DaveReading
Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
- Location
- Reading, obvs
Not to mention the fact that he now thinks he's famous enough to be known by just his first name.
Words that annoy me for no particular reason.
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Not to mention the fact that he now thinks he's famous enough to be known by just his first name.
RichardB
Slightly retro
- Location
- West Wales
Agreed. 'Shop' as a transitive verb grates on me. 'Shop electricals!'. Grrrr.
Also 'I need to catch up on me socials', meaning I need to check in to FaceTwitaSnapaGram to see if my life still has meaning.
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
I heard a government minister on the radio this morning, discussing the use of retired nurses and others to help increase the numbers of vaccinations given. She said, "We plan to operationalise this very soon."
WTAF?! OPERATIONALISE???
And she used it more than once, so it wasn't accidental.
WTAF?! OPERATIONALISE???
And she used it more than once, so it wasn't accidental.
figbat
Slippery scientist
- Location
- South Oxfordshire, UK
I just read one that triggered me - "normalcy". I know it's a US/UK thing and I am generally aware and accepting of such cultural differences, but some of 'their' words I just can't get on with, especially if they start invading 'our' culture.
As a chemist I used to make a stand for element names - sulphur rather than sulfur, caesium not cesium, aluminium not aluminum but even those I am more relaxed about now and I generally go with the IUPAC versions (sulfur, caesium, aluminium). There is one very common misspelling though that always triggers me and I almost always have to correct and that is phosphorous.
Lots of people use this spelling for the element, many of whom are trained and educated chemists. Spell checkers don't catch it because the word phosphorous is genuine and has a meaning, but it is not the name of the 15th element - that is phosphorus.
Phosphorous has a meaning similar to sulfurous or nitrous; it can be a generic term of 'relating to phosphorus' or a technical meaning related to the valence of the P and thus differentiated from phosphoric (see also sulfuric and nitric).
As a chemist I used to make a stand for element names - sulphur rather than sulfur, caesium not cesium, aluminium not aluminum but even those I am more relaxed about now and I generally go with the IUPAC versions (sulfur, caesium, aluminium). There is one very common misspelling though that always triggers me and I almost always have to correct and that is phosphorous.
Lots of people use this spelling for the element, many of whom are trained and educated chemists. Spell checkers don't catch it because the word phosphorous is genuine and has a meaning, but it is not the name of the 15th element - that is phosphorus.
Phosphorous has a meaning similar to sulfurous or nitrous; it can be a generic term of 'relating to phosphorus' or a technical meaning related to the valence of the P and thus differentiated from phosphoric (see also sulfuric and nitric).
I've long since left the world of corporate speak so my only exposure to it is on TV and films, so I can deem it fictitious in that context!
A word that doesn't bug me, yet leaves me clueless every time, is the current usage of 'gaslighting'. The number of times my wife has had to explain it to me - which is kinda ironic I guess, she probably suspects me of some kind of reverse gaslighting (and, yes, I had to look it up, again, to check its meaning!)
The derivation is, I suppose, interesting though. Could equally have been 'baby jane-ing' I guess
A word that doesn't bug me, yet leaves me clueless every time, is the current usage of 'gaslighting'. The number of times my wife has had to explain it to me - which is kinda ironic I guess, she probably suspects me of some kind of reverse gaslighting (and, yes, I had to look it up, again, to check its meaning!)
The derivation is, I suppose, interesting though. Could equally have been 'baby jane-ing' I guess
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
Super.
especially when it precedes 'simple' or 'easy' etc...
especially when it precedes 'simple' or 'easy' etc...
Bike Tyson
Guest
I've long since left the world of corporate speak so my only exposure to it is on TV and films, so I can deem it fictitious in that context!
A word that doesn't bug me, yet leaves me clueless every time, is the current usage of 'gaslighting'. The number of times my wife has had to explain it to me - which is kinda ironic I guess, she probably suspects me of some kind of reverse gaslighting (and, yes, I had to look it up, again, to check its meaning!)
The derivation is, I suppose, interesting though. Could equally have been 'baby jane-ing' I guess
Convincing your girlfriend she's crazy or paranoid is called gaslighting, and it's a dick move.
But convincing her she's a robot with artificial implanted human emotions is called bladerunning. It's a Phillip K. Dick move.
