I hate the word...

[Perd Hapley]

Hey, Unca Bubba, where did you hear that joke from? 

[xd9fan]

hate the word "progressive"....because most are not when they think they are

[LadySmith]

I've gotta say it:
*let's not go there*.  Possibly the worst word in the english language, due to its usage.  I'm not a PC person generally, but this is the most ignorant and offensive word I can think of, no matter who spews it forth.
And, being white, I usually hear it in this sentance
"I'm not racist, but there are Niggers and there are black people".
Okay, yes, that sentance makes you racist.  There is trash in every race, creed, color and religion. 

I used to think that was bad, but now I think the worst word I could ever be called would be "victim".

Also, I really and truly detest when someone pronounces the "w" in "sword". 

[Intune]

I used to eat salmon in Illinois that I killed with a nuclear sword... 

[grislyatoms]

And, um, like, y'know.
Hate it all the more so because it is so farking contagious.  I catch 'em sneaking in from time to time.

Y'know can get really irritating. I have a co-worker addicted to y'know. At EVERY little pause in his speaking (which is about every third word ), he throws in a y'know.

Sometimes I feel like screaming "Yes, I know, now get to the damned point!"

[RocketMan]

I hate the word "fair", as in, "It's not fair!"  The word "fair" should only be used to describe the weather or fly balls.  Or maybe that little celebration at the county fairgrounds.

[qdemn7]

The latest jargon I truly hate is "going forward". What's wrong with "from now on" or "in the future"? 

[Iapetus]

And for the last farging time, "disrespect" is not a verb!

A dictionary I was browsing through recently, published in the 1970s, described the use of "disrespect" as a verb as "archaic".

According to the  "Online Etymology Dictionary", (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/disrespect, about half way down the page) the use of disrespect as a verb predates it as a noun (1614 vs. 1631).


Another particularly hideous (IMO) new use of language, almost ubiquitous in the UK (espescially by the government and the BBC) is using "faith" an adjective, as a synonym for "religious".

E.g. "Faith schools", "The faith community".  (And if no-one has already said it, I'll also add "community" when used to describe any group/catagory of people - e.g. "the unemployed community").

[Perd Hapley]

Another particularly hideous (IMO) new use of language, almost ubiquitous in the UK (espescially by the government and the BBC) is using "faith" an adjective, as a synonym for "religious".

E.g. "Faith schools", "The faith community".  (And if no-one has already said it, I'll also add "community" when used to describe any group/catagory of people - e.g. "the unemployed community"). 

Agreed.