM: Quote from: Van Cruncheon on June 10, 2015, 12:45:28 PM
i've kinda done a 180 on "leverage(d)". i find it really old-school corporate 2000's cute, now. :uguu

Whenever someone says arbitrage I substitute arbitrage for sabotage and sing the chorus to the Beastie Boys' "Sabotage" in my head. It's very 90s and anti-Semitic.
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Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 10, 2015, 01:01:52 PM: Exceptionalism.
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Post by: headwalk on June 10, 2015, 01:22:14 PM: hype.
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Post by: king of the internet on June 10, 2015, 03:10:14 PM: Quote from: headwalk on June 10, 2015, 01:22:14 PM
hype.

Yes. Fuck hype.

Hype imo is basically people desperately trying to validate their poor investment in a particular thing. Waste years of your life following some silly sport? Well, drooling on yourself to a broadcast of Sportcenter's 24/7 dicksucking of Next Big Thing / Ultimate Disappointment will surely ease the pain. Poured thousands of dollars that you've earned through back breaking and/or soul sucking labor into videogames aka dumb toys for babies? Well, surely the upcoming, extra shiny game will be the one to finally fill the void inside. But only if you truly feel the hype for it.

But hey, I guess that's just life...trying to give meaning to the meaningless... :larry
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Post by: Kara on June 10, 2015, 03:27:28 PM: This thread is little more than "I hate them young folks."

Really disappointed in dearth of truly loathsome words here. I gave y'all effing cloacal and you bring me "salt" and "hype" in return? :iface

May you be damned to an eternity of reading Oxford-English in perdition. :beli
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Post by: king of the internet on June 10, 2015, 03:30:27 PM: Quote from: Vularai on June 10, 2015, 03:27:28 PM
This thread is little more than "I hate them young folks."

Really disappointed in dearth of truly loathsome words here. I gave y'all effing cloacal and you bring me "salt" and "hype" in return? :iface

May you be damned to an eternity of reading Oxford-English in perdition. :beli

Ur gay.
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Post by: Positive Touch on June 10, 2015, 04:07:48 PM: we don't have to single out words like that because anyone who talks like that is going to be painful to listen to, regardless of what they're saying :bolo
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Post by: Kara on June 10, 2015, 04:20:57 PM: Then you must really enjoy my personal register. Kappa
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Post by: Brehvolution on June 10, 2015, 04:44:20 PM: Quote from: Van Cruncheon on June 10, 2015, 12:48:42 PM
satisfying the cultural validation needs of you half-pinched social turdlings? naw, sons.

Newsfeed
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on June 10, 2015, 05:25:09 PM: "fabulous" -- ruins all its superior feg qualities when uttered every five seconds by an executive veep

"superexcited" -- if you aren't flapping your wrists, shitting your pants, and squeaking like an asian porn queen, you are fucking NOT "superexcited" you posturing powersuit douchestorm
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on June 10, 2015, 05:26:53 PM: actually ANY internal corporate hyperbole around minor feature announcements like SOAP API updates to biztalk or incremental nosql rollouts irks the flaming sensual bejeezus outta me

just be real, you cornball cacs: "i'm also gonna anounce that we enable new unit test models in our alm suite. there's some templates or shit on github, yay or whatever? fuck. look, it's a bullet point on this slide deck our harvard intern prepared. pretend to clap, monkeys."
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on June 10, 2015, 05:34:03 PM: and can i digress and bitch about corporate trainers? hypertanned 4'8" so-cal eugenics failures that possess exactly ONE skill: to smile and chirp dogmatic, kindergarten shit in such a way that pity overrides contempt and you somehow wind up listening to their vocal tic shenanigans instead of walking out of the room.

"hel-LO! i'm kerystall, and you're here to-DAY to learn about BUSY-ness mo-DEL CAN-vases?! you seem like such an EN-thusias-TIC group!?!?! i love you AL-read-Y??!!!! my VA-gi-NA is so PRO-lapsed i am act-UAL-ly speaking out of it?!?!??!"
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Post by: milchs evil twin on June 11, 2015, 05:14:00 PM: While we're off-topic:

I fucking hate that gif of that tiny crying black dude at the talent show. Most cruel thing out there. I'm legit catching feels (ahem, I guess we're on topic again) every time I see it posted.
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Post by: Huff on June 11, 2015, 05:20:38 PM: Levetiracetam
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 12, 2015, 08:02:03 AM: Low hanging fruit
Educate
Silo

Quote from: Van Cruncheon on June 10, 2015, 05:34:03 PM
and can i digress and bitch about corporate trainers? hypertanned 4'8" so-cal eugenics failures that possess exactly ONE skill: to smile and chirp dogmatic, kindergarten shit in such a way that pity overrides contempt and you somehow wind up listening to their vocal tic shenanigans instead of walking out of the room.

"hel-LO! i'm kerystall, and you're here to-DAY to learn about BUSY-ness mo-DEL CAN-vases?! you seem like such an EN-thusias-TIC group!?!?! i love you AL-read-Y??!!!! my VA-gi-NA is so PRO-lapsed i am act-UAL-ly speaking out of it?!?!??!"

Im happy you came into this thread
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 12, 2015, 08:04:46 AM: Quote from: Vularai on June 10, 2015, 03:27:28 PM
This thread is little more than "I hate them young folks."

Really disappointed in dearth of truly loathsome words here. I gave y'all effing cloacal and you bring me "salt" and "hype" in return? :iface

May you be damned to an eternity of reading Oxford-English in perdition. :beli

How can something be annoying if you never encounter it?

People itt aren't annoyed about hor d'oeuvres cuz they eats at Taco Bell
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Post by: Reb on June 12, 2015, 09:46:14 AM: Quick&Dirty (in corporate setting)
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Post by: Huff on June 12, 2015, 09:49:32 AM: Empathy
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Post by: Kara on June 12, 2015, 11:32:44 AM: Quote from: Premium Lager on June 12, 2015, 08:04:46 AM
Quote from: Vularai on June 10, 2015, 03:27:28 PM
This thread is little more than "I hate them young folks."

Really disappointed in dearth of truly loathsome words here. I gave y'all effing cloacal and you bring me "salt" and "hype" in return? :iface

May you be damned to an eternity of reading Oxford-English in perdition. :beli

How can something be annoying if you never encounter it?

People itt aren't annoyed about hor d'oeuvres cuz they eats at Taco Bell

One of my clients always rides me for assuming everyone is fucked up like me, I guess this is one of those times.
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Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on June 13, 2015, 12:25:31 PM: Whether they like it or not, anyone over the age of 35 using modern slang comes off as this:

(http://i.imgur.com/TSfE21Q.png)
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Post by: Huff on June 13, 2015, 01:00:08 PM: I watch surf ninjas once a month to stay fluent in 90s slang
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Post by: Positive Touch on June 13, 2015, 04:03:16 PM: smooth move, exlax
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Post by: TakingBackSunday on June 13, 2015, 05:06:52 PM: Serious answer: distinguished mentally-challenged fellow(ed)

It's an archaic word to mean mental disabilities and it's used as a sweeping term for anything stupid, careless, or incompetent. Having a nephew with cerebral palsy has made me very conscious to how poorly used the word is. I won't go on a crusade to end it, and certain comedic context is fine by me, but I cringe every time I hear it now. Just makes me uncomfortable.
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Post by: Madrun Badrun on June 13, 2015, 07:11:15 PM: Same. Worked with people with disabilities and have a cousin with down syndrome. It works well in some comedic contexts but most of the time when I hear it I think 'well that person is a shit head'.
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Post by: mormapope on June 13, 2015, 07:41:08 PM: Funk: It just grosses me out, makes me think of bacteria growing rampant in a corner somewhere.

Come: The child in me will always think of "cum". I can't come = I can't cum, come here = cum here.

Hyperbole: Don't dislike the word, dislike how its pronounced. To me it'll always be hyper-bowl.
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Post by: jakefromstatefarm on June 13, 2015, 10:24:56 PM: Quote from: BrandNew on June 13, 2015, 05:06:52 PM
It's an archaic word to mean mental disabilities and it's used as a sweeping term for anything stupid...
I have news for you
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Post by: Himu on June 13, 2015, 10:36:37 PM: Homework :brazilcry
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Post by: Himu on June 13, 2015, 10:39:01 PM: Sammich and other "cutesy" white people words.
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on June 14, 2015, 05:39:06 PM: skosh