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Words We Hate

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by 3_Octave_Fart, Sep 22, 2013.

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  1. Double J

    Double J Active Member

    Your wife hates moist panties? Dang.
     
    Double J, Sep 23, 2013
    #37
  2. Oggiedoggie

    Oggiedoggie Well-Known Member

    "Utilize"

    "Use" is the go-to win-win for facilitating optimized communication networking.
     
    Oggiedoggie, Sep 23, 2013
    #38
  3. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    Yes. That is my life now.
     
    da man, Sep 23, 2013
    #39
  4. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    Oh, yes, "leverage" as a verb.
     
    da man, Sep 23, 2013
    #40
  5. Bubbler

    Bubbler Well-Known Member

    I don't hate any words.
     
    Bubbler, Sep 23, 2013
    #41
  6. Sea Bass

    Sea Bass Well-Known Member

    'Leverage' and 'utilize' are two of my least favourite and have already been mentioned here.

    There are other words like 'adversity' that no member of a championship team can seem to avoid using in celebratory speeches/interviews. Always preceded by 'we had to learn how to face' and always annoying as shit.

    95% of the time, the word 'that' is superfluous and drives me nuts.

    In the phrase category, I fucking hate 'it is what it is.'
     
    Sea Bass, Sep 23, 2013
    #42
  7. Big Circus

    Big Circus Well-Known Member

    Hey, she married the perfect guy.
     
    Big Circus, Sep 23, 2013
    #43
  8. Rusty Shackleford

    Rusty Shackleford Active Member

    Well...
    http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/97052/
     
    Rusty Shackleford, Sep 23, 2013
    #44
  9. PCLoadLetter

    PCLoadLetter Well-Known Member

    "Goods." As in "goods and services." I have an irrational hatred of that.

    Also "task" used as a verb. "We were tasked to create a user-empowering paradigm shift." Grrrr.
     
    PCLoadLetter, Sep 23, 2013
    #45
  10. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

    Facility.

    Everything is a facility for something. Be specific.

    For example, I read a prison story in which it was called a prison about three times and a facility about 30 times. A prison is a prison. Call it that, and without regret.
     
    Riptide, Sep 23, 2013
    #46
  11. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    Facilitate is worse.
     
    da man, Sep 23, 2013
    #47
  12. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    If she liked them....oh my.
     
    dooley_womack1, Sep 23, 2013
    #48
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