Words You Hate- Page 2

[Marianne2]

Posted: 6/23/10 at 1:04pm

This is a Pennsylvania thing. I'm not sure if it is just the Scranton area or all over, but they say they are getting trays of pizza when they order a pizza. To me, that is saying that you are getting a bunch of metal trays that have slices of pizza on them.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/23/10 at 1:24pm

Bucolic

Awful word for something that's actually pleasant.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 6/23/10 at 1:32pm

Stockard -- Where is "up here"? The northeast most definitely does not say pop.

Buffalo. Everyone here says pop.

[morosco]

Posted: 6/23/10 at 1:38pm

"buggy" instead of shopping cart
"sack" instead of grocery bag

[Marianne2]

Posted: 6/23/10 at 2:01pm

^ That just reminded me that I dislike the word knapsack.

[morosco]

Posted: 6/23/10 at 2:21pm

I hate the phrase "Stocking Stuffers".

[morosco]

Posted: 6/23/10 at 2:23pm

Also hate "in broad daylight".

[clever name]

Posted: 6/23/10 at 2:25pm

When I first moved to NY I cringed every time someone called a purse a pocketbook. It makes no sense. A purse is neither a pocket nor a book..discuss.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 6/23/10 at 2:32pm

I've heard people say pocketbook too. You're right it doesn't make much sense.

[twinbelters]

Posted: 6/23/10 at 3:09pm

jesus
holy
prayer
lord
christ
twink

I like "bucolic."

[Calvin]

Posted: 6/23/10 at 3:12pm

May I add "pro-family" to that, twinbelters?

[javero]

Posted: 6/23/10 at 3:42pm

Palin
Limbaugh
Hannity
neocon
actor (for a female who acts)

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 6/24/10 at 12:19pm

I've lived in New York all my life and I've always said pocketbook, pronounced "pockabook."

About the pop thing - I was standing on line to get a snack at the Palace, and the girl in front of me asked the guy for pop. They went back and forth for a minute until she realized he thought she said "pot." Somehow I don't think you'll find that at the Palace. At least not nowadays.

[xxnewgirlxx]

Posted: 6/24/10 at 12:22pm

Slacks.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 6/24/10 at 12:32pm

Pro-abortion.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 6/24/10 at 1:06pm

newgirl, I don't like slacks either.

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 6/25/10 at 12:19am

Amazing - because it is beyond overused, and 99.9% of the time, what it is being attributed to is utterly mediocre.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 6/25/10 at 12:32am

Re "soda": I grew up in Central MA and we say soda here. However, my maternal grandparents (Eastern MA born and bred) call it tonic, but i think it may just be archaic from their heyday.

Re "pocketbook": We call it that here, too. I guess when you really think about it it doesn't make much sense, but what you gonna do?

As for me, I don't like the word "pithy." It just sounds like someone with a terrible lisp attempting to say "pissy."

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 6/25/10 at 12:39am

I hate when people saying "making love." Makes me throw up in my mouth. YOU HAD SEX-just say that!!!

[VonTussleGirl]

Posted: 6/25/10 at 12:46am

Sammich
Disrespect
Literally
Pretentious
Panties (my friend and I both recently decided we hate this word and decided to switch it with another one that conjures up similarly negative feelings. So now I wear Ronald Reagans on my tush and fly in and out of Panties International Airport.)

[Over_the_Moon]

Posted: 6/25/10 at 1:03am

I hate the term "dry humping"

I propose it be changed to "sex with pants"

[StockardFan]

Posted: 6/25/10 at 1:21am

Bettyboy the whole "making love" thing is stupid. That is a phrase that was invented for romance novels. And when are we getting together for a drink? You should come over one day after work for a cocktail by the pool.

[HellsBells2]

Posted: 6/25/10 at 10:40am

LOL @ Over the Moon


snatch
crotch

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 6/25/10 at 12:41pm

also-ran - worst lyric device

[tazber]

Posted: 6/25/10 at 1:34pm

It seems like we have this same thread at least once a year.

My answer is the same as it has always been (actually 2 words):

PAP SMEAR



(however, I like Pat Smear of The Germs)