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It is human to have pet peeves—things that make the vein on your forehead pop just from thinking about them. It is also pretty common for them to stem from language, especially considering the impact of internet slang and an absurd number of acronyms in social media or texting. Amirite? Lol.

The AskReddit community is once again brimming with answers, this time—to the question of what slang word or term can drive a person insane. The responses are some pretty cringe expressions, which prompt people to close their eyes and sigh in disappointment.

Browse the list to see if you feel the need to cover your eyes as well after seeing these slang terms. If you do, check out these British phrases that are absolutely loved by non-Brits to see if you can find any substitutes.

#1

“I could care less” drives me absolutely bonkers!

I **could** care less, implies you do care at least some.

I **couldn’t** care less, means you literally don’t care at all.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeeeess!! I believe this is a US thing. It’s the exact opposite of what they think they mean

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#2

"of" instead of "have":

* must of
* should of
* could of
* would of

STFU you're killing me.

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#3

"It Hurts My Soul": People Share 50 Slang Words They Just Can't Stand Any person who spells anything as "baby talk". Replace letters with a W to sound younger. It's weird, it's creepy, and I'm sick of seeing people saying things like "I'm sowey" or "hewwo" like either stop, or rip out my eyes

Edit: damn, not to be that person lol but thx for the upvotes

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Another thing people say I hate- 'Edit thanks for the upvotes, I can't believe this got a silver rating!'

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#4

"It Hurts My Soul": People Share 50 Slang Words They Just Can't Stand People claiming a "hack". No, it's a tip.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Omfg I HATE seeing those headlines!! "You will not believe this amazing cooking hack! This user tells us that we should preheat the oven before putting food in! The internet is losing their minds!"

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#5

I'll be honest, the "Karen" calling has gotten out of hand. Most of the time it doesn't even apply anymore. Anyone who ever speaks against anything you do is a Karen these days.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Half the time the ppl filming are actually the Karen's. Lol. Cause everyone wants that viral clip... they just spot the smallest thing like a lady being annoyed that her order was messed up & she's just trying to get the right order. then all of the sudden they whip out their phone & start calling her a Karen when she's literally not even being rude. But they end up being the Karen because they're the ones antagonizing ppl for no reason!

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#6

Doggo, pupper, fur baby.

I work in the veterinary field and I once turned down a job because we were required to refer to the pets as fur babies and the humans as pet parents. I have no problem calling someone "Mom" or "Dad" to their dog or cat, if that's what they prefer. It was the *required* cutesy language that irritated me.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If it’s REQUIRED, then that’s unreasonable. But what’s wrong with Doggo though

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#7

"It Hurts My Soul": People Share 50 Slang Words They Just Can't Stand Bae

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's one letter shorter. Out of a total of 4 letters. How is it helpful? It's one less consonant. Just say the other letter. It's ok. It won't hurt you.

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#8

Woke. Every second moron who thinks they're cool is using it, and often in the wrong context.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Half the people who use “woke” don’t realize it’s not a new concept. There are examples of it throughout history. Like men supporting women’s suffrage or white people supporting desegregation.

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#9

"It Hurts My Soul": People Share 50 Slang Words They Just Can't Stand I still get icked by hubby and wifey.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I also agree with this but I guess we don’t get a say on people calling each other what.

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#10

"It Hurts My Soul": People Share 50 Slang Words They Just Can't Stand I personally can’t stand when people are voicing for animals and say “hooman.” Drives me f*****g insane, I hate that I even had to type it out for this.

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#11

"It Hurts My Soul": People Share 50 Slang Words They Just Can't Stand Cray cray.
My 65 year old coworker says it all the time. Taking "crazy" 1 word 2 syllables and replacing it with "cray cray" 2 words 1 syllable each word is annoying in and of itself. But hearing it from a grown a*s man just adds to the cringe.

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#12

"Literally"...because of the way almost everyone use it now. It's plain wrong.

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#13

"It Hurts My Soul": People Share 50 Slang Words They Just Can't Stand When someone asks for advice or asks a question on social media and says "and GO!"
"Restaurant recommendations in Brooklyn.. and GO"

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's like they think people are swarming their page in anticipation for a post and the comments will come flooding in. So funny and odd when they get maybe 1 or 2 people commenting.

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#14

"It Hurts My Soul": People Share 50 Slang Words They Just Can't Stand "Tell me you're this thing, without telling me you're thing this"

Stop already. My wife overuses this and I cringe every time.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I concur! And this goes for any other weird, nonsensical slang perpetuated by that weird Tik Tok robot lady.

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#15

"It Hurts My Soul": People Share 50 Slang Words They Just Can't Stand "Sorry, not sorry." What is the point in saying that?

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#16

Bruh. And men calling women 'females'. Also, when people say something is 'cringe'.

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#17

I've noticed that people in the corporate environment are using "ask" as a noun in place of "request." I know language changes but it just seems unnecessary.

"The ask from the customer is....."

I'm not sure what it is about this usage that irritates me, but it makes me grind my teeth, I swear.

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#18

Jelly for Jealous - what are we, 2 years old?

Thunderboomers for thunderstorms - again, how old are we?

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#20

“On accident”

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hate "drug" as the past tense of "drag". It's DRAGGED! It's a frakking REGULAR VERB FFS!!!

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#21

"It Hurts My Soul": People Share 50 Slang Words They Just Can't Stand Preggers

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#23

Not necessarily slang, but more of self-censorship (and I think a lot of it comes from TikTok because you can't use certain words?).
Aside from the obvious like, f* ck/fck, here are some other examples I've come across: s *x - r *pe - unalive - p*rn - pretty sure I saw Hitluur in reference to Hitler - seggs for sex...

Wherever this trend of censoring literally everything has come from, it drives me up a wall and makes me think the person doing the typing is incredibly immature and pretty dumb. Can't say the word sex? Then you probably shouldn't be having it.

If this is in fact something TikTok started, to that I say *what the f**k* because, and correct me if I'm wrong, it's a platform where people can post videos of themselves scantily clad "dancing" (I.E., doing something that looks like synchronised seizures) but can't say "bad" words. How does that make sense???

F**k. I hate TikTok.

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#24

When memes start with

“No one: “

Adds nothing to the meme. I get that it means unprovoked but sometimes I feel like I’m having a stroke reading “no one:

Me: eating ice cream alone at 3am”

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I totally love memes starting with no one. It's even better when it's like "Absolutely nobody", "Not even aliens", "not even God", Me:

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#25

I don't know if this counts, but I can't stand people replying "this" to comments on here.


Go ahead I know what you're about to do...

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#26

I loathe most of the obnoxious words people will use to avoid saying vagina. Coochie. Vajayjay. Girly bits/parts. The list could go on and on.


I don't mind the cruder stuff, like pussy, c**t, etc. But the thirty year old women who use elementary school lingo to discuss their vagina just make me insane.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In my opinion, it's all about context. I'm guilty of calling it "lady parts" when in certain company (including my 80 yr. old mother), which is much better than calling it a "cookie" like one of my friends (whose name I shall not mention) does. but it's not like I have a problem with or would avoid saying the words vagina or penis in a more clinical/serious setting. And I'm no prude, but to me, terms like pussy, c**t, and c**k can be a bit jarring when heard in public and are best saved for the bedroom, or wherever else sex is being had. What really gets me is when people like Khloe Kardashian refer to the pubic area as their vagina, saying s**t like "I shaved my vagina" when most of us know that is physically impossible.

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#27

"It Hurts My Soul": People Share 50 Slang Words They Just Can't Stand One of my coworkers uses “Gucci” as good. I must have missed when they became popular or it’s his own thing but it makes me cringe.

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#28

Slayyy

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#29

None of them really drive me insane. I've always had an "amused old man" attitude towards it, even when I was a teenager. When I hear a new slang word I'll just chuckle and go, "kids say the darndest things."

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've always taken that stance until I first saw someone use the word "aesthetic" when referring to something cool, such as "That's so aesthetic." My head just exploded when I saw that. And then when everyone started saying "low-key" instead of "slightly" or "a little bit" like, "I'm low-key offended" or "He's low-key weird". I don't know why, but these two slang terms, in particular, just set me off.

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#30

"drip" in reference to, apparently, being well dressed. I can't work out how that happened. it sounds like an STD.

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#31

"It Hurts My Soul": People Share 50 Slang Words They Just Can't Stand I dislike "today years old", partly because as an Excel user it means "44937 years old".

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#32

It's kinda falling off but "low key" became much to overused and people were just using it as filler.

On reddit there are certain buzzwords that seem to catch fire and spread through the whole site that I despise. They get used to the point that most people using them have no idea what they actually mean. A current one is "gaslighting." Gaslighting isn't just when someone says something that is untrue or something you don't like. It's a specific thing.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most people don’t even realize that “gaslighting” is from the 1944 movie “Gaslight” wherein the husband, Charles Boyer, is trying to make his wife, Ingrid Bergman, think she is losing her mind by various means including adjusting the gas in the lights (pre-electricity) to dim and flicker. Bergman won an Oscar for her performance.

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#33

"It Hurts My Soul": People Share 50 Slang Words They Just Can't Stand UwU speak.

even ironically, it hurts my soul

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#35

I hate quotes that say “read that again” at the end. It makes me very much against reading it again.

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Zephyr343
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Psh, I didn't even reread my papers in school before turning them in.

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#36

Soz - you're apologising, without being bothered to say the whole word, seems somewhat ironic

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#37

Any idiot who uses

"Save this/protect this X at any/all cost"

"You won the internet"

"You broke the internet"

"We dont deserve X"

drives me crazy.

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#38

Hearing “breckie” for breakfast makes want to fork-stab someone.

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#39

since someone’s mentioned hooman, i’ll mention doggo and catto. i wish the trend of those cringey dubs over animals being silly would die. they make them far less funny, and animals don’t even need voices to be amusing in the first place.

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#40

Bruh

Some people just use that as complete statements or responses.

I once saw a reaction video on youtube and the guy was literally just saying bruh after ever few seconds. That was the whole reaction, something happened, he'd tilt his head up or shake it and say "bruh". Nothing else.

That's overused but you also have a lot of variations. Bro, burv, brah, breh, bruh... like wtf are we doing to this word? One variation "bro" should really have been enough the rest just come across dumb and goofy.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I feel so called out right now, I consider myself to have, you know, an average vocabulary, but I use so many of these words and now i'm wondering if I'm just stupid or a Youth (tm) ;-;

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#41

"It Hurts My Soul": People Share 50 Slang Words They Just Can't Stand People still use "thank you for coming to my TED talk" on social media and it was f*****g stupid when it started and it's still stupid.

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#42

Apparently I'm the least cool person on the planet. I've never heard of the majority of these words.

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#43

“Living rent free in your head.”

First of all, what does that even mean? Second of all, no.

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#44

Cringe. I normally don’t care at all about slang and think people should be focused more on rhetoric than word usage…but cringe is so extremely overused and typically used to demean or basically abuse or even bully others.

“That’s so cringe! Those things are cringe! He’s being cringe!” Seriously? All these things make you cringe? An actual physical response to discomfort? Doesn’t seem like it. Seems like you just want to call other people losers or “nerds” while claiming to hold some sort of moral majority on your side. Like you have the right opinion or view and other people don’t.

Guess I cringe at “cringe”. It’s more the attitude behind it than the actual slang itself that irritates me.

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#45

"It Hurts My Soul": People Share 50 Slang Words They Just Can't Stand Started saying "yas" ironically. So it's a word I use now. But, boy did I use to give my little sister hell for it. Still not quite sure how I got here.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That happens to me a lot. I start it out as a joke, and then soon it isn’t a joke anymore.

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#46

"It Hurts My Soul": People Share 50 Slang Words They Just Can't Stand As a middle school teacher - “sus” and “cap/no cap”

sus - suspect/suspicious

cap - b******t/you’re lying

no cap - telling the truth

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We had "booyah" and "wassssssupppppp" when I was a in the middle and highs of school lol. Probably as cringy as this is

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#47

Stan/We Stan.

It completely misses the point of the song, it makes people sound like they can’t think for themselves, and is overall stupid.

It’s like a cult mantra.

Guess I’m an old man now, and I’m completely f*****g fine with that.

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#48

"Its a vibe", "this game is a vibe" drives me absolutely insane

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#49

"Slaps" or "bops " when talking about music. Also not a fan of "hella" or "selfie"

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I suggest you never visit the bay area, everyone here is hella obsessed with that word ;)

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#50

"It Hurts My Soul": People Share 50 Slang Words They Just Can't Stand Oh and, "understood the assignment" don't even get me started on that one.

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