What word drives you nuts? (meaning, quote, words)

[USNRET04]

My wife uses the word discombobulated quite often.

I used to tease her that it wasn't a real word. Every time someone uses it on TV, she points it out to me.

[j_k_k]

'fuel-sipper.' It really should not bother me. If it's okay to say 'gas-guzzler' it should be okay to say this. And yet I still hate this one. It's just visceral.

[j_k_k]

Here's another: 'nummy'. 'Yummy' sounds stupid enough, but 'nummy' just sounds infantile. Or when people go 'num num num' to signify they enjoy some form of food. I never say anything, of course, like I never say anything about most words I hate. I can understand it if said to or by a three-year-old, I suppose, though that won't lessen my inner revulsion. But an adult speaking to adults? Faaaaa.

[shiphead]

Originally Posted by High_Plains_Retired

Some of us here in Texas call it Taxes. And we don't mess with Taxes.

That is awesome made me giggle.

[sundrop]

"good fit" when used in employment.

fit for what?

[RjRobb2]

Originally Posted by Chromekitty

"good fit" when used in employment.

fit for what?

As in, good fit for the job.

For example, "Johnny is a good fit for the marketing position we have open."

I think that works well in that situation.

[seeniorita]

I haven't read through all of the posts so forgive me if this has already been mentioned.

I HATE THE PHRASES: BABYMOMMA AND BABYDADDY

Ugh

[Bunjee]

Bruschetta is pronounced broosketta, not brooshetta. That's the Italian convention, that "sch" followed by "i" or "e" sounds like "sk". What drives me crazy isn't so much the mispronunciation alone but that it's been sanctioned as the "American pronunciation" of the word, with a big dose of stubbornness, as though the "sch" as "sk" is such an impossible linguistic hurdle that a compromise just had to be reached! Good grief, we say schedule and school without difficulty so what's the problem? We've gone global. We need to open up. When we see an Italian name on paper we should welcome the intuition, from incorporated words, to be able to pronounce it properly. Or are we gonna have American pronunciations of Italian surnames too?

[kansas sky]

Ok, this is weird. I can't stand the term lower, as in "this magic pill will lower your risk of cancer." I always replace it with reduce in my head. I'm sure that lower is perfectly legitimate, but it just bugs me.

[Fred314X]

I can't stand hearing the word "healthy" when "healthful" is what's meant. As George Carlin once pointed out, no food is healthy; it's DEAD. But it can certainly be healthful for you to eat.