Cringe worthy words

[Axeli]

"Emo".
Seriously, what does it even mean?
EMOtional?

It used to be a person who indulges in self-pity and is really loud/pretentious about it. At some point. Now days it seems to mean anything ranging from 'introvert', 'wears black' or 'audacity to express any emotion loosely related to depression'. It's stupid.

I swear to god that if anyone throws that at me when I am having bad day, they'll wish I was cutting myself. Instead.

 

[Drakane]

Words that drive me berserk:


"Dollar-Value LIFO." (seriously, DVL can go eat a dick.)

would rather hear this then "the present value of a non-interest bearing note"

 

[DeASplode]

"From a business perspective"
"From a customers perspective"
"Realistically, we should be doing this"
"OK no problem at all"

Everything my Team Leader says.

I also hate the words "Team Leader".

 

[10zack986]

Energy or Chi, hippie words like that.

 

[megs1120]

My two least favorite words are, in no particular order, "panties" and "moist". Bleecchh.

"Panties" is so juvenile-sounding and degrading, it's not even feminine, it's like something a pedophile would say. Yuck!

"Moist" is just a gross word to say, it feels slimy coming out of someone's mouth. Moist. Like a squishy, dirty diaper or the ground surrounding a slimed-over bog. Aaagh!

So the real problem would be if someones panties were moist?

I suppose it would all come down to the cause of the moistness.

The personage involved would also probably be important.

Now though, while I was originally just making a jape at your comment and the possible relation of the two words, since we have had a bit of back and forth I have decided I am genuinely curious.

What would be an appropriate word to use for women's underclothes? 'Undergarments' sounds ancient if 'panties' is juvenile. I always thought of that as simply the correct term for them, men(generally) wear boxers, briefs or an uncomfortable combination of the two while women(generally) wear panties that are further designated by their cut. I realize that some cuts have developed their own name with popularity,thong or bikini for example, but I can't think of a different term to use for a standard pair without getting less descriptive. 'Underwear' could mean a bra, boxers, or even long johns after all.

I do hope you take a moment to answer this since I'm not being any more sarcastic than usual, I am genuinely curious and ready to improve my lexicon for ladies underclothes.

Gosh, you're putting me on the spot! I don't know what the generic word should be, but I usually call them either underwear or "panites" after a misspelling I read eons ago.

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

"FAIL!"

The next time I hear that, I'm going to tear someone's arms off.

 

[beniki]

I don't care about words, if you're offended by a sound you should really consider the value of being upset over air molecules vibrating.

Put a fog horn next to your ear ^_^

 

[mexicola]

Spelling words like cuz, gunna, cuppa... just thinking about it rrrRRAAAAAghhh! *berserk*

 

[RedDeadFred]

Tid-bit

Fucking terrible. It pisses me off whenever I here someone say that.

 

[Snotnarok]

I don't care about words, if you're offended by a sound you should really consider the value of being upset over air molecules vibrating.

Put a fog horn next to your ear ^_^

Fog horn you port hole! :U See what I did thar?

That's not offensive that's deafening! That actually hurts, physically!

 

[Tarlane]

Removed original quoting for some degree of brevity.

Pants is perfectly acceptable.

When you say pants and your context refers to underpants, be assured, no one will mistake them for trousers. You can use jeans, slacks and trousers for those. Reserve pants for (under)pants.

I have to heartily disagree on this on, I think you are only going to cause confusion by using a term that has a similar but different meaning as a way of dodging the one you dislike. For instance, if you used shirt to refer to sweaters, saying 'put on a shirt its cold outside' would likely net you the response 'of course I'm going to put on a shirt' due to miscommunication.

Or as a more direct example, I can say that I am not wearing any pants right now and it will net you two different but equally disturbing mental images.

]Gosh, you're putting me on the spot! I don't know what the generic word should be, but I usually call them either underwear or "panites" after a misspelling I read eons ago.

I think I have decided that I like "panites". The word anyway. Well, ok both. Its unique in its own way so it won't foster miscommunication, people might say 'huh?' but they aren't going to just assume you are talking about something else at least. Plus for some reason it makes me think of a pair of underwear that was shrunk in the dryer to doll size, ala old TV shows and cartoons.

 

[beniki]

I don't care about words, if you're offended by a sound you should really consider the value of being upset over air molecules vibrating.

Put a fog horn next to your ear ^_^

Fog horn you port hole! :U See what I did thar?

That's not offensive that's deafening! That actually hurts, physically!

I think you'd be fairly annoyed by it too

I was just pointing out that certain sounds don't agree with you, just like bad smells or weird looking pictures. Although I admit my example was extreme!

 

[Blemontea]

"God Dammit" im not a religious man but it is strange when you take a step back and look at it, your basically demanding God to damn "it". Im not sure how it started or why im bothered by it but i dont use it.
Plus "Gay" having gay friends i think it would offend them in some cases to have a term to describe there sexuality compared to something that Stupid or Crap would easily replace and get the point across.
and reading through 4 pages im surprised how many people hate the word "Moist", i don't hate it, but its funny how many people despise its existence.

 

[Snotnarok]

I don't care about words, if you're offended by a sound you should really consider the value of being upset over air molecules vibrating.

Put a fog horn next to your ear ^_^

Fog horn you port hole! :U See what I did thar?

That's not offensive that's deafening! That actually hurts, physically!

I think you'd be fairly annoyed by it too

I was just pointing out that certain sounds don't agree with you, just like bad smells or weird looking pictures. Although I admit my example was extreme!

It wasn't extreme, that volume WOULD physically hurt you, it would possibly damage your eardrum. Now if it was nails on a chalkboard that's less damaging and more OH GOD.

 

[beniki]

It wasn't extreme, that volume WOULD physically hurt you, it would possibly damage your eardrum. Now if it was nails on a chalkboard that's less damaging and more OH GOD.

True, but that kind of sound never bothered me. I was going for a more universal example of how vibrating air molecules might irritate you, and yes, irritate is putting it mildly where a fog horn is concerned!

Actually the one sound that makes me cringe more than anything is that squeak you get when you scrape a knife down glass.

... and now my teeth are on edge just thinking about it. -_-

 

[Imp Poster]

and reading through 4 pages im surprised how many people hate the word "Moist", i don't hate it, but its funny how many people despise its existence.

Yes, I found it funny too. So much, it made my "I hate Mondays" Monday.

 

[Melon Hunter]

Flange. It just sounds far dirtier than it really is.

 

[stormtrooper9091]

someone says 'mate' instead of 'friend' and 'bird' instead of 'woman'

and there's a shitload of words in my native language that give me twitches as well

 

[JimJamJahar]

Gosh, you're putting me on the spot! I don't know what the generic word should be, but I usually call them either underwear or "panites" after a misspelling I read eons ago.

We don't really have that problem in the UK (I assume you are from the US). We can just use the word 'knickers'

OT: Tid-bit instead of tit-bit, 'bruv', 'bare' when used to describe a lot of something and most other chav-created terms

 

[DuctTapeJedi]

I know it's weird, but the phrase "at once." My mom uses it constantly while nagging me, so any other time I hear it, Pavlovian conditioning kicks in and I tense up.