The following terms have been annoyingly very overused in the sports world recently:
Bubble. Particularly irritating when used incorrectly. When people go in and out, it’s not a bubble.
Pro rata. The term is correct, but the more common term in colloquial American English is prorate/prorated. And I know that these talking heads from MLBPA never used pro rata in a sentence before this year. ?
I think “would have” is fine, but “would of” is not.
Using the word “woman” as an adjective. “A woman doctor” , “A woman president” .
“Woman” is a noun. The word you are looking for is “female.”
@Aida, I think woman as an adjective instead of female might be generational, but I’m not sure. My 19-year-old daughter and friends seem to prefer woman to female.
Actually, to me, even using female (or gay or Black among many others) as adjectives is annoying. It’s doctor or president. One would not say “straight doctor” or “male president.”
You beat me to it. My first boss used to introduce me as a “female engineer.” I told him he could stop.
“but they might not know you are an engineer!”
“ok, but they can probably see I’m female!”
But it was 1980 and female engineers were a new thing to him.
Unless it’s important to the story, you can leave out female, black, hispanic, gay, or most other qualifiers.
My apologies @momo2x2018 for hitting the “like” button in your post #30 above.
Not so much generational, but a case of a grammatically incorrect usage becoming so common among the masses that it is considered acceptable. Similar to the widespread usage of “I could care less” when one means “I couldn’t care less.”
I really can’t stand the phrase “making memories”.
Maine is a great place…for our beach house.
What makes you squirm about that phrase?
“You know what I mean?”
“variety of different…”
“nasty” - makes me cringe
So many wonderfully teeth-grating choices in this thread, but one that particularly dislike is “thought leader.”
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One of our members on CC tried to argue with me that “I couldn’t care less” was actually wrong. It was many years ago, so I don’t remember who it was, but I didn’t even bother to retort.
It’s HIPAA, not HIPPA
It’s moot point, not mute point
And kiddos. I’ve been working with some kids ‘in the system’ and everyone calls them Kiddos. “How are your Kiddos doing?” “These Kiddos need xyz.” I cringe, and call them kids or children.
What do you use in place of moist?
I have found that people whose posts/speech include the phrase “the wife” to refer to their spouse are unfailingly later exposed to be sexist. I detest the sound of it. How about “my wife?” Presumably you picked her, so don’t try to distance yourself. [/rant]
PS Until I started typing, I had no idea I felt so strongly about this ?
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Am I the only person who dislikes hearing the word “gift” used as a verb? I hate hearing: “I was gifted ___________.” Apparently there is historical precedent for this usage, but it seems trendy and grates on my ear.