Words that leave you nonplussed

Well, yes.

 

Oh, you bastards.

 

Damn, walked into that one.

 

To be honest, my weakness is I now say "I'm not going to lie..." as a lead-in to things.

"I'm not going to lie, that was some funny shit."
"I'm not going to lie, my feet are killing me."

 

nauseous

 

I hate that phrase. I nearly killed a kid in college for using it -- literally.

 

I know someone who says, "supposively."

It's waaaaaaaay worse than "supposably."

 

my mom can't say picture. She can only say pitcher. She has to really drag out picture so it's like "Pik....sher." So she'll say "I want to take a pitcher of that" and I give her unending shit for it.

Just bugs me.

 

I "axed" him a question ...

 

-"Irregardless" - Not a word
-"Towards" - Is there an instance where "to" or "toward" cannot be used? Caught a supervisor using it only months ago in a document. Good guy ... tried not to embarrass him ...
-"Could care less" - Care enough about language to know the difference, eh?
-"Hate" - Terribly overused word made worse when children use it too liberally. It shouldn't be abolished, but most people should use much more caution before unleashing with the term.
-ANY racial, ethnic or gender slue - I don't care how well you know the person, just don't.

 

"To be honest" makes me duck.

 

flagellate -- it just sounds so much better than it is.