Words and Phrases We Are Tired of Hearing

The Arrakis Street Journal | June 23, 2002 | Paul Atreides

[Paul Atreides]

I just saw a word I am sick to death of hearing...

DIVA

Add to that....

DIVERSITY

SENSITIVITY

TOLERANCE

MULTICULTURAL

SELF-ESTEEM

Feel free to add your own, as I am sure I have left a lot out...

[stainlessbanner]

I do listen to the boys - I love Rayford!

I thought of another phrase I hate: "Drink your own bathwater"

[JoeGar]

I hate to hear emcees say "give it up for ..." when he means "please clap for ...".

[TheGrimReaper]

DISENFRANCHISED
EXIT STRATEGY
"REVEREND", when used to describe an obvious DEMON

[leadpenny]

The term, "You guys."

I you were to use the term, "You gals" or "You dolls," you risk being brought up on harrassment charges.

[Michael_S]

'AT THIS POINT IN TIME'

[rogercolleridge]

1. NO

2. How (funny, weird, stupid, etc.) is that?

3. Who's better than you?

[Pugly]

SMIRKY THE CHIMP

[Paul Atreides]

People who go to Renaissance Faires attempting to speak as people did during the Renaissance. They are wearing sunglasses, wristwatches, and cell phones and they think they need to try to be "authentic."

People who are so into Star Trek, they speak in Klingon.

[vikingchick]

I knew a woman who worked in a library and pronounced it "libarry."

[WhiteGuy]

No........

Do you?

[Kaslin]

No, what gives you the idea? My misspelling of President? (I just noticed it)

[monkey]

What part of such-and-such don't you understand.

[Nea Wood]

"Press 1 for English."

People who respond sarcastically, saying "Duh-uh!!" or "Ya think???" when someone tells them something they already knew.

Redundancies like "young teenagers."

"Could of," "should of," etc., especially when people say "could of went."

People who say they're "anxious" to do something when they really mean they're eager.

People who make up words that don't exist, like "orientated."

People who pronounce "height" as "hyth."

Posters who neglect to add an "s" on words ending with "ist" to make them plural. As in, "I'm so sick of all those feminist!" Or "We must stop letting terrorist into the country."

[The Grim Freeper]

I'm bumping this in honor of the latest media frenzy:

racist, racism

hate crime

bigot

Al Sharpton, Louis Farrakahn, Jesse Jackson, ACLU, NAACP

public interest group