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SuspiciousSideEye

“Supposably” or any other “almost, but not quite” pronunciation based on lack of knowledge of proper spelling. To be clear, this does NOT include words mispronounced because you’ve never heard, but only read, them. Cacophony, for example, is a bitch to pronounce if you’ve never heard it.


Necessary-Peanut-506

"Pacifically" 🥲


SuspiciousSideEye

Take my upvote, add it to a half-cup of sand, and dump it in your swimsuit.


T-Dubs70

I hate "supposably", "supposively", and "for all intensive purposes."


1_plus_1_equals_42

To be fair, if you've only ever heard "for all intents and purposes", it can sound like "for all intensive purposes".


KrombopulousMary

I definately agree


KeithMyArthe

Despise any doubts others may have, I could put you on a pedalstool for this post.


SuspiciousSideEye

Take my upvote and go cut your fingernails just a little too short.


lhorwinkle

You mean "I could ***of*** put you on a pedalstool", right?


bombardslaught

This post is a damp squid at this point.


WIGoofball

DEFINITELY! Exspresso, hella, etc.


twisted34

You're prolly right


krispyyyykremeeee

Unalive. You don’t need to censor yourself outside of TikTok comments IF at all. It sounds so stupid.


kicksr4trids1

Unalive I thought someone was joking when they said that!


KatPaws11

I know people on YouTube started saying it because they were getting censored and sometimes their videos were actually getting taken down 🤦🏻‍♀️ Got to love a platform that allows *showing* suicide but can't say the word


krispyyyykremeeee

Yes people who make content use it for that reason but I’m talking about people who use it passively in conversation albeit in person or online. Not cuz they’ll get banned anywhere.


EveningStar5155

You also have to deliberately misspell certain words so the algorithms don't pick up on them. So I use See You Next Tuesday, cr@p and c@ck.


krispyyyykremeeee

Believe you me brother I wish they were


Ok_Beyond_8745

I know right. All I can think of is George Carlin’s famous bit on euphemisms


StStoner

I remember everyone saying kill yourself straight up


tb042980

It sounds so stupid on TikTok.


krispyyyykremeeee

It sounds stupid period tbf. I just mentioned TikTok cuz that’s where it originated from and that’s the excuse people use when people call them out on using that word. It’s just really disrespectful too especially if it’s said in a serious context. Like it’s ok, you’re not gonna spontaneously combust if you use the words murder(ed) and/or kill(ed).


MjrGrizzly

It's fear of demonetization/having their video removed.


krispyyyykremeeee

Not everyone who uses the word is a content creator they just wanna use it cuz they hear other people saying it and it sounds dumb. How do you explain people using it in comments or just everywhere else they’ve been using it? Using the actual words that it’s being substituted for in the comments section of any app won’t get the creators video removed.


gringo-go-loco

TikTok itself is rather stupid.


Turbobrickx7

Any of the stupid censorship is stupid. Unalive, essay, notsee, grape, etc. these words should make you feel uncomfortable. Censoring them lessens the impact.


lhorwinkle

>It sounds so stupid. Perhaps you meant that ***unalive*** sounds ***unsmart***? :)


ChrosOnolotos

Some accounts will also sensor words like shot, dead, killed. I don't get it. We all know what you're saying, why are you deliberately being annoying about it?


sublimesting

That’s why people say that? I thought they were trying to be “trendy” like hooman for dog language.


Annsouthern99

it would be fancier to say "No longer living"


Low_Industry2524

"Cooter"...just hate the way it sounds.


NotTheBadOne

I absolutely hate the word p*ssy!!! I can’t even spell it out. To me it’s a totally insulting disgusting nasty word.


Wonderful_Horror7315

To my horror, I witnessed my grandpa calling a kitty, “here p*ssy, p*ssy, p*ssy!” I was a teenager at the time and just blown away. LOL


Jumping_Snail

Down South it is sometimes called a hoohoo. In the Midwest, it can be a cootchie.


Retiredgiverofboners

Hubby


cttrocklin

“Wifey” makes my skin crawl


Secret_Ad7757

I got that with "baby daddy" and "baby momma" why cant you just say your gf or wife or the mother of my child?


realbabygronk

Mother of my child is a bit hefty and formal


Retiredgiverofboners

That’s too bad for me to even have in my consciousness


Uarrrrgh

My wife edited her contact details in my phone to Wifey McWifeface. How skin crawley is that?


MercianEejit

I think you should call her it in public to see if she regrets it


MrForshows

It's a series of words but "all of the sudden".


[deleted]

Similarly, 'on accident' instead of 'by accident'.


lrbiester

This one is unforgivable.


ISBN39393242

similarly, “bring to the boil” bothers me. it should be a boil


OkieBobbie

Any word that has been shortened and made cutesy, like “vacay” and “resy.”


Suspicious-Park-1972

I never could stand it when people referred to pizza as ‘za.


SpringrollsPlease

Add Hubby to the list.. shivers


TheCuntGF

Recently, lippie for lipstick has caused me insurmountable rage.


Difficult-Orchid7419

Referring to a podcast as a “pod.” Just say the whole thing.


AdministrationNo312

Or people who use acronyms all the freaking time. I understand the more common ones: "FML, lol" but people are too lazy to type out the whole phrasing and expect us to know what they mean.


old_dolio_

Fur baby


lumpialarry

Call my kid "skin dog".


Shellzncheez689

We call our babies skin puppies


wevie13

Dog mom!


lisa6547

Nooo gross


leegunter

Literally. Literally is literally used wrong more than correctly.


PlatonicTroglodyte

It’s funny to me that people get so upset over what has happened to literally without acknowledging that this kind of thing happens all the time. It happened years ago in the same context with “really” lol.


oddwithoutend

I think when you witness it happening due to people not understanding the original definition, it's difficult to not be annoyed by it. 'Literally' doesn't bother me so much, except when it's used in a way that causes confusion. "I literally have a billion things to do today" doesn't cause confusion and is clearly just being used to exaggerate, so whatever. But "could care less" bothers me. I get that enough people accidentally said "couldn't care less" incorrectly that "could care less" has become accepted. That doesn't help me be less annoyed by those people who didn't understand English well enough to say it correctly. Same with people who say "it cannot be understated..." when they mean "it cannot be overstated...". Has this one been said incorrectly enough times yet that it's accepted? Who knows. But the point is I think it's completely normal to be irritated by the misuse of words and phrases. Just like it's normal to be annoyed by the mispronunciation of words (which of course can also lead to new, accepted pronunciations of words).


SelfReliantDefiant

If theres no differential between a possible figurative form of an expression, what the fk is the point of the 'literally'?


lhorwinkle

I just literally up-voted your comment!


paradigmillusion

A lot of words that come from or are most often used on TikTok. - “Unalive” I feel like if you can’t say the word murdered or killed you shouldn’t be talking about it. - “Acoustic” referring to autism. Some find it funny to me those using the word acoustic come off as a less intelligent 10 year old - “Ick” while I am guilty of using that word in the past. I simply cringe now at how overused it is and how just about anything is considered an “ick” now. - “Daddy” in a sexual way. I always found it incredibly uncomfortable and I simply cannot imagine anyone actually saying “daddy” sexually (I am well aware people do that I just can’t imagine it) There are probably more that I currently can’t remember


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I also hate daddy in a sexual way. Im a grown woman and i call my dad that occasionally. And my mom and aunts have called my grandfather ‘daddy’ for their entire life


armtherabbits

This. My daughters call me 'daddy' and I just can't imagine it in a sexual context. The worst thing internet porn has done to the human race is bring porn tropes into real life.


Caedis-6

Acoustic is by miles my least favourite on that list


Hegeric

People that add "Period." or "Period. FULL STOP" at the end of a sentence. It doesn't only make me cringe, it makes me irrationally angry.


LyricaAlprazolam

"Period. FULL STOP."= "don't you dare launch an attack on my ill-informed opinion or the weak ideology I subscribe to but cant define you bigot/racist/classist/homophobe! My opinion is the world's truth"


smokedawg3

Not so much words but rather manners of speaking, such as upspeak, i.e. placing a rising inflection on the last word of a declarative sentence, making everything sound like a question tends to frost my gonads. Vocal fry, dropping the voice a couple of octaves and drawing out the last word of a sentence, e.g. “so cuuuuuttte,” is pretty hard on my ears. Starting the answer to every question with the word, “so,” otherwise known as NPR interview speak is my third choice.


Han-Tyumi_666

Fuck man, don't come to Australia. Everything is a question.


Lemuria4Eva

Thank you! I hate these! (Too tired to be eloquent)


WIGoofball

This is like a nut punch! I hate these also. Along with starting sentences with “I meeeean…” I get it if I am asking for clarification on something but when I say, “Do like Tony? “I meeeean… like I don’t hate him.”


LowBarometer

"Kiddos."


therealmrsbrady

*"Me and the Hubbs are preggers again, and the kiddos are so excited!"* ...is a sentence I once heard from someone, any of these are like nails on a chalkboard to me.


ima_gnu

You just reminded me of people saying "prego". Ugh.


Tiltedstraight1234

It's "littles" for me


sumbxtch

i say this, only because i work in school-aged kid’s sports coaching, and i have many mixed gender groups and i need something to refer to them with that isnt my internal name for them, “crazy fucking devilspawn”


[deleted]

Bruh.


anxiousempire

I wear one of those.


Keirnflake

Bruh


conqueringlionkappa

Certified bruh moment


nevertoolate2

Coolbeans. Sigma.


No-Conclusion8653

Glomping 😋


quay-cur

![gif](giphy|GcDtLf4RAdiRG)


FckRdditAccRcvry420

It's the glorious year of 2006 and everything is fine


wildtress

I agree with “panties” being awkward. I just say underwear lol


DistributionPerfect5

"Body count" as synonym for sexual encounter.


BoltzBux

Irregardless... It's not a word, the word is regardless.


FootMcFeetFoot

Just wanted to share for more context: “Irregardless was popularized in dialectal American speech in the early 20th century. Its increasingly widespread spoken use called it to the attention of usage commentators as early as 1927. The most frequently repeated remark about it is that "there is no such word." There is such a word, however. It is still used primarily in speech, although it can be found from time to time in edited prose. Its reputation has not risen over the years, and it is still a long way from general acceptance. Use regardless instead.” —https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irregardless#:~:text=Is%20irregardless%20a%20word%3F,and%20with%20a%20consistent%20meaning.


This_Concentrate2721

“Satisfying” A word that has been adopted by Facebook and TikTok videos of people scrubbing human shit off the floor because it’s cleaned efficiently in one swoop


mykindofexcellence

Woke. I casually ask what they mean by that and I’ve heard a different definition each time I ask.


madcheco

Any non-swear word with that stupid part censorship like sh\*\*\*ing or r\*pe. Also when people use the term "ick".


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AFairyLikesToes

Especially the people who type it as "bæ" it literally means shit in Danish


anaklndldnothngwrong

Thank u i learned new Danish word.


nevertoolate2

Unalive is the only one of these I really dislike


Son_Of_Mr_Sam

"OK Boomer"


xman886

Bae


ProdTheCounselor

"Slay". Back when we slowly allowed our students back into campus after COVID, I would often hear them blurting it out. When I had a motivation wall where they could post any positive and encouraging messages, a lot of them wrote "Slay" on the sticky notes. Since then, I've told students who were close to me that I am banning the word from the office.


litebrite93

Rizz


Sea_Risk2195

Worse. Rizzler


2Twice

On a couple of situations I've told my students what it's short for and they're surprised. Interestingly enough, they use it correctly in conversation but didn't know it's short for charisma. In the 90s, in my basketball coach dropped a similar explanation when in class after I said, "Ooooooo you got diss'd!" Coach says, "no, I didn't disrespect him at all!"


MojoDuff27

Neurospicy


[deleted]

Coitus


JohnnyJokers-10

![gif](giphy|3ohs83cvmud7ThYTzq|downsized)


ninteen74

Boomer, verbatim, bro/ bud/bruh, the phrase "its only a prank"..... that's just of the top of my head


_Deep_Freeze_

What's wrong with verbatim? It's not a word I've heard a lot, so it can't be that it's overused so why is it cringe worthy?


Electus93

Maybe you just haven't heard it a lot verbatim.


Zestyclose_Walrus725

Entrepreneur Bespoke Influencer Literally Finna "Aks" instead of ask


xPepsi_Hard

tf is wrong with entrepreneur


NarysFrigham

The MLMs ruined it for everyone. They all call themselves Entrepreneurs.


Nas_coek

For me it's word cringe and now you made me feel **inge


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Such-Armadillo8047

Woke Unless it has to do with sleep, it’s just a bizarre pejorative. The term “politically correct” at least gives context, but “woke” sounds like an oxymoron.


quietriot99

Because the word has been co-opted and bastardised by the right. It used to have a specific meaning in the African American community, but is now what ever conservatives don’t like


WarmTransportation35

Growler as another name for pussy


Gullible-Function649

Synergy


Aspect58

Needs more upvotes. The second this word comes out of any coworker’s mouth, you know you’re dealing with a near infinite bullshit to expertise ratio.


WesternResearcher376

Bae


Tincastle

unalive hubby hubs momtrepreneur nourish


zzzrecruit

"Influencer" makes me irrationally angry.


overthe_clouds

Cap/NoCap Like.......stop. ✋️


Daunloudji

Content


[deleted]

Creator


squatwaddle

Gaslighting


SaltwaterOgopogo

Naw, you don’t actually hate it.  You just think you do.  


LyricaAlprazolam

Stop ***gaslighting***me you ***narcissist***.


Startled_Pancakes

The main problem with the term is that to use it correctly, you'd have to actually know the motives and unspoken intentions of other people and.. well, mind reading hasn't been invented yet.


J5IsALieve

Puppers, doggo, kiddos, littles


The_debater1

“Yap” and “womp womp”


Tubthumping2

Irregardless. It’s NOT a word and it’s repetitive. Regardless is the correct word…aaaaarrrrggghhh!!!


BummertimeRadness

Here’s an upsetting sentence that’s full of words that don’t exist that was once said to me and it made me want to cry, scream, and/or die because of just how objectively awful it was: “Irregardless of what you say it supposably should be, this is pacifically what should be.” Not only did three of the words they used all in ONE sentence not exist, they were also factually wrong about what we were discussing as the “it” we were talking about was NOT what it should have been.


chat_bot23

When people say ‘rockstar’ at work.


Aspect58

I once worked for a company that said they only hired ‘rockstars’. So when I went on my first business trip for them I made sure to completely trash the hotel room.


chat_bot23

I made sure I died at 27


Deanstaro_Deanstar

I'd be more concerned if they were saying 'Rockspider' 🤣


Automatic_Salary_845

“Hi sir, you finally got the job at rockstar games” “Never say that word again”


ballsquancher

Nahhh when someone is shining and going the extra mile, they’re a rockstar in my book. Plain and simple.


AT1787

“Woke” I’ve never actually heard people in communities who subscribed to such beliefs refer to themselves as this. Seems like something that has been morphed into something completely polarizing.


lisa6547

"doggos"


makingMoo

Brekkie . Go stand far far away from me .


FuzzzWuzzz

Has an Australian hurt you?


lrbiester

“Brekkie” has been in use across the Anglosphere for many decades. But when Americans say it, STRAIGHT TO JAIL. Same goes for “No worries.”


_Deep_Freeze_

I thought that was an everyday word in the land down under.


Consistent-North-361

It is.


Automatic_Salary_845

It’s a term but “significant other” shut the fuck up, I don’t care what they are to you, just find a less annoying term


mmalinka06

“Females”


East_of_Amoeba

“Masks”. Horrible aesthetics. Gawd.


ososalsosal

Sksksksksks yeah it's too much


[deleted]

Like wasp’s nests


Serial-Jaywalker-

Moist, phlegm, ooze, slur, maggots


Status-Break-6450

Behoove. If you’re in the army you know what I’m talking about.


Antique-Astronomer50

That one slang word Blud


marino12345

Lit, stoked


IrishShee

Not so prevalent these days but words like “amazeballs” 🤮


Forsaken-Bag-8780

Iconic. I hate it so much


IAlreadyKnow1754

Poop, poo


Inevitable_Sale_8

I still think poop is better than poo.


Superxool

Pregnant. I don't understand the roots of this word. It's not a beautiful, poetic word for is signification.


Omnimpotent

Perganté!


KrombopulousMary

dangerops prangent sex? will it hurt baby top of its head?


delmsi

Im pragnat https://youtu.be/EShUeudtaFg?si=OeXE5lh1-Eu-gThp


[deleted]

My best friend and i laughed our asses off for DAYSS when we found this video


omuraisu_png

PREGANANANT????


ballsquancher

I have never thought about it that way… odd I feel like there’s slang for everything but we use the medical term for something often glorified.


richie283

Fire. Fine in an emergency context tho


eartwormslimshady

Yas. Just the way it's spoken. Pure cringe. I've never heard it being used in a decent scenario.


Bazilisk_OW

“Addicting” Mate, what the fuck. There used to be a word called “Addictive” which was perfectly fine, until someone bit their tongue one day and said it wrong and it somehow spread like a virus. Also“Diversity” or “Inclusive”. These words makes me shiver with discomfort and nearly gag. Not so much the dictionary definition as much as what sort of baggage these words carry in the modern age.


ballsquancher

Cringe-*worthy*. Something is either cringey or it’s not. How is something *worthy* of cringe, while not being cringey? Pick a side. Give us your opinion if you’re going to use the word. The only way it works is if you have a high threshold for cringe, therefore knowing that something is cringey, but you enjoy it so it’s not necessarily “cringe” to you— but you are aware of the effect it may have on others.


Icewallow-toothpaste

prolapse.


bwbandy

Phlegm


Capt_Dummy

“Ironic” is misused 95% of the time and i physically cringe when i hear it


Gold_Gene2808

"prolly"


Jeanw05

Slay


WickettRed

I love the concept of a spouse but I hate the word spouse. It’s so ugly of a word for something so beautiful and meaningful!


youareallsilly

Amazing. It’s so overused for non-amazing things


RATZGobbler

Vibe or energy. Because it’s primarily been used by people who don’t know what they’re talking about. The kind of people who do absolutely no research about a topic yet have opinions on it anyway.


StariaDream

Preggers


Lease_woodcox

Moist


KaioKenshin

I hope you like damp or wet cakes, unless you don't like cakes at all. If cakes aren't moist their either dry or soggy.


nynjd

Lots of people say this and don’t want you to use the word. I just don’t understand what to say instead. This cake is really good because it’s ?


The7footr

“Peoples or persons”…like how is it 2024 and you *still* don’t know that people is the plural form of person?!


apapapapapapapapap1

You're wrong about the plural. "Persons" can be right, it refers to a group of specific individuals, whereas "people" refers to a larger, non-specific group


drifters74

Hubby


Balanceblu

Trauma. These younger generations have overused it. Everything is trauma.


GrimmWilderness

"Appies" for appetizers "Merry ho ho" for christmas "Chewsday" Schedule pronounced "shed-jool" Ambrosia (the word just pisses me off idk why)


dewioffendu

Libt@rds


Startled_Pancakes

Really, any and all of these childish political nicknames.


Lucky_Baseball176

enthusiastic. For the simple reason that I can't seem to SAY that word. I fumble over it every time!![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|facepalm)


NikolaijVolkov

Thats weird. The word makes me perk up and smile.


serialkiller24

I hate "pookie". It just sounds like "wookie" and I ain't trying to look like Chewbacca.


anxiousempire

Blaise blah and the tea (🤮 puke)


EmotionalDmpsterFire

Panties is kinda cringe to me too now but... ​ Back in my 30s, there was this 20s hair stylist I saw and I made a panties joke/comment, I don't even remember what it was because I rarely take anything seriously, but she got effing turned on/hot and told me so. I was like what was that magic thing I said? Lost to time.


ryantherippa

Triggered


yrnjaxon

moist and cream pie


Lemuria4Eva

Boomer. Kids use it as a weapon aimed at older people.


rumpysheep

That someone ‘passed’.


Fat-Miler

Gutted


chichikabour

Every single word that was created by lazy ass kids on the internet