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The House of Olivier EU@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago

Which word do you dislike most?

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Which word do you dislike most?

The House of Olivier EU@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago
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    When people call sex “breeding”.

    It sounds like some puritanical shit where they believe that sex is only for procreation.

    • Midnight Wolf@lemmy.world
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      I uh… I’m not sure what your source is, but for mine ‘breeding’ is anything but “only for procreation”

      E: in case it isn’t painfully obvious, I am le gay, so that may factor into your source woes :p

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        Apparently it’s urban slang.

        Sounds like some misogynistic nonsense to me.

      • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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        that made sense, i was thinking breeding is a gay term, and often used gay porn alot, for young/older trope, which another cringe thing.

    • The House of Olivier EU@lemmy.worldOP
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      It is, maybe, something very particular as I am not familiar with that term used through “Puritanical thingy”. Sorry, I am located in Europe and lack of knowledge about Puritans 😬 [ANSWER RECEIVED]

      • Geodad@lemmy.world
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        [ANSWER RECEIVED]

        Did you look them up? That’s basically what most of the mainstream US churches are based off of.

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          I had to as I am not (like veeeerrry far away) familiar at all with any mainstream US churches phrases. At least, I have learnt something new

    • richieadler@lemmy.world
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      I only use “breeding” to refer disparagingly to the actions of those who believe that having kids is mandatory or, at least, unavoidable.

      • Geodad@lemmy.world
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        That’s how I thought it was used.

  • Scott@sh.itjust.works
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    Trump

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    Can’t pick just one so here’re a couple.

    “Crypto” used in the context of cryptocurrrencies. “AI”, referring only to LLMs. “Research”, referring to an indeterminate amount of reading up on the topic at hand, such as in the phrase “do your own research” that’s being bandied around in some communities.

    • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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      “AI”, referring only to LLMs.

      Yeah, it’s annoying because there are a lot of legit image recognition and pattern matching applications in my work field, and I need to ask for clarification every time someone says “AI”.

      Like, is this actually useful, or do you mean “we asked ChatGPT to generate you 20% nonsense”?

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    Slay because my 10 year uses it for everything. Slayalicious, slaytastic, slayme…

    Nag. Just sounds harsh

    Bungalow. Should be obvious.

    People who shorten food names aren’t doing English any favors…

    'za (Pizza), taters, sgetti, nanners, gnosh (im hungry I need some gnosh gnosh)

    • f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz
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      Phonetically, 'za should be short for lasagne, and 'sa for pizza… or people can just say the damn words.

      Whatever, I guess. Peeps gon’ slang slang, for real, for real. 🤦‍♂️

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    ‘Woke’ when used as a perjorative.

  • carbonari_sandwich@piefed.social
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    I’ve come to hate “Utilize.” It has a decent purpose as “using to the fullest extent,” or, “making do with something in a new context.”

    Instead, I just hear it as a replacement for “use” when someone wants to sound smart.

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    “literally” and “like”

    …because it’s literally used like every two words

    • Midnight Wolf@lemmy.world
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      Like literally like oh my gawd did you see that basic bitch with last year’s iPhone pro max ultra deluxe special edition? I’m totally unfolloeing her on everything

      it’s literally the day after the release of the new model

    • The House of Olivier EU@lemmy.worldOP
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      Ohh poor “like”… I must admit I use it a lot. Practical word.

  • GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    I’m so fucking tired of the word “cringe” lately.

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      Cringe

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    “Mouthfeel.” Especially if it’s a food show.

    • Townlately@feddit.nl
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      “Unctuous”, especially when overused on those shows…

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    “y’all” its so wierd how people normalized such a cringe word, and it was originally laughed at because people who often say it dont seem so intelligent.

    also the words “academic incest” which is really wierd an cringe, it suppose to describe getting more than 1 degree, usually a grad and a UNDERGRAD In the same university.

    • rmuk@feddit.uk
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      “All of you all ought not to have done, do you hear?”

      Al’ay’allo’ghtn’t’ve’ny’hear?

    • daggermoon@lemmy.world
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      Do you say can’t or can not?

    • Pulptastic@midwest.social
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      As an intellectual from The South, I’m taking it back. Y’all is a missing part of speech in the English language and follows known patterns. I use it with pride.

      However, saying that out loud I realize I have opened myself up to w’all and will have to give that a try.

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    • Pronell@lemmy.world
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      A peacock’s tail is a flourish, something that adds to the whole without detracting.

      A cocktail combines spirits with other flavors to make them something else.

      I don’t really drink cocktails, but thr antiquated term makes sense in a particular context.

      Now looking it up, apparently the origin of the term isn’t actually known and my interpretation isn’t even in the running, but I’m saving this anyway because it’s amusing.

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        I’ll also take your definition. It sounds good and if there’s not a known origin, it could be true

    • The House of Olivier EU@lemmy.worldOP
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      Hmm… I like that, sorry. But, there is a little history behind that word.

      An alcoholic mixed drink, and derived senses you will need to scroll down a bit to get to the alcoholic drink part.

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        • The House of Olivier EU@lemmy.worldOP
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          Pleasure is mine 😀

  • Usernameblankface@lemmy.world
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    Any misspoken words, said with full confidence that it is correct.

    I left him know.

    There’s a woof in the backyard.

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      Can I (aks) you something?

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        That one I hear so much, I’m afraid it will become the new normal way of pronouncing ask. Definitely bugs me!

        • tiredofsametab@fedia.io
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          Well, it was an old way of pronouncing it: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/people-have-been-saying-ax-instead-ask-1200-years-180949663/

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            Oh wow! looks like it already has been considered correct, and ask is the new correct way.

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      🐺 help I seem to be trapped in some human abomination. I mean, ehem. Woof woof woof woof.

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    Suckle

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    I don’t hate it, but apparently they have done polls and often the top result is:

    Moist

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      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIPcCMA3kz4

    • The House of Olivier EU@lemmy.worldOP
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      Interesting

  • [鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma]|[alt: 黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui]@sh.itjust.works
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        The sandwich bit is nonsense, given that it owes his name to the Earl of Sandwich AFAIK.

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      And who would ever use a childish word like “movie”? It’s called a moving picture.

    • The House of Olivier EU@lemmy.worldOP
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      If you want to go deeper about that word:

      The earliest known use of the noun walkie-talkie is in the 1930s.

      OED’s earliest evidence for walkie-talkie is from 1939, in the San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, Texas).

      walkie-talkie

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