Not a word (peeve thread - what's yours?)

kaytieeldr · Dec 17, 2018

Littles.

Littles. is. not. a. word. Stopping using it as such.

And learn how to use ellipses. "..." should not be used 25 times in two-three short paragraphs.

kashzan · Dec 17, 2018

suposably

anniemae · Dec 17, 2018

totes. Short for totally. Like if someone says, It's totes cold outside. Followed by adorbs.

PrincessShmoo · Dec 17, 2018

Preggers.

GreatLakes · Dec 17, 2018

Shaming as a verb. You are making fun of someone, not shaming them. If you making fun of them makes them feel shame that is on them. What's worse is dictionaries are starting to incorporate these stupid definitions. Literal has been changed to a synonym of figuratively in some dictionaries.

If you are "literally dying" you need medical intervention.

Kaleidodad · Dec 17, 2018

anniemae said:
totes. Short for totally. Like if someone says, It's totes cold outside. Followed by adorbs.

The only acceptable usage:

Skellingtonj · Dec 17, 2018

kaytieeldr said:
Littles.

Littles. is. not. a. word. Stopping using it as such.

And learn how to use ellipses. "..." should not be used 25 times in two-three short paragraphs.

I could not read that post. Alll the .... drive me nuts.

Hubster is my word. Just don’t say it

Scifidiner · Dec 17, 2018

"gifting"
"empowering"

AlohaNow · Dec 17, 2018

Mines.

Ellie008 · Dec 17, 2018

kaytieeldr said:
...

And learn how to use ellipses. "..." should not be used 25 times in two-three short paragraphs.

There is a restaurant here in a building that is under construction, and to let people know they are open during the construction they printed up big signs that say:
"serving" lunch and dinner daily.

Seriously? Who printed that for you and didn't tell you not to do it? I don't want to know what "serving" means to them.

Music City Mama · Dec 17, 2018

Heighth. I know more people who people who say this than the correct word "height". Drives me insane.

alldiz · Dec 17, 2018

Valentimes

wvjules · Dec 17, 2018

Delish
Yummy - should not be used by adults

Anything with a creative spelling. For some reason those drive me nutz!

Allison · Dec 17, 2018

Prolly.

There is just no reason for it.

FlightlessDuck · Dec 17, 2018

GreatLakes said:
Shaming as a verb. You are making fun of someone, not shaming them.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shame#Verb

(obsolete, intransitive) To feel shame, be ashamed.
(transitive) To cause to feel shame.
To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
(obsolete) To mock at; to deride.

Kaleidodad · Dec 17, 2018

GreatLakes said:
Shaming as a verb. You are making fun of someone, not shaming them.

FlightlessDuck said:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shame#Verb

(obsolete, intransitive) To feel shame, be ashamed.

(transitive) To cause to feel shame.

To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.

(obsolete) To mock at; to deride.

That usage of "shaming" is really not new: it is defined in the 1953 American College Dictionary in my office as "to cause to feel shame; make ashamed," which is generally how I see the word applied these days.

GreatLakes · Dec 17, 2018

FlightlessDuck said:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shame#Verb

(obsolete, intransitive) To feel shame, be ashamed.

(transitive) To cause to feel shame.

To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.

(obsolete) To mock at; to deride.

Dictionaries are full of these garbage definitions of words. I still count "shame" up there with the misuse of "literally" of "axing" someone something. You can find it somewhere in a dictionary but that doesn't make it any less stupid sounding.

smilie · Dec 17, 2018

Pacific instead of specific. Pacific is an ocean!

Allison · Dec 17, 2018

smilie said:
Pacific instead of specific. Pacific is an ocean!

I used to work with someone who got this wrong. It drove me crazy.

cabanafrau · Dec 17, 2018

Baby bump and all the nonsense that spills out in every sentence involved with those words.

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