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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I like woody sort of words. Bound, prudy, recidivist. Erogenous zone, loose woman... concubine! Errrogenous zooooone!

Funny thing, dear. All the naughty words sound woody.

E: It appears I have misread the question. But I'll leave my Monty Python reference here.

[–] kdcd 1 points 2 hours ago

Ointment… it sounds so gross

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 hour ago

Feminism

Between the toxic terfs and the toxic trads i think the word has been sullied, maybe beyond recovery.

I beleive in equality and free expression for all, but I don't feel like that's a goal that aligns with most modern forms of Feminism.

It is a word that's supposed to mean eqality, but these days when someone identifies as a feminist my mind assumes they're gonna be a reactionary bigot.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

'Woke' when used as a perjorative.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Irregardless, inflammable, idiom are all like nails on a chalkboard to me

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 hours ago

Just can't stand the way it sounds, starts with an idi like your going into something then ends with an um. It feels like someone stopped making the name partway through.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Penultimate. Anyone writing about or reviewing the second last of anything uses it in their first breath like their English degree depends on it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I'm so fucking tired of the word "cringe" lately.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

biweekly, bimonthly, etc.

Wtf does it mean? Twice a week? Every two weeks? Who knows. What's the point of this word when it's so ambiguous.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 13 hours ago

In the UK we have the word "fortnight" for two weeks, which helps. I also found out very recently that "biannual" mean twice a year and "biennial" means every other year so, yeah, fuck knows.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

"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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago

"All of you all ought not to have done, do you hear?"

Al'ay'allo'ghtn't've'ny'hear?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago

Do you say can't or can not?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago

Lots of sex words, none of which I will list.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago

Broth.

I hate that word. To be clear, I have no ethical, cultural or culinary objection to broth, but it's an awful word to say. You have to empty your lungs to say it, it just sounds like your belching, there's no standout syllable to emphasise, in fact, is it actually monosyllabic or not? Bro-ffff? Utter horseshit. From now on, it's Thick Soup.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago (4 children)

When people call sex "breeding".

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 minute ago

I only use "breeding" to refer disparagingly to the actions of those who believe that having kids is mandatory or, at least, unavoidable.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I'd say that is more about a kink than anything remotely religious

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 hours ago

I'm not typically one to kink shame, but that's just creepy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

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]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (6 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago

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.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

Trump.

I will never speak it again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 31 seconds ago

The Fanta Menace.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

good synonym 😊

[–] [email protected] 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

that's nice 🙂

[–] [email protected] 6 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Cocktail… it sounds stupid as a word to describe an alcoholic drink. Maybe it’s because I’m not a drinker and I just don’t understand 🤷

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

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 1 points 7 hours ago

"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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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

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)

[–] scottmeme 11 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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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