“It Hurts My Soul”: People Share 50 Slang Words They Just Can’t Stand

"I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT YOU JULIE!!" "w-w-wait really? That's so sweet" ". . ."

Stop bashing the US. It's a very big country and more diverse than many people believe.

I think you mean that "dumb" people say it this way and then inherently made it a "US" thing because we're ALL dumb? I'm not even that smart, but I've always said that phrase correctly and I am from the US. I'm sure dumb people say phrases wrong from wherever they're from. Side note: I even used "they're" correctly and I barely graduated from high school!

No, it's a dumb/ignorant thing. Americans with a decent command of the language use "couldn't care". The same thing happens with "for all intents and purposes", people who want to sound smart when they're not say "for all intensive purposes"

I’ve heard people from a few other countries get it wrong, so it’s definitely not specific to the U.S. and most people do say “couldn’t” not “could.” This really is just a general mistake some people make.

I'll put it up there with when people try to say a situation completely turned around by saying "pulled a 360" instead of 180

I don't know anyone in the US who says "I could care less."

Any country could use it incorrectly.

Sometimes I say "I could care less" on purpose to make people think I don't care when I actually do...

Welcome to the US education system. (Yes, I'm an American. I was fortunate enough to grow to parochial school where the academic structure is much more rigid).

It was always poor grammar, never slang.

Not being rude, but isn't it normally 'must've' and 'should've' and when someone says it, it just sounds like 'should of' and 'must of' Just askin'

Like saying "Sherbert" instead of "Sherbet".

It's just pronunciation really. Unless it's written down. Must've sounds a lot like must of. But Languages change and I really don't give a cräp about it, it's just needless nitpicking at a certain point

Sets my teeth on edge.

Hanging is too good for those bastards

You should still know that what you're hearing is a contraction of 'must have'. Using 'must of' instead shows plain ignorance.

Yeah I hope they aren't talking about just hearing it. Because I'm always thinking "would've, should've" not "would of should of". But they sound the same verbally.

Thank you kind stranger! *tips fedora*

Oh, definitely this right here. To me, it makes their whole comment seem like that's the agenda, initially. To get attention.

Or “edit: spelling mistakes” I don’t care why you edited your post 🤷🏻‍♀️

These are taken off reddit and you're going to get reddiquette if they don't edit it. That edit is considered good reddiquette.

What I hate is that BP won't edit those edits!

There isn't any credible evidence that has shown "baby talk" causes speech delay.

This is an urban myth. Children are able to distinguish between proper language and "baby talk" perfectly well.

If you only hear mispronounced words, then yes, it will happen. But children also hear cartoons, their parents talking to each other, people speaking normally in any place...

I will use birb til the day I die

Birb is the best word

Yeah I used to know someone who said 'birb' 'hoomans' and 'yesh' instead of yes and God it f*****g ticks me off. It feels like I'm talking to a baby.

I use it as a joke with my friend

wHaT?!?? I usually just summon down FIRE from the HEAVENS with my MANLINESS!!! This revolutionary hack is no doubt sweeping the internet!

I saw one that said you don't have to preheat the oven, put the food straight in. Save time,save money! Except you had to add on a bit of cooking time... about the same time as preheating the oven

Yeah, "back in my days" almost everything that is now labeled hacks would've been labeled tips & tricks. It seems that if you do anything outside of the manufacturers explicitly stated usage it's a "hack".

But I’ve already been rubbing sticks together for 20 minutes!

And how about "you've been doing it wrong..." infuriating.

Oh, me too! Jack is what my cat does with hairballs, not what I do when making chicken!

BTW, how can you 'preheat' an oven? It is either heated or it is not!

That channel (and loads of others) don't actually display any hacks but rather cater exclusively to the algorithm. A former high ranking person in that production company stated they didn't necessarily display what worked but rather what looked good.