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Please don't think I'm here to complain about rizz or skibidi toilet etc. Thats all fine by me.

The term I dislike strongly is 'eeeh' before you make a statement disagreeing with someone. (This is over text only). Now maybe I've been pavloved bc it's always used by someone disagreeing. But I'm happy with people disagreeing with me normally its just the 'eeeh' or 'erm' that annoys me.

So what's a random term that annoys you?

PS. Saying "eeeh actually 'eeh' is a perfectly fine term" would be a ridiculously easy joke and I will judge you for making it. And I know atleast one person will. Especially bow that I've said all this.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No, you don't have a "challenge" for me. You have a problem and are trying to make it mine.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Man if that isn't just empty manager-speak, rephrasing things to BS you and be manipulative. Lol

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (8 children)

So many things. In written form, I hate when someone writes "Period." after they make a point to mean "this can't be argued" or whatever. My good bitch, I don't think you understand how arguing works. πŸ˜†

"Full stop" is a close second.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's a perfectly valid way to win an argument, end of sentence.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Ha serves me right ✌🏻

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (3 children)

"Live. Laugh. Love." or similar.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago

i know i'm being a nerd but i despise the term 'taxpayer funds'/'taxpayer money'. besides being completely wrong in nearly all cases, it places taxes above the people, above labor.

'American taxpayer is paying for the genocide in Gaza'. No, every person/entity using U.S. Dollars is paying for it. Even foreign countries are indirectly paying for it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Using the phrase "serious question" or "honest question" will make me immediately assume your question is the exact opposite of that. Probably I'm overreacting, but expecting that anyone might respect that declaration you've made about your own question, that gives me narcissist vibes.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (10 children)

im still a bit salty about 'literally'

also the constant failure to say 'i could not care less' correctly

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Places using "gluten-friendly" to mean "gluten-free". I am gluten-UNfriendly. I do not want gluten. They've tried to be cute and actually managed to make the term mean the opposite of what it's supposed to.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

"Irregardless"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago

It's not a word but '...' ok... thanks... I guess...

What do you want? Is it on our do you want something else? It's fine...

Cmon.................

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago (5 children)

"I'm just sayin'" ok but you're still an asshole.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (5 children)

People using double negatives incorrectly. Like "I didn't do nothing!"

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (11 children)

If someone uses the word 'curate' they'd better be preparing to show me a shoebox filled with their favorite vaseline glass and not a pile of random deli meat on a wooden board

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

Lemme get that shark cootchie board of curated meats

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (8 children)

I work as a barista and get much too annoyed by people ordering a "regular coffee".

Like I know that 99.999% of the time they mean a drip/filter coffee (excluding that one lady that one time who was surprised I didn't parse "regular coffee" as a latte), but like can you just say drip coffee? Or even simply "coffee"!

I honestly don't even know why it annoys me this much.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

I'm a waitress and "regular coffee" means different things across regions. Some people mean just "drip, not decaf" with no indication of cream or sugar. Some people mean "drip, black" with no indication of caffeine content. And where I grew up, "regular" means "2 cream 2 sugar", as in you'd be asked if you wanted your coffee "regular or black". It's the worst.

That latte lady was just crazy though... unless she meant "my regular"?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ah, the four basic types of coffee, Regular, Posh, Italian and Wrong.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The corporate overenthusiasm "LET'S FUCKING GOOOOO".

Ugh. Sure, maybe the product launch went great, but still. Ugh.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ironically, the phrase "rustles my jimmies" really burns my biscuits.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I had a young coworker who reported to me and a few others, for a few months earlier this year. She would come in and say β€˜that being said,…’ all the fucking time. I heard it at least once or twice per brief conversation with her. I think she was just trying to sound smart… but, it was like nails on a chalk board to me.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

People ending sentences with β€œrn”.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

I'm literally doing that rn

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Queer. Not all gay men (the one group I can safely speak about) like to be associated with an ex-slur and its connotations.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I unreasonably hate the word "moreover". I see no reason why you wouldn't use the words "also", "additionally", or even "furthermore" that sound way better when read.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

you can't just say Perchance

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When people say 'like' constantly between sentences or sentence fragments or before every adjective.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Starting every sentence with "So". "So" being the way to indicate the beginning of a sentence.

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