Words you can't stand
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RainhamGill
Vital Youth Team
"Props" in the context of giving someone respect or credit for doing something well. Where did this come from? And why?
OneSirKeefy
Vital Football Hero
Welcome to my world.
Been trying to enforce “football” for 30 years.
The trouble is, football over here is Rugby League or AFL exclusively (except among the true football fans). So if ever you talk to anyone who’s not into football, they think you are talking League or AFL.
It is very hard to resist saying “no, I mean soccer”. I like to tell them it’s the only game of true FOOTball. The others use hands predominantly and should be called handball.
That gets to them for 5 mins, until they counter with “well, at least our games are played by true men, not snowflake prima-donnas who cry like soccer players”. That’s hard to counter as well.
SteveTreacle
Vital 1st Team Regular
Or just as bad, on that front, is the American (and fake American/American wannabes - particularly poshos in the City) use of adjectives for adverbs, so with your example "I'm real hungry" rather than "really".
Has anyone mentioned the idiotic usage of "Can I get (usually pronounced "ged")?" by similar twats - usually when ordering some fake American poncey sandwich involving smoked salmon and avocados, which is always "on" a certain type of bread (usually "rye" whatever that is), when surely a sandwich filling is "in" bread or just a "ham" or "chicken sandwich" for most normal people.
American tautology grinds me too, e.g. "taxi cab", "eye glass", "neck tie", or when referring to places always naming the country, even though it is blatantly obvious from the context that "London (is in) England" or "Paris France".
RainhamGill
Vital Youth Team
"Triggered" and the way it's used these days.
My understanding is that this is a word that has fairly serious connotations in terms of mental health issues. People dealing with past traumas can often slip into a state of anxiety or depression if something reminds them of it and they feel threatened by it.
But these days it's used on social media if someone does something as simple as reacting or responding to something that was intended to be inflammatory. Whether the reaction is over the top or measured, you see people taking great joy and pride in the fact that they've managed to illicit any kind of response "Haha! You've been triggered!"
It makes me think of the annoying kids at school who would claps their hands an inch away from your face and then punch you for flinching "Haha! You flinched!"
My understanding is that this is a word that has fairly serious connotations in terms of mental health issues. People dealing with past traumas can often slip into a state of anxiety or depression if something reminds them of it and they feel threatened by it.
But these days it's used on social media if someone does something as simple as reacting or responding to something that was intended to be inflammatory. Whether the reaction is over the top or measured, you see people taking great joy and pride in the fact that they've managed to illicit any kind of response "Haha! You've been triggered!"
It makes me think of the annoying kids at school who would claps their hands an inch away from your face and then punch you for flinching "Haha! You flinched!"
norwichgill
Vital Youth Team
I get a lot of emails which mention "reaching out" - when "contacting" would have been quite sufficient and far less irritating. Also, any talk of a "journey" when no one has physically travelled anywhere.
timnolongerinbrisban
Vital Squad Member
I've been correcting my in-laws for close to 20 years on soccer, and I suspect they continue to deliberately use it to wind me up. On the few occasions the Mrs watches football and a couple of players are squaring up to each other, she'll ask me if they'll hit each other with their alice bands.
I don't get the Aussies shortening practically every word either. 'Wanna bevvy this arvo'. I suspect their attention span doesn't lend itself to pronouncing full words (think I'm safe, the Mrs doesn't read this forum...)
Straightbat
Vital Reserves Team
No, yeah, look dudes - so, at the end of the day to be honest with you we've all been on this journey which is literally, like mind numbing for us erudite Gills fans innit mate.
SteveTreacle
Vital 1st Team Regular
I first heard this stupid term about 3/4 years ago when dealing with a contact in the US, so presume it originates there, like a lot of wanky terms. And, as with most, it soon gets picked up by clueless impressionable American wannabes - hear it used over here quite often now. My instinct as a principled Brit is to avoid and resist such Americanisms at all costs and continue to use proper English in response no matter how much I am deluged with such annoying jargon and catch-phrases.
As a teacher I hear a lot of 'that's peak', 'calm' 'dead' 'fam' 'peng ting' 'ya get me blud'.
Captainreblue
Vital 1st Team Regular
When being interviewed on tv people saying "I'm buzzing".
No you're not, you're not a fucking Bee.
norwichgill
Vital Youth Team
"From the get go"
SE1_Gills
Vital 1st Team Regular
And they then waste 20 minutes of your time speaking bollocks.
RotherhitheGill
Vital 1st Team Regular
OK, it's two words, but - Last Orders 
