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When I was a teen, I and my peers probably used a lot of slang that puzzled or annoyed the older humanoids. Every generation generates their own, and there are a few these days that are highly wince-inducing for me.
Forum-wise, my utter Unfavorite is "teh". I mean, get over it. "Pwned" ties for first place.
Second in line is "sweet", as in "That new iMac G5 is one sweet machine". Ugh.
Third, "sick" to describe something over the top, like "That's one sick dragon tattoo".
What slang would you rather go the rest of your life without hearing/seeing?
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"teh"
"pwned"
"anyhoo"
"boi"
"being as"
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"how ___ is that?"
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"Did you come here by train, or...."
"Did you use milk with that, or...."
I can't stand "trailing or's". When did this start? I see people doing it on TV, too.
When someone does it to me I answer like this:
"Did you put raisins in it, or..."
"...or, roaches I found under the sink? What?"
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Like is like my, you know, like unfavourite slang.
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That's the s h i t
Thats gota be the most annoying one, or people who feel a need to use "the f word" every third word, or people who call it the "f word" (I'd just say it if it weren't for the fact that we have word filters)
That said I also hate n00b, 1337, l33t, etc, teh is soo freaking irritating. I can't stand lol. gtg or brb isn't so bad but I bet if you did a log of all IM convos lol would fill 20% of em.
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Oh, and let us not forget 'teh'.
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my bad (bad what? bad ability to finish a sentence?)
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Anything that ends in "izzle". Let it die already, please.
I've never once type 'teh' on purpose, but I do it all the time by accident. It ranks up there with 'taht' as my number 1 typo.
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Using 4 instead of the sound "for" or 8 instead of the sound "ate" in words.
Leetspeak is allright, though.
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Finnah - however it would be spelled is really annoying. "I finnah go to the grocery store." Argh. I'm not even sure it has meaning. Does it mean "going to" or "planning to" - anyway, it's annoying.
This thread reminds me of a Get Fuzzy strip in which Bucky announces that there are certain phrases no longer acceptable in the house:
"He went yard."
"Personal digital assitant"
"She's good people."
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Originally posted by Bluesky:
What slang would you rather go the rest of your life without hearing/seeing?
I guess it would have to be the nonexistent word "unfavorite" because "least favorite" really isn't that much harder to say.
But seriously, I could do without having to read "prolly" ever again.
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Starting sentences with "So,"
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Oh, and "what he said"
I still have difficulty working out whether that's just a badly constructed question or not.
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"you know what I'm saying, son?" - repeat 6 or 7 times after every sentence, like Howard Hughs's OCD.
"shorty"
"aw-ite" or just "ite"
"shi-ee"
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I hate everyone who uses slang equally.
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Originally posted by ajprice:
my bad (bad what? bad ability to finish a sentence?)
The "my bad" phenomenon totally took me by suprise. Being an expat will do that.
I guess what gets me the most is the whole talk like you're from the ghetto crap. Either you are or you're not. It's one thing to use the occasional word or phrase for emphasis or effect, it's another to constantly slur words and speak like you've got a roll of quarters in your mouth.
And trust me, most people from the "ghetto" who talk like this aren't exactly the pride of the hood. People who I know who are from the hood tend to speak shockingly correct English.
It's one thing ot be inventive with a language, it's another to totally fail at learning it correctly.
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bro (said BRAHHH)
stoked
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tits (when used in place of 'awesome' or 'amazing')
like (when abused in normal speech)
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When people? Ask questions? In the middle? Of a sentence?
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When ppl shorten words like this, u no? Ur not very smart.
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Originally posted by paully dub:
The "my bad" phenomenon totally took me by suprise. Being an expat will do that.
I guess what gets me the most is the whole talk like you're from the ghetto crap. Either you are or you're not. It's one thing to use the occasional word or phrase for emphasis or effect, it's another to constantly slur words and speak like you've got a roll of quarters in your mouth.
And trust me, most people from the "ghetto" who talk like this aren't exactly the pride of the hood. People who I know who are from the hood tend to speak shockingly correct English.
It's one thing ot be inventive with a language, it's another to totally fail at learning it correctly.
OT: are you French or do you just live in Paris ?
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Originally posted by ajprice:
my bad
That's the one!
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gg
I hate that one. I'm not sure why but it pisses me off everytime.
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Originally posted by ThinkInsane:
Anything that ends in "izzle". Let it die already, please.
I've never once type 'teh' on purpose, but I do it all the time by accident. It ranks up there with 'taht' as my number 1 typo.
Why does Snoop Dogg carry an umbrella?
Fo'drizzle.
alphasubzero949, I also hate it when people shorten words. Why type 'u' when typing 'you' takes less than half a second longer?
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Originally posted by Goldfinger:
OT: are you French or do you just live in Paris ?
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Originally posted by Bluesky:
Forum-wise, my utter Unfavorite is "teh". I mean, get over it. "Pwned" ties for first place.
Second in line is "sweet", as in "That new iMac G5 is one sweet machine". Ugh.
Third, "sick" to describe something over the top, like "That's one sick dragon tattoo".
OMFG What teh fcuk are you on about dood? I think you got pwned and are no longer sweet.
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Originally posted by Ghoser777:
OMGWTFBBQ?!?!?!
Lol. I love some of these.
Myself and my mates only ever use any of these phrases because we think they are so stupid.
One that does annoy me is "tang."
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Originally posted by davesimondotcom:
Finnah - however it would be spelled is really annoying. "I finnah go to the grocery store." Argh. I'm not even sure it has meaning. Does it mean "going to" or "planning to" - anyway, it's annoying.
You totally mangled that one. The phrase is actually "I'm fitting to go to the grocery store," but people too lazy to enunciate make it sound like "I'm fi'n' 'a go to the grocery store." You're right about the meaning: "fitting to" and its cousin "fixing to" both mean "going to" or "planning to."
I'm going to agree with whoever said "prolly." That is irritating on every level possible! Argh! It's "probably"!
As an aside, I'd also like to stress how much I hate it when people confuse "its" and "it's." No, it isn't slang, but it's exceedingly annoying. Possessive pronouns and adjectives do not have apostrophes!
My, your, his, her, its, our, their
Mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs
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Originally posted by Albert Pujols:
Why type 'u' when typing 'you' takes less than half a second longer?
For the record, I generally hate numbers for words, but in text messages on a cell phone, at least mine, that 160 character limit can be pretty tight, and u/ur/2/ helps sometimes.
but it makes no sense in any other situations.
if I had to pick something I hate, it's "brah" (for "bro") I always knew it as Hawaiian Pidgin slang, which was ok, but when the A&F wearing kids at school use it, it just sounds so unbelievably retarded.
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Originally posted by Avenir:
if I had to pick something I hate, it's "brah" (for "bro") I always knew it as Hawaiian Pidgin slang, which was ok, but when the A&F wearing kids at school use it, it just sounds so unbelievably retarded.
I don't mind it unless people mispronounce it. The vowel sound is a schwa, which should be incredibly easy to say since it sounds just like "brother" if you stop after the O. I can't figure out why people pronounce it like it's a woman's undergarment.
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Originally posted by paully dub:
It's one thing ot be inventive with a language, it's another to totally fail at learning it correctly.
Holy crap, that is the quote of the year!
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LOL, lol, LoL, lOl,
ect. Let it die already.
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Originally posted by xi_hyperon:
gg
I hate that one. I'm not sure why but it pisses me off everytime.
What does that mean? I only know it as Battle.net slang for "good game"
EDIT: Oh yeah, I hate it when people say "IMO", and I hate it even more when people say "IMHO"
Would you actually say "in my humble opinion"?
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Come on! Don't turn your backs on LOL and IMO; they're part of internet tradition!
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Originally posted by lavar78:
Come on! Don't turn your backs on LOL and IMO; they're part of internet tradition!
I absolutely cannot and have never been able to see "lol" as "laughing out loud"
I just pronounce it in my head "lawl"
and so to me, it still sounds (and looks) retarded
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Well, it's supposed to be LOL (an acronym). I find it funny you haven't learned to recognize it correctly in all these years. I'll resist the urge to say I'm LOL.
Any others you can't get? WTF? ROTF? BTW (one of my personal favorites BTW)?
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Bling, I hate Bling. If bling is not bad enough, some have to say Bling, Bling. I have heard the word bling used in the media way too many times. Does the media think a 60 year old anchor man saying bling is cool? Bling has to go and that is fo-shizzle.
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Originally posted by lavar78:
Well, it's supposed to be LOL (an acronym). I find it funny you haven't learned to recognize it correctly in all these years. I'll resist the urge to say I'm LOL.
Any others you can't get? WTF? ROTF? BTW (one of my personal favorites BTW)?
No, see that's the weird thing, I get all the others, and I read them all as their full phrases, but LOL just stuck and I can't get it out of my head. I think at first I really did think it was a word, just really loudly pronounced ("OH MY GOD" "WOW" "HEY!" AND "LOL!") and it's burned into me
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Originally posted by Avenir:
No, see that's the weird thing, I get all the others, and I read them all as their full phrases, but LOL just stuck and I can't get it out of my head. I think at first I really did think it was a word, just really loudly pronounced ("OH MY GOD" "WOW" "HEY!" AND "LOL!") and it's burned into me
Yeah, that's rather amusing. FWIW, I can see your point WRT "WOW" and the like.
Yes, I did that on purpose. I love useful internet acronyms. They're great AFAIC.
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Originally posted by ThinkInsane:
Anything that ends in "izzle". Let it die already, please.
I've never once type 'teh' on purpose, but I do it all the time by accident. It ranks up there with 'taht' as my number 1 typo.
YES! And of course the obligatory "... and whatnot..."
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Originally posted by Mastrap:
LOL, lol, LoL, lOl,
ect. Let it die already.
When people say ect. instead of etc.
Just kidding
I HATE:
"It's all good." -
""Yadda, yadda, yadda" -
"I could care less." (IT'S "COULDN'T!!!")
and "irregardless"
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Fo shizzle bro. I be ready to bust a cap in someones ass if i see "IMO/IMHO" again.
peace out bizzle.
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Word they are inna' de up ya'llz. Skool Patrooled! Surbabotager.. oh oh'z! Yo.
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Originally posted by paully dub:
The "my bad" phenomenon totally took me by suprise. Being an expat will do that.
I guess what gets me the most is the whole talk like you're from the ghetto crap. Either you are or you're not. It's one thing to use the occasional word or phrase for emphasis or effect, it's another to constantly slur words and speak like you've got a roll of quarters in your mouth.
And trust me, most people from the "ghetto" who talk like this aren't exactly the pride of the hood. People who I know who are from the hood tend to speak shockingly correct English.
It's one thing ot be inventive with a language, it's another to totally fail at learning it correctly.
My speech teacher once told us about some "slang" she over heard when she was in the cafeteria. She wrote down the word "jeet" on the board. She said that's what it sounded like when some kids intended to ask one another if they ate already.
Just to say it again, it really is pathetic when people think ghetto culture is cool and needs to be mimicked.
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