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.
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“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.
"of" instead of "have":
* must of
* should of
* could of
* would of
STFU you're killing me.
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
Another thing people say I hate- 'Edit thanks for the upvotes, I can't believe this got a silver rating!'
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.
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!
Agreed but my bugbear is people who use apostrophes to pluralize a noun. It's PLURAL, not POSSESSIVE. (Karens, not Karen's)!!!!
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Honestly though. I got called a Karen by a kid for letting the waiter know they brought me the wrong meal. I was very polite about it and actually felt terrible even saying anything but I had to because it was a meat dish and I don't eat meat. Albeit it was just a child im sure regurgitating what they hear people say but its ridiculous how often it's thrown around now for nothing
its an awful sexist agist mindset to be polluting weak minded children with, as if there wasn't already enough sexist b******t to f**k up their minds. im gen z and what i hate most is how its new, its sexist agist and new - srsly anyone who uses that term is a tool
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Yeah. It's weird how, despite all the progress they're making, young people still inadvertedly enforce misogyny ... see a woman speak up, must call her Karen!
I always feel bad for the perfectly nice women who were saddled with the name Karen through no fault of their own and who in the space of a couple of years saw it become a joke and a meme. Millions of perfectly blameless women. And yeah, it's misogynistic. If you disagree, ask yourself what the male equivalent of a Karen is. Attempts have been made to coin a name for a male Karen, but none has taken off. Why is that?
D**k Nickname of Richard. The name pretty much died in the 60s for babies the same reason Karen has died as a name for babies now.
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I've been called a "Karen" just for having an opinion or commenting on a crime story on a news post.
It's just another over-utilized catchphrase for the lazy, ignorant sheep to quickly regurgitate instead of taking the time to form an original, fact-based thought. I posted a very well-thought-out, intelligent, and unbiased comment in a forum the other day, and someone who disagreed with me simply responded with "OK Hunter" and I was like "Really? is that all you got?" "Thanks for helping me make my point!"
yeah totally agree op, ppl who use that insult are always the exceptionally weak minded among us
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Around the same time "cringe" did, I think...
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yeah and its massively sexist agist and racist undertones. im gen z and i gated that karen bullsht from the start, s**t is so sexist its mainly used to make fun of older women for having opinions. I think anyone who uses that term is a massive tool.
Was at McDonald's the other day in the drive thru. The 75+ year old man in front of me was asked to pull up to wait on his order. He barely pulled up and I couldn't pull away from the window without being in danger of hitting his bumper. Motioned by a little wave to drive up a bit. He shakes his head. I get out and ask him to pull up about a foot so I don't hit his vehicle. He vehemently refuses saying that he was told to sit right there. Again I ask saying I don't want to hit his vehicle. He starts ranting and raving, calling me Karen. I disagreed that I was not behaving as a "Karen" but if he preferred I could. I then asked if he wanted me to tear his bumper off with my vehicle or if he wanted me to kick it off. He looks at me for about 5 seconds, realizes I'm not kidding and moves his vehicle. Yes, I went a bit Karen on him but only after being civil didn't work and it seemed that Karen was the only language he understood.
99% of the time, wanting to speak to the manager is precisely BECAUSE we recognize minimum-wage teenaged workers shouldn't have to put up with this s**t. Look, I understand that the cash registered rang up the pants for $99, but the sign on the window says all pants 70% off and the tag says "$89" so, I parked my car in the garage and came down here to buy $27 pants. So go get your manager and quit treating me like you're defending your store against hordes of brain-eating zombies.
Thank you thank you thank you - love, the 5.5 million Karens in North America
And/or "boomer." Lost all its teeth because of over and misplaced use.
Sometimes you do need to speak to the manager. What blows my mind is when your told there's no manager here?
Yes. I thought it was reserved for people who were unreasonable, and over the top in their demands of others. Especially, in their treatment of people doing jobs they considered inferior. Now any woman who's mad or annoyed enough to speak up is labeled a Karen. Even if they have a completely reasonable reason for it. Not to mention, many of the people filming these so called Karens, are actually the ones acting like fools. Of, course they're getting yelled at. They're being an a-hole.
Like Using boomer towards people who aren't Baby Boomers , just older than they are. Morons
I once got called a Karen because I wanted to complain to the manager about the fitting room attendant at Walmart insisting upon putting people in the accessible fitting room even if all the other ones were available. I was just concerned that someone in a wheelchair or something would come along and have to wait to try on clothes because the fitting room attendant had insisted upon putting someone in the accessible fitting room when there were three other fitting rooms available. That just isn't a fair situation. And when I pointed this issue out to the attendant, she said it doesn't matter because disabled people never ask to try on clothes anyway. How does not wanting disabled people to be unfairly inconvenienced make me a Karen???
The "Karen" syndrome is a reflection of how our religions and politics have made so many people righteous, intolerant, and judgemental.
Agreed!! Some idiot was sharing books during the pandemic. You can’t sanitize paper without ruining it, so they are passing around page after page of germs. All I said was ,” probably not the best idea to share physical items during a global pandemic”. She flipped out & somehow I’m a racist Karen now. Lol left me very confused.
This type of "Karen" supposed to be started with a C not a K. A friend of mind look this up and sent me the link to what this means and "caren" was started with a C not a K.
Look up the etymology for the word "Care", it's related to the Saxon and Gothic word "Karon" which means: "to lament, to sorrow, to COMPLAIN". That word "KARON" is almost the identical twin of the name, "KAREN", and the meanings of the two words are almost DEAD ON. I'm sorry to seem like a jerk but I believe that slang term is PERFECT (unless your name really is Karen, lol)
Look, the word "luck" is almost the same as the word "f**k", as in LUCK OFF.
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We need a gender neutral word for it, there are plenty of male ‘karens’ too
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.
If it’s REQUIRED, then that’s unreasonable. But what’s wrong with Doggo though
Woke. Every second moron who thinks they're cool is using it, and often in the wrong context.
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.
I still get icked by hubby and wifey.
I also agree with this but I guess we don’t get a say on people calling each other what.
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.
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.
"Literally"...because of the way almost everyone use it now. It's plain wrong.
When someone asks for advice or asks a question on social media and says "and GO!"
"Restaurant recommendations in Brooklyn.. and GO"
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.
"Tell me you're this thing, without telling me you're thing this"
Stop already. My wife overuses this and I cringe every time.
I concur! And this goes for any other weird, nonsensical slang perpetuated by that weird Tik Tok robot lady.
Bruh. And men calling women 'females'. Also, when people say something is 'cringe'.
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.
Jelly for Jealous - what are we, 2 years old?
Thunderboomers for thunderstorms - again, how old are we?
Adulting is the worst
“On accident”
I hate "drug" as the past tense of "drag". It's DRAGGED! It's a frakking REGULAR VERB FFS!!!
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.
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”
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:
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...
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.
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.
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.
Slayyy
shhhhhhhh I say this so often, half-ironically at this point. am now in hiding
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."
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.
"drip" in reference to, apparently, being well dressed. I can't work out how that happened. it sounds like an STD.
I dislike "today years old", partly because as an Excel user it means "44937 years old".
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.
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.
I hate quotes that say “read that again” at the end. It makes me very much against reading it again.
Soz - you're apologising, without being bothered to say the whole word, seems somewhat ironic
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.
Hearing “breckie” for breakfast makes want to fork-stab someone.
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.
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.
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) ;-;
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.
Apparently I'm the least cool person on the planet. I've never heard of the majority of these words.
“Living rent free in your head.”
First of all, what does that even mean? Second of all, no.
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.
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.
That happens to me a lot. I start it out as a joke, and then soon it isn’t a joke anymore.
As a middle school teacher - “sus” and “cap/no cap”
sus - suspect/suspicious
cap - b******t/you’re lying
no cap - telling the truth
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.
"Its a vibe", "this game is a vibe" drives me absolutely insane
"Slaps" or "bops " when talking about music. Also not a fan of "hella" or "selfie"
I suggest you never visit the bay area, everyone here is hella obsessed with that word ;)
Oh and, "understood the assignment" don't even get me started on that one.
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These mostly seemed rather nitpicky and fussy in my opinion...
Yes you have to speak like a Victorian Gentleman, otherwise people get annoyed, by Jove.
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Yes and baby momma, it just sounds so weird, i dont even know why
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Language evolves. If it didn't it would be dead. I'm sure people have felt this way about the latest colloquialisms throughout the millennia, but life is so much more pleasant if you get over this kind of squeamishness, and consider that these changes are part of our ever-changing cultures. They're not bad things. They just seem foreign right now. It might just be an age thing, but I was irritated by stuff like this a decade or two back, and it suddenly just stopped being a trigger sometime, without me realising, but I'm happier the more relaxed I get about these things.
I think the difference now is that language change happens a lot quicker. Regional slang, neologisms, slipping meaning, etc., used to take years, maybe decades, to become entrenched, but now they can spread worldwide instantly.
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I hate that anxiety/trauma/depression are so romanticized and like people go "ahh my intrusive thoughts ahh cant sleep...LOL XD HAHA" but then people whoactually have it are put down and ignored.
Yeah. I have anxiety and it isn't quirky or cute it's horrible and ruining my life. I have insomnia and spend hours every night thinking about my inevitable death and genetic predisposition for dementia. It isn't cute
Load More Replies... Language changes over time. Look at English two hundred years ago, then one hundred years ago. Words change in spelling, and even meaning over time and even place. Let it go.
Words changed in spelling due to a lack of education and writing. Now we all have spelling and grammar checkers (which admittedly are far from perfect), there's less of an excuse.
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Some of these people are way too aggressive over some things that are not that serious. You don't have to call someone an idiot just because they said "we don't deserve this person". Their intention is to say they admire someone, their intention is good but oh wait no someone on BP calls them all idiots. You should chill a bit my guy. And that's the same for some of the other ones too. Some things some people say are not that serious. This was supposed to be a funny post but you guys don't know how to have fun ooofff
I'm trying to bring back 'wizard', as in the 1920's slang for 'cool'. What do you think?
And....Baby momma, babby daddy. No it's a mother or a father. Regardless of being in a relationship with them or not.
It’s describing the relationship though, my baby’s mother or my baby’s father… baby momma and baby daddy just shortens it some. (Not that I’m enthralled with the terms, that may be the first time I’ve ever used them.)
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Haha my older sister says this. Seems like ages ago now
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Too much emojis means you’re getting blocked. I’m sorry but it genuinely hurts my brain, and getting blocked hurts no one if I don’t yell bloody murder at them. But please don’t use like 12 😘😍💕🫣. Please.
Oh my goshhh I can't take comments with all the emojis seriously
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"Daddy" It makes me cringe, and I mean physically cringe, and makes me want to gag everytime I see it outside of the context of a father figure that isn't sexual.
I don't see anyone mentioning the 800000 million abbreviations there are right now!!! Specially on Bored Panda, I always have to look them up!
I freely admit that I'm a grammar nazi and proud of it. You don't sound cool or smart or educated or anything good when you use bad grammar. It just makes you look ignorant, uneducated, and silly/stupid. Particularly when you do it on purpose. Another thing I hate are people dropping the "F" bomb every other word, or some other curse words to sound cool. Nope. Sounds like you need to learn some different adjectives. They have no regard for where they say it or who might hear it. Please, grow up!
Spelling errors and bad grammar in a job application mean your application will be the first to land in the waste paper basket. Unless, of course, it's so involuntarily funny that HR will pass it around so everyone can have a good laugh.
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Mommy needs her wine! etc. Maybe it isn't exactly a phrase but those constant jokes just grate on my nerves. Alcoholism fun.
It's not slang, but the using the word 'potty' for anyone who is not in diapers/pullups or a pet should not be using the potty, especially if you are a grown adult (unless you have tiny ones, then you might say it out of habit) but 35 and no kids? You use the restroom, bathroom, toilet, go to the head- anything but 'potty'.
‘Going to hit the head’ is a phrase my husband uses and since his concussion (which took place in a bathroom) a few years ago I’ve had an aversion to it!
Load More Replies... The king of like the most like annoying works has got to be like like. Like, I mean, some people like say like like so many times in one sentence. Sometime I like stop paying attention to like what they are like saying and start like counting how many times they like say like,,
Nothing is wrong but not everybody is going to like or relate to it.
Load More Replies... May I just add "pre-warning" to this? Warning means to tell in advance, so the "pre" is redundant. I've also seen the use of ancestors when people mean descendants - that's simply wrong, and just because someone gets it wrong, it doesn't mean everyone has to.
The point about language is that both sides have to understand the meaning. I remember seeing an episode of Judge Judy in which someone had posted something and included "hmu". Even if one understands the letters, it still takes some explaining if one isn't familiar with the lingo. As a youngster I recall using "preclude" to mean "pre-conclude" - I knew what I meant, but the teacher had a different (and obviously correct) understanding, so marked me down (this was back in the days when one got marked down in school for being incorrect). That's why we need words to keep their meaning.
For me it's "shook". "I'm shook!", no, you're shaken. Have also seen "shooketh" and "I am shooken." I have become a grumpy middle-aged woman lol.
I'd be ok with them if they used them correctly, e.g. "I am shaken", "Thou shakest", he hath shaken", "they shaketh", etc.
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Foodie is annoying as hell. It's not a word! Is it so hard to say food lover or something similar?
It is a word, and has been since 1982. It's slightly more nuanced than food lover, because it incorporates the suspicion that the person is driven at least as much by fashion as by their palate
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Ok so, "ick", I f****n hate this term that seemingly popped up out of f****n nowhere. Just say it's something you don't like/hate/gives you an irrepressible rage that can only be countered by punching a cardboard cutout of biff from back to the future.
I've only ever used ick/icky once in my life, to describe the feeling I get reading jk rowling's descriptions of Rita skeeter. I was explaining why it's transphobic and although I probably won't use that tword again it's the only good one-word description
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Can we just “ change the narrative “ and “ live our best lives , “never thinking outside the box” or “ pushing the envelope “ by never using these phrases again
Hadn't even heard half of these until now. And surprised not to see the one that annoys me the most: the *looks around to see if I'm going to get something thrown at me for saying this* roleplay thing. I get it in moderation, like if you make a joke that some people might groan at and add *ducks.* But some people spend more words on pretend actions than actually saying anything, and that does, in fact, make me want to cringe. Now I'm going to tie an onion to my belt and go yell at the clouds..
This is probably super stupid and irrelevant but I hate when women use the term "stinking" as in "oh my gosh that baby is so stinking cute!"
I agree with all of these, excepting the speaking for animals or when typing words for animals as though they are speaking and and intentionally using misspelled words; I still love those. To add one I didn't see listed: calling people sheep. If it didn't frustrate me so much I would find it amusing. That the person calling another a sheep totally misses the irony that the very act of calling someone a sheep makes THEM a sheep. Ugh. That is probably my most hated.
All of this can be summed up in our laziness. Rather than discovering the correct word, even though you have the internet available practically 24x7, we alter the definition of words to suit the purpose in the moment. It is sloppy and has unintended consequences. It changes our understanding of historical communication. It also confuses current conversation when both parties do not have an agreed upon definition of words. Then people use this to manipulate and deceive others.
my ex used to say that and I managed to not get angry. Quite remarkable.
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I don't really care anymore since stupidity is at an all time high. But if I did care since when did people start sentences with, "So"? So I was making dinner or So we went hiking. It sounds like they are trying to make everything sound like a big adventure.
Y'all sound like a bunch of 1950s era WWII vet dads griping about "the way kids talk today" while every other word out of your mouth is some weird army slang you picked up in North Africa.
"Malicious compliance". Makes me want to smash my iPad every time I see a Bored Panda article with that term.
"Support" - anytime someone shows up for something, it's "here to support". For example: "So, Mr. / Miss / Mrs. Whoever You Are, why are you here, at Little Timmy's baseball game?"... "I'm here to support Little Timmy, as he stands in the outfield, picking his nose and staring at the sun." No, this is not "support", it's attending an event that you would normally go to anyway.
I will have you know, I have "supported" my children at many events where they stand around and pick their noses. I yell "go get that tough guy!" Or "your finger is longer than that! You've got this!" And by your criteria, I believe this is actual support because A) I would normally not show up to most of their events, especially terribly annoying, boring ones, like school Christmas Concerts, Mother's Day Tea, graduations, etc...B). Sometimes I help them by actively shoving their fingers up their noses further for them.
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Today, on Bored Panda, a post about turning into your father. These people are going to be pissed when they learn about Language Drift, and that new words, and meanings are created all the time, as others fall out of use, and disappear.
in my day we walked 20 miles through snow to get to school, and had to swim across an icy river. Kids nowadays have it easy.
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Birb, snek, smol, doggo, catto, kitteh, periodt, tHiS BuLlSh!T, hooman, yeet, "cringe" "gifting" ... where the hell do they get these idiots?
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Yes... let us all shame people for doing that thing called aging, because the slang that doesn't make them angry (theirs) will NEVER age like milk.
I really dislike “bub” and “bubba” for baby/child. It’s like baby talk when you’re the adults, I don’t get it. They even use it in TV narration and adverts here (Australia).
Like "toxic." My job is toxic, my boss is toxic, my ex wife/ex husband is toxic, my mother-in-law is toxic. For crying out loud, kids. There are other words to describe things you don't like. Expand your vocabulary a little. Not to mention that "toxic" has a specific meaning that doesn't include "annoying" or "frustrating."
Load More Replies... As a gay man, a lot of our terms are overused. Like “serving a look”, or “its [noun] Realness”. We’ve been using these terms since RuPaul season 1 and we need to retire them. Also, I can’t stand “Bussy”. I think it’s gross and awkward. Instant turnoff.
I just use "serving" and "realness" in Drag Race context with consenting fans lol
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Using sayings wrongly: my personal hate is "if you think that, then you've got another thing coming." It's wrong. Wrong. You've had one think and now you need to have another THINK, not a thing.
I didn't hear "y'all" as much in a year living in Georgia as I do talking to some Gen Z-ers for five minutes. It does indeed get old fast.
Load More Replies... It does appear that the younger generation can only communicate in acronyms. AITA? OMG! LOL! (and I do know that OMG is more than 100 years old, but it wasn't used a lot in its first 60 years or so).
They're just useful now that being online is such a large thing. Most communication happens over texts or social media, so acronyms are useful.
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I don't like the word "snuck"- as in we 'snuck into the movies'. It's sneaked!!!
"On accident." That one makes me roll my eyes.
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How about TWO twins? Well, duh, the word twin refers to TWO things, people, whatever in its definition! People don't say THREE triplets or FOUR quads. Goodness!
When people say "SomeTHINK is wrong here" instead of "SomeTHING is wrong here" They swap thing and think.
Not slang but when the words "like" and "obviously" after every other word. Arghhh drives me mad
Shout out to a great little charity though! https://www.holibobscharity.org.uk/
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When people say "I was *gifted* this thing." No, you weren't. You were *given* it. Gift is not a verb.
'Gift' actually is a verb, according to Mirriam Webster. https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/gift-as-a-verb
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I hate when people wish their partner a happy anniversary and say, "been together x amount." For example, "Happy 10th Anniversary (been together 12 years)." Just to make it sound longer. Like, really? You mean you were with them before you got married?? You didn't marry on the first date? Wow!
"Big mad" - this one makes my hair stand on end. It's like how can we make someone that clearly is already angry even angrier *on purpose*? I know! Use this phrase that makes it seem childish that they have emotions!
i hate teen trash talk now days. i hear the stupidest words standing in the train 💀😭
Slang always sound stupid to those who don't use it- your slang probably sounded stupid to adults when you were a kid too
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"Come with?" I hear this on Law and Order too often! What is wrong with completing the sentence?
we do that a lot in south africa, influence by dutch settlers ("kom saam"), literally means however "come together".
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The 1920's had a lot of nonsensical slang. The British "banter" from WWI. The 50's beatnik slang and 60's hippie slang. In the mid-80's my then undergrad sister was using the currently en vogue slang of half words, such as sta way for station wagon. Nothing in this world is new, it just recycles everything every couple of decades.
People's complaints about these things are getting boring. They should focus on their own originality and not worry about grown folk's harmless behavior.
Something very specific to me I hate in tutorials. "And then I'm going to use x, and then I'm going to put x here," instead of just saying "then I used x, or then you use x,". It's just a ten minute long video of "and then I'm going to" over and over. Can't stand it. I know this one is probably petty lol.
Shout out to the male halves of a couple who announce that they are pregnant. Wow. And here's me thinking only female humans can get pregnant.
Calling your son buddy or bud makes me want to slap someone. Can't you use his real name?
A lot of these seem really picky, and also remind me that I am horribly behind on slang.
I use some of these once in a while. But not every day or every occasion. Think they'd be less annoying if they weren't used so much
I don't see the problem with most of these. As long as it's not offensive, talk the way you want
I don't think this is slang, but using "am" instead of "I'm" really annoys me, Yknow I actually just saw it in a comment from a post above
Lol has the exact opposite effect for me. If, by some freakish chance, what the person wrote was actually funny, adding "lol" at the end completely negates the humour.
I think you don't know what that abbreviation means lol
Load More Replies... "Grocs" rhymes with rocks instead of "groceries". Gah! I know it's not really new but it drives me insane.
i hate when people say “let’s normalize ____” and then its the most normal thing. Like “lets normalize 90’s fluffy hair” BÏTCH WHAT? NO ONES STOPPING YOU FROM HAVING IT?
The funny thing is, many of those are not even that common, but because people hate them, they're more aware of them and believe seeing them everywhere. It's the 'b***h eating crackers' effect when you dislike someone or something so much that you can't stand anything that's even remotely reminding you of their existence.
What I hate is this valley girl speech: "girl, like, I totally knew he has, like, a bad Chara, but he is, like, such a hunk. You, like, get it, right?" Or nowadays that waffle house thing. For the last couple days on every you tube video I watch there is one comment about a waffle house and dozens, if not hundreds of people answering with exactly the same thing
The waffle house thing is supposed to confuse people. It was created by Jonny Razer last week. It's just a random comment it doesn't mean anything but it has really gone viral.
Load More Replies... What about "bona"? As in "It's bona to vada your dolly old eek again"?
wow well archaeologised. I don't think Polari is spoken by anyone these days, I thought it was a 1970s thing.
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I was a teen when Bad meant Good (never used it myself, because it was so stupid).
Agree with all of this. People can be awful and are becoming more stupid and are trying to fit in more desperately than ever even though they're saying they're not. The human race is becoming both aware and also more stupid. Just look at the terribly vain 'influencers' of social media. And Live Laugh Love and do one too!
Abbreviations and slang terms are not going to hurt you babe. I promise😭
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Din din instead of dinner and sickie poo instead of sick, unless it's referring to a pet.
Oh no! How dare language evolve! How dare grammar be descriptive instead of prescriptive! /s
Annoying slang terms that won't be remembered ten years from now do not qualify as linguistic evolution. ;-)
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"Same difference." It's dismissive and illogical. Only place it makes sense is in arithmetic, e.g. six minus three versus ten minus seven.
As an African American, ive never heard any one of us say that, only kids, of every race.
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I cringe every time I hear “finna” instead of gonna. It just annoys me so much. Seriously, do you think you’re cool just cause you changed one letter in a word?
Two letters. And I don't think it's about sounding cool, it's just the vocabulary people were raised with.
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I cringe when someone says or writes "Question for you" and then proceeds to say or writes the question.
Another one: unspoken prayer...how does one know for what to pray if it isn't stated? Maybe that's just me.
"I"m going to go ahead and (do something)" Why not "I'm going to (do something)"?
These mostly seemed rather nitpicky and fussy in my opinion...
Yes you have to speak like a Victorian Gentleman, otherwise people get annoyed, by Jove.
Load More Replies... Yes and baby momma, it just sounds so weird, i dont even know why
Load More Replies... Language evolves. If it didn't it would be dead. I'm sure people have felt this way about the latest colloquialisms throughout the millennia, but life is so much more pleasant if you get over this kind of squeamishness, and consider that these changes are part of our ever-changing cultures. They're not bad things. They just seem foreign right now. It might just be an age thing, but I was irritated by stuff like this a decade or two back, and it suddenly just stopped being a trigger sometime, without me realising, but I'm happier the more relaxed I get about these things.
I think the difference now is that language change happens a lot quicker. Regional slang, neologisms, slipping meaning, etc., used to take years, maybe decades, to become entrenched, but now they can spread worldwide instantly.
Load More Replies... I hate that anxiety/trauma/depression are so romanticized and like people go "ahh my intrusive thoughts ahh cant sleep...LOL XD HAHA" but then people whoactually have it are put down and ignored.
Yeah. I have anxiety and it isn't quirky or cute it's horrible and ruining my life. I have insomnia and spend hours every night thinking about my inevitable death and genetic predisposition for dementia. It isn't cute
Load More Replies... Language changes over time. Look at English two hundred years ago, then one hundred years ago. Words change in spelling, and even meaning over time and even place. Let it go.
Words changed in spelling due to a lack of education and writing. Now we all have spelling and grammar checkers (which admittedly are far from perfect), there's less of an excuse.
Load More Replies... Some of these people are way too aggressive over some things that are not that serious. You don't have to call someone an idiot just because they said "we don't deserve this person". Their intention is to say they admire someone, their intention is good but oh wait no someone on BP calls them all idiots. You should chill a bit my guy. And that's the same for some of the other ones too. Some things some people say are not that serious. This was supposed to be a funny post but you guys don't know how to have fun ooofff
I'm trying to bring back 'wizard', as in the 1920's slang for 'cool'. What do you think?
And....Baby momma, babby daddy. No it's a mother or a father. Regardless of being in a relationship with them or not.
It’s describing the relationship though, my baby’s mother or my baby’s father… baby momma and baby daddy just shortens it some. (Not that I’m enthralled with the terms, that may be the first time I’ve ever used them.)
Load More Replies... Haha my older sister says this. Seems like ages ago now
Load More Replies... Too much emojis means you’re getting blocked. I’m sorry but it genuinely hurts my brain, and getting blocked hurts no one if I don’t yell bloody murder at them. But please don’t use like 12 😘😍💕🫣. Please.
Oh my goshhh I can't take comments with all the emojis seriously
Load More Replies... "Daddy" It makes me cringe, and I mean physically cringe, and makes me want to gag everytime I see it outside of the context of a father figure that isn't sexual.
I don't see anyone mentioning the 800000 million abbreviations there are right now!!! Specially on Bored Panda, I always have to look them up!
I freely admit that I'm a grammar nazi and proud of it. You don't sound cool or smart or educated or anything good when you use bad grammar. It just makes you look ignorant, uneducated, and silly/stupid. Particularly when you do it on purpose. Another thing I hate are people dropping the "F" bomb every other word, or some other curse words to sound cool. Nope. Sounds like you need to learn some different adjectives. They have no regard for where they say it or who might hear it. Please, grow up!
Spelling errors and bad grammar in a job application mean your application will be the first to land in the waste paper basket. Unless, of course, it's so involuntarily funny that HR will pass it around so everyone can have a good laugh.
Load More Replies... Mommy needs her wine! etc. Maybe it isn't exactly a phrase but those constant jokes just grate on my nerves. Alcoholism fun.
It's not slang, but the using the word 'potty' for anyone who is not in diapers/pullups or a pet should not be using the potty, especially if you are a grown adult (unless you have tiny ones, then you might say it out of habit) but 35 and no kids? You use the restroom, bathroom, toilet, go to the head- anything but 'potty'.
‘Going to hit the head’ is a phrase my husband uses and since his concussion (which took place in a bathroom) a few years ago I’ve had an aversion to it!
Load More Replies... The king of like the most like annoying works has got to be like like. Like, I mean, some people like say like like so many times in one sentence. Sometime I like stop paying attention to like what they are like saying and start like counting how many times they like say like,,
Nothing is wrong but not everybody is going to like or relate to it.
Load More Replies... May I just add "pre-warning" to this? Warning means to tell in advance, so the "pre" is redundant. I've also seen the use of ancestors when people mean descendants - that's simply wrong, and just because someone gets it wrong, it doesn't mean everyone has to.
The point about language is that both sides have to understand the meaning. I remember seeing an episode of Judge Judy in which someone had posted something and included "hmu". Even if one understands the letters, it still takes some explaining if one isn't familiar with the lingo. As a youngster I recall using "preclude" to mean "pre-conclude" - I knew what I meant, but the teacher had a different (and obviously correct) understanding, so marked me down (this was back in the days when one got marked down in school for being incorrect). That's why we need words to keep their meaning.
For me it's "shook". "I'm shook!", no, you're shaken. Have also seen "shooketh" and "I am shooken." I have become a grumpy middle-aged woman lol.
I'd be ok with them if they used them correctly, e.g. "I am shaken", "Thou shakest", he hath shaken", "they shaketh", etc.
Load More Replies... Foodie is annoying as hell. It's not a word! Is it so hard to say food lover or something similar?
It is a word, and has been since 1982. It's slightly more nuanced than food lover, because it incorporates the suspicion that the person is driven at least as much by fashion as by their palate
Load More Replies... Ok so, "ick", I f****n hate this term that seemingly popped up out of f****n nowhere. Just say it's something you don't like/hate/gives you an irrepressible rage that can only be countered by punching a cardboard cutout of biff from back to the future.
I've only ever used ick/icky once in my life, to describe the feeling I get reading jk rowling's descriptions of Rita skeeter. I was explaining why it's transphobic and although I probably won't use that tword again it's the only good one-word description
Load More Replies... Can we just “ change the narrative “ and “ live our best lives , “never thinking outside the box” or “ pushing the envelope “ by never using these phrases again
Hadn't even heard half of these until now. And surprised not to see the one that annoys me the most: the *looks around to see if I'm going to get something thrown at me for saying this* roleplay thing. I get it in moderation, like if you make a joke that some people might groan at and add *ducks.* But some people spend more words on pretend actions than actually saying anything, and that does, in fact, make me want to cringe. Now I'm going to tie an onion to my belt and go yell at the clouds..
This is probably super stupid and irrelevant but I hate when women use the term "stinking" as in "oh my gosh that baby is so stinking cute!"
I agree with all of these, excepting the speaking for animals or when typing words for animals as though they are speaking and and intentionally using misspelled words; I still love those. To add one I didn't see listed: calling people sheep. If it didn't frustrate me so much I would find it amusing. That the person calling another a sheep totally misses the irony that the very act of calling someone a sheep makes THEM a sheep. Ugh. That is probably my most hated.
All of this can be summed up in our laziness. Rather than discovering the correct word, even though you have the internet available practically 24x7, we alter the definition of words to suit the purpose in the moment. It is sloppy and has unintended consequences. It changes our understanding of historical communication. It also confuses current conversation when both parties do not have an agreed upon definition of words. Then people use this to manipulate and deceive others.
my ex used to say that and I managed to not get angry. Quite remarkable.
Load More Replies... I don't really care anymore since stupidity is at an all time high. But if I did care since when did people start sentences with, "So"? So I was making dinner or So we went hiking. It sounds like they are trying to make everything sound like a big adventure.
Y'all sound like a bunch of 1950s era WWII vet dads griping about "the way kids talk today" while every other word out of your mouth is some weird army slang you picked up in North Africa.
"Malicious compliance". Makes me want to smash my iPad every time I see a Bored Panda article with that term.
"Support" - anytime someone shows up for something, it's "here to support". For example: "So, Mr. / Miss / Mrs. Whoever You Are, why are you here, at Little Timmy's baseball game?"... "I'm here to support Little Timmy, as he stands in the outfield, picking his nose and staring at the sun." No, this is not "support", it's attending an event that you would normally go to anyway.
I will have you know, I have "supported" my children at many events where they stand around and pick their noses. I yell "go get that tough guy!" Or "your finger is longer than that! You've got this!" And by your criteria, I believe this is actual support because A) I would normally not show up to most of their events, especially terribly annoying, boring ones, like school Christmas Concerts, Mother's Day Tea, graduations, etc...B). Sometimes I help them by actively shoving their fingers up their noses further for them.
Load More Replies... Today, on Bored Panda, a post about turning into your father. These people are going to be pissed when they learn about Language Drift, and that new words, and meanings are created all the time, as others fall out of use, and disappear.
in my day we walked 20 miles through snow to get to school, and had to swim across an icy river. Kids nowadays have it easy.
Load More Replies... One I haven't seen on this list: "birb" instead of bird. Where on earth did that come from???
Birb, snek, smol, doggo, catto, kitteh, periodt, tHiS BuLlSh!T, hooman, yeet, "cringe" "gifting" ... where the hell do they get these idiots?
Load More Replies... Yes... let us all shame people for doing that thing called aging, because the slang that doesn't make them angry (theirs) will NEVER age like milk.
I really dislike “bub” and “bubba” for baby/child. It’s like baby talk when you’re the adults, I don’t get it. They even use it in TV narration and adverts here (Australia).
Like "toxic." My job is toxic, my boss is toxic, my ex wife/ex husband is toxic, my mother-in-law is toxic. For crying out loud, kids. There are other words to describe things you don't like. Expand your vocabulary a little. Not to mention that "toxic" has a specific meaning that doesn't include "annoying" or "frustrating."
Load More Replies... As a gay man, a lot of our terms are overused. Like “serving a look”, or “its [noun] Realness”. We’ve been using these terms since RuPaul season 1 and we need to retire them. Also, I can’t stand “Bussy”. I think it’s gross and awkward. Instant turnoff.
I just use "serving" and "realness" in Drag Race context with consenting fans lol
Load More Replies... Using sayings wrongly: my personal hate is "if you think that, then you've got another thing coming." It's wrong. Wrong. You've had one think and now you need to have another THINK, not a thing.
I didn't hear "y'all" as much in a year living in Georgia as I do talking to some Gen Z-ers for five minutes. It does indeed get old fast.
Load More Replies... It does appear that the younger generation can only communicate in acronyms. AITA? OMG! LOL! (and I do know that OMG is more than 100 years old, but it wasn't used a lot in its first 60 years or so).
They're just useful now that being online is such a large thing. Most communication happens over texts or social media, so acronyms are useful.
Load More Replies... I don't like the word "snuck"- as in we 'snuck into the movies'. It's sneaked!!!
"On accident." That one makes me roll my eyes.
Load More Replies... How about TWO twins? Well, duh, the word twin refers to TWO things, people, whatever in its definition! People don't say THREE triplets or FOUR quads. Goodness!
When people say "SomeTHINK is wrong here" instead of "SomeTHING is wrong here" They swap thing and think.
Not slang but when the words "like" and "obviously" after every other word. Arghhh drives me mad
Shout out to a great little charity though! https://www.holibobscharity.org.uk/
Load More Replies... When people say "I was *gifted* this thing." No, you weren't. You were *given* it. Gift is not a verb.
'Gift' actually is a verb, according to Mirriam Webster. https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/gift-as-a-verb
Load More Replies... I hate when people wish their partner a happy anniversary and say, "been together x amount." For example, "Happy 10th Anniversary (been together 12 years)." Just to make it sound longer. Like, really? You mean you were with them before you got married?? You didn't marry on the first date? Wow!
"Big mad" - this one makes my hair stand on end. It's like how can we make someone that clearly is already angry even angrier *on purpose*? I know! Use this phrase that makes it seem childish that they have emotions!
i hate teen trash talk now days. i hear the stupidest words standing in the train 💀😭
Slang always sound stupid to those who don't use it- your slang probably sounded stupid to adults when you were a kid too
Load More Replies... "Come with?" I hear this on Law and Order too often! What is wrong with completing the sentence?
we do that a lot in south africa, influence by dutch settlers ("kom saam"), literally means however "come together".
Load More Replies... The 1920's had a lot of nonsensical slang. The British "banter" from WWI. The 50's beatnik slang and 60's hippie slang. In the mid-80's my then undergrad sister was using the currently en vogue slang of half words, such as sta way for station wagon. Nothing in this world is new, it just recycles everything every couple of decades.
People's complaints about these things are getting boring. They should focus on their own originality and not worry about grown folk's harmless behavior.
Something very specific to me I hate in tutorials. "And then I'm going to use x, and then I'm going to put x here," instead of just saying "then I used x, or then you use x,". It's just a ten minute long video of "and then I'm going to" over and over. Can't stand it. I know this one is probably petty lol.
Shout out to the male halves of a couple who announce that they are pregnant. Wow. And here's me thinking only female humans can get pregnant.
Calling your son buddy or bud makes me want to slap someone. Can't you use his real name?
A lot of these seem really picky, and also remind me that I am horribly behind on slang.
I use some of these once in a while. But not every day or every occasion. Think they'd be less annoying if they weren't used so much
I don't see the problem with most of these. As long as it's not offensive, talk the way you want
I don't think this is slang, but using "am" instead of "I'm" really annoys me, Yknow I actually just saw it in a comment from a post above
Lol has the exact opposite effect for me. If, by some freakish chance, what the person wrote was actually funny, adding "lol" at the end completely negates the humour.
I think you don't know what that abbreviation means lol
Load More Replies... "Grocs" rhymes with rocks instead of "groceries". Gah! I know it's not really new but it drives me insane.
i hate when people say “let’s normalize ____” and then its the most normal thing. Like “lets normalize 90’s fluffy hair” BÏTCH WHAT? NO ONES STOPPING YOU FROM HAVING IT?
The funny thing is, many of those are not even that common, but because people hate them, they're more aware of them and believe seeing them everywhere. It's the 'b***h eating crackers' effect when you dislike someone or something so much that you can't stand anything that's even remotely reminding you of their existence.
What I hate is this valley girl speech: "girl, like, I totally knew he has, like, a bad Chara, but he is, like, such a hunk. You, like, get it, right?" Or nowadays that waffle house thing. For the last couple days on every you tube video I watch there is one comment about a waffle house and dozens, if not hundreds of people answering with exactly the same thing
The waffle house thing is supposed to confuse people. It was created by Jonny Razer last week. It's just a random comment it doesn't mean anything but it has really gone viral.
Load More Replies... What about "bona"? As in "It's bona to vada your dolly old eek again"?
wow well archaeologised. I don't think Polari is spoken by anyone these days, I thought it was a 1970s thing.
Load More Replies... I was a teen when Bad meant Good (never used it myself, because it was so stupid).
Agree with all of this. People can be awful and are becoming more stupid and are trying to fit in more desperately than ever even though they're saying they're not. The human race is becoming both aware and also more stupid. Just look at the terribly vain 'influencers' of social media. And Live Laugh Love and do one too!
Abbreviations and slang terms are not going to hurt you babe. I promise😭
Load More Replies... Din din instead of dinner and sickie poo instead of sick, unless it's referring to a pet.
Oh no! How dare language evolve! How dare grammar be descriptive instead of prescriptive! /s
Annoying slang terms that won't be remembered ten years from now do not qualify as linguistic evolution. ;-)
Load More Replies... "Same difference." It's dismissive and illogical. Only place it makes sense is in arithmetic, e.g. six minus three versus ten minus seven.
As an African American, ive never heard any one of us say that, only kids, of every race.
Load More Replies... I cringe every time I hear “finna” instead of gonna. It just annoys me so much. Seriously, do you think you’re cool just cause you changed one letter in a word?
Two letters. And I don't think it's about sounding cool, it's just the vocabulary people were raised with.
Load More Replies... I cringe when someone says or writes "Question for you" and then proceeds to say or writes the question.
Another one: unspoken prayer...how does one know for what to pray if it isn't stated? Maybe that's just me.
"I"m going to go ahead and (do something)" Why not "I'm going to (do something)"?
