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The House of Olivier EU@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours ago

Which word do you dislike most?

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Which word do you dislike most?

The House of Olivier EU@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours ago
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  • paulzy@lemmy.world
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    Penultimate. Anyone writing about or reviewing the second last of anything uses it in their first breath like their English degree depends on it.

  • idunnololz@lemmy.world
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    biweekly, bimonthly, etc.

    Wtf does it mean? Twice a week? Every two weeks? Who knows. What’s the point of this word when it’s so ambiguous.

  • daggermoon@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    Lots of sex words, none of which I will list.

  • Geodad@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    When people call sex “breeding”.

    It sounds like some puritanical shit where they believe that sex is only for procreation.

    • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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      I’d say that is more about a kink than anything remotely religious

    • The House of Olivier EU@lemmy.worldOP
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      It is, maybe, something very particular as I am not familiar with that term used through “Puritanical thingy”. Sorry, I am located in Europe and lack of knowledge about Puritans 😬 [ANSWER RECEIVED]

      • Geodad@lemmy.world
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        [ANSWER RECEIVED]

        Did you look them up? That’s basically what most of the mainstream US churches are based off of.

        • The House of Olivier EU@lemmy.worldOP
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          I had to as I am not (like veeeerrry far away) familiar at all with any mainstream US churches phrases. At least, I have learnt something new

    • Midnight Wolf@lemmy.world
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      I uh… I’m not sure what your source is, but for mine ‘breeding’ is anything but “only for procreation”

      E: in case it isn’t painfully obvious, I am le gay, so that may factor into your source woes :p

      • Geodad@lemmy.world
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        Apparently it’s urban slang.

        Sounds like some misogynistic nonsense to me.

  • Broadfern@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    Tumescent

  • Mildetoast@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    “Mouthfeel.” Especially if it’s a food show.

  • Scott@sh.itjust.works
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    19 hours ago

    Trump

  • WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world
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    Slay because my 10 year uses it for everything. Slayalicious, slaytastic, slayme…

    Nag. Just sounds harsh

    Bungalow. Should be obvious.

    People who shorten food names aren’t doing English any favors…

    'za (Pizza), taters, sgetti, nanners, gnosh (im hungry I need some gnosh gnosh)

  • BeBopALouie@lemmy.ca
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    15 hours ago

    Can’t or won’t. Take your pick.

  • Usernameblankface@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    Any misspoken words, said with full confidence that it is correct.

    I left him know.

    There’s a woof in the backyard.

    • Midnight Wolf@lemmy.world
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      18 hours ago

      🐺 help I seem to be trapped in some human abomination. I mean, ehem. Woof woof woof woof.

    • andrewta@lemmy.world
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      19 hours ago

      Can I (aks) you something?

      • Usernameblankface@lemmy.world
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        That one I hear so much, I’m afraid it will become the new normal way of pronouncing ask. Definitely bugs me!

  • Stovetop@lemmy.world
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    Receive.

    I think my grasp of English is pretty good, but this is one of the most common words I misspell on a regular basis. I have no idea why I keep wanting to write “recieve” instead.

  • Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works
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    I don’t hate it, but apparently they have done polls and often the top result is:

    Moist

    • daggermoon@lemmy.world
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      9 hours ago

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIPcCMA3kz4

    • The House of Olivier EU@lemmy.worldOP
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      Interesting

  • andrewta@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    Too many to count. A lot of the current slang

    Rizz comes close to the top of the list

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    “Walkie-Talkie”

    Its a “Handheld Transceiver” ffs, who the fuck gave it such a stupid name lmfao

    Is a Telephone a “Chit-y-Chat-y”? A computer a “Beep-ie-Boop-ie”?

    • Taco2112@lemmy.world
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      And who would ever use a childish word like “movie”? It’s called a moving picture.

    • Stovetop@lemmy.world
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      16 hours ago

      Relevant greentext:

    • The House of Olivier EU@lemmy.worldOP
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      12 hours ago

      If you want to go deeper about that word:

      The earliest known use of the noun walkie-talkie is in the 1930s.

      OED’s earliest evidence for walkie-talkie is from 1939, in the San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, Texas).

      walkie-talkie

  • Mister Neon@lemmy.world
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    “Stylized”

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