what english slang word do you despise?

Question

or that you feel is just too rediculous, over used, or mis-used frequently?

Answer 1

"my bad"

Supposed to be an apology? It sounds like they are diminishing their actions and you shouldn't be upset.

Answer 2

I hate it when people use the word "like" as a meaningless filler or "was like" as a euphemism for "said". In the first case, you either are something or compare to something, and it's only when you're making the comparison that you should use "like" in that way. In the second case, what someone says, which is heard as sound, can't be manifested in physical form, and so a person can't really be said to physically compare to what he said.

I fear the day might come three or four decades down the road when English teachers present to their students poetry and prose containing similes such as "Time is like an iron door" and the students misparse it to mean "Time IS an iron door" because they've been using "like" in the wrong contexts for so long. In a situation like that, they're likely to be confused over what is simile and what is metaphor.

Answer 3

Whether you'd call it slang or a cliché, a new expression to describe a questionable or dangerous action or political policy, "that slippery slope" somehow grates on my ears. I suppose it means about the same as "opening a can of worms" or Pandora's Box. I just think that this line is getting way too much use and is getting really old really fast.

Answer 4

I hate it when people use words like awesome, fantastic, terrific, fabulous and romantic incorrectly. I think merging the meanings of words, like the first four, spoils our language, each has its own completely different meaning and to ignore that and make them all the same just narrows our language and makes it less easy to express yourself.

Answer 5

I hate it so much, I can't even write it: N*gg*r It's an ugly word, with uglier connotations.

Answer 6

People use the word "can't" much to often, particularly when making excuses.

Answer 7

english slang i dont mind, its american slang like A5S instead of
AR SE

Answer 8

the word ( hate ) why can people not say dislike? That one word is a strong word to say.

Answer 9

i can't stand the way the new englanders use the word "wicked". that's all they say about everything, i.e. "the car is running wicked loud today."

Answer 10

baby momma and baby daddy. What happened to mother and father or just plain old mom and dad?