Epic overuse/misuse of words

**majurey** · 07-06-2010, 07:13 AM

ha ha, yes, I can see how that might cause some laughter. Similarly the word 'fanny' in England has a very different meaning to the US. The first time I heard someone say they had a 'fanny pack' I snorted coffee out my nose.

**Pops!** · 07-06-2010, 08:07 AM

since we are mentioning mispronouncing.. i have a charge that constantly has to use the "baffroom"

and maybe i'm odd.. but there is no bath in public restrooms... that gets under my skin as well.

**Stubear** · 07-06-2010, 08:10 AM

It always grates with me when someone pronounces "th" as "ff", as in the "baffroom" example you gave.

Or when they say free instead of three...!

**Galopede** · 07-06-2010, 08:26 AM

Originally Posted by vthomlinson

since we are mentioning mispronouncing.. i have a charge that constantly has to use the "baffroom"

and maybe i'm odd.. but there is no bath in public restrooms... that gets under my skin as well.

Never known anyone go to the toilet to "rest" either! Why are they called restrooms in the States? Bit of a euphemism.

At least we admit that they are toilets!

Gareth

**Pops!** · 07-06-2010, 08:39 AM

well.. i tend to take breaks in the loo all the time.. i do everything from splash water on my face to mix drinks.. i also have a tendency to call it a donniker.. a habit from my days as a carny.

**hoglahoo** · 07-06-2010, 12:19 PM

Originally Posted by 1OldGI

irregardless: This ain't even a word. It's regardless.
Axe: No not the tool for cutting wood, as a substitute for ASK (i.e. Axe Gary)
Not so much a word but a speech pattern, the phrase "You know what I'm sayin' " repeated about every 3 or 4 words.

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**ReardenSteel** · 07-06-2010, 04:27 PM

I've enjoyed reading through this thread and maybe I missed it or it has not been mentioned as of yet, but a phrase that I think has lost meaning is referring to something as "the perfect storm." The media uses this term to describe anything and everything bad. Case in point, Hurricane Katrina and the flooding of New Orleans and the delayed response from FEMA was referred to as "the perfect storm." The current situation with the BP oil rig leaking oil, the dificulties in containing the spill, and stopping the leak has been called "the perfect storm." Even here in Tucson when we have a minor monsoon storm that knocks out power to a small portion of the city, the meteorologists for the local news stations refer to the weather conditions as , you guess it, "the perfect storm."

**yohannrjm** · 07-06-2010, 05:49 PM

Originally Posted by Galopede

Never known anyone go to the toilet to "rest" either! Why are they called restrooms in the States? Bit of a euphemism.

At least we admit that they are toilets!

Gareth

I have the same issues with 'restrooms'. If you go in there to pee or poo, it's a toilet.

Maybe some posh hotels have rooms in which you can rest, but when you call the room at your local dive a 'restroom', when even the ****roaches wouldn't be seen dead in it, you're stretching the euphemism.

EDIT: Ha, ha! ****roaches!! Brilliant!

**chee16** · 07-06-2010, 09:08 PM

WOW! this is a long thread but i had to read through it. there are so many that i agree with that i won't even try to list them.

here is the one word that erks me the most: sick. as in "that trick was sick man!" or "that car is sick!" or "that tattoo looks sick bro!"

it drives me crazy! it's as bad as "rad" or "righteous" or any other stupid use of a perfectly good word that was thought up by some punk with his hat on sideways. (maybe that is being stereotypical but it always seems like their hats are on sideways).

**holli4pirating** · 07-06-2010, 09:28 PM

"Negative pressure" bothers me.

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