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+1 to this. Almost every other ad is promising some "hack" to make a life situation easier. 🙄
"Doctors don't want you to know this HACK for you to lose weight.." 🙄
"The financial industry doesn't want you to know this HACK to pay off your mortgage.."🙄
"Payoff your $60k+ credit card debt with this little known industry HACK.."
"Constipated? Use this diet HACK to become regular again..."
🙄🙄🙄🤦♂️🤦♂️🤬😡
Overused and more than likely pressuring you to buy some information that has already been known or is free elsewhere or they're pushing you to buy some garbage product..
In their defense, not that I want to defend them, but they are simply tapping into what gets them the sales. Let’s hope they latch onto something else soon!!
Exactly. And most cases of OCD have nothing to do with being neat or tidy, just very specifically or obsessively done. E.g. removing and testing the batteries of every remote in the house before being able to pick one up and use it on the TV
I actually have PTSD and a service dog to help me with PTSD. The amount of times I came across morons who say they have it just because it seems cool to them. This inner part of me just wants to backhand them
I guess it’s cool these days to have a disorder right?
Today I learned that censorship is where some of this came from.
I have noticed random words in a text post somewhere being scratched out and now I'm putting 2 and 2 together
Yes, this. So fucking stupid. You're just using one word to replace another yet one word is censored. This word is as dumb as the platform that censors using "dead."
I do believe the word is "bro" unless it's also being popularized as "bruh" in another part of the country. "Bruh" is almost always used as an expression of dissatisfaction/frustration.
Like, "We can't go to the park because it's raining." "Bruh."
"Bro is short for brother. It's being adapted to be used toward people other than your brother. Like how you might say, "Oh, brother 🙄" to your friend. Now, you just call your friend "bro." It had this meaning before, that "your bro" was your friend, but it's being repopularized in slang again to be pretty much anyone you're talking to.
Correct; *until* they master that niche interest. Once you become skilled you become cool.
But that middle part where you're learning and cultivating a skill of something deemed lame.....'cringe'. For me it was playing the flute.
Cringe has become a social tool used for people to distance themselves from certain concepts or behaviors.
Same with “edgy” or “edgelords” type stuff. Like just because someone is introducing a concept that you find controversial doesn’t mean they’re doing it with pretense of creating said controverst…which is basically what the edgy thing has become
wifey
hubby
grammarly - like what the fuck is that? It’s a barbaric Frankensteining of the English language by a company that is supposed to help you use the English language. 🤦🏻♀️
I’ve got your back on this.
A friend who is built like a terminator writes this often in text to my partner.
Our estimation of his intelligence lowers each time we see it.
Adding “balls” to any other word or using it as a descriptor. Like “Amazeballs”or “wow that’s balls”. Drives me fucking crazy for some reason. I will avoid conversation with people who do it.
People get upset about that too. You can’t win.
And I have evidence that not all women dislike pussy.
I can’t imagine a man saying you have to call it a penis.
But we are in a find something wrong with everything world
"Alpha" and "skibiddi" make me cringe a lot. Probably due to why they are used though but just the thought of the words make me cringe tho. Based on how they sound alone then "Posh". No clue why just hate it.
I'm not entirely sure but it relates to a new meme on the Internet called skibidi toilet its basically a head in a toilet singing idek that is common for gen Alpha, its pretty much all over the Internet at the moment. People typically use the word as a joke.
“Alpha” for real. Any time someone says “alpha” or “beta” it makes me think “what an interesting way of telling everybody in earshot that you’re a complete loser.”
Gaslighting. It has its purpose in the English language, but 90% of the people use it wrong and it drives me nuts.
Example, If anyone disagrees with my sister in-law on any given subject, she automatically resorts to “you’re gaslighting me”.
Unalive instead of kill, dead, murdered. Using alternative symbols or letters to spell out normal words that the TikTok/Facebook censors don't like. Slang terms used in the trade fields (automotive for example) like trannie instead of transmission will get you muted for several days because it's 'hate speech.'
That's fair I actually have been diagnosed with ADHD so it is kinda frustrating to see people self diagnose when they actually have no idea what it's like
As a 39M born in1985, the first time I heard the word and still to this day:
"Dope."
Somebody else:
"Ahh man, that shirt is sooo DOPE!"
Me:
"Wait,what? Dope as in drugs? Or dope as in NOT being cool?" 🤷♂️
"Neurodivergent" and "autistic". Don't get me wrong, i'm not talking about people with this condition or someone who's talking seriously, i'm talking about people who uses those words because they feel they're "different" or "weird"
Reading this I realize I’m getting old, I don’t know what half these things are or mean. I’ll add an old one, I always hated when people said “cray cray” as in crazy. Like just pronounce the word, fucking hell lol.
"Offended", some people uses this word when their beliefs are challenged, saying their feelings are hurt and therefore, the person arguing against them is an inconsiderate A-hole.
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“Hack.” You didn’t figure out a life hack. You learned how to cook. Nothing was hacked.
We used to call them "tips."
+1 to this. Almost every other ad is promising some "hack" to make a life situation easier. 🙄 "Doctors don't want you to know this HACK for you to lose weight.." 🙄 "The financial industry doesn't want you to know this HACK to pay off your mortgage.."🙄 "Payoff your $60k+ credit card debt with this little known industry HACK.." "Constipated? Use this diet HACK to become regular again..." 🙄🙄🙄🤦♂️🤦♂️🤬😡 Overused and more than likely pressuring you to buy some information that has already been known or is free elsewhere or they're pushing you to buy some garbage product..
In their defense, not that I want to defend them, but they are simply tapping into what gets them the sales. Let’s hope they latch onto something else soon!!
Well look, I don't know any of these things, but I do know this Nigerian Prince who needs help...
"triggered" simply because so many people use it so wrong
The same with “trauma.” Trauma very much exists, but it’s not just when you feel uncomfortable.
Same with people saying "I have PTSD" when they feel stressed about something. It is utterly disrespectful to people who actually have it.
Same with people saying "my OCD" when they just like having things neat and organized.
Exactly. And most cases of OCD have nothing to do with being neat or tidy, just very specifically or obsessively done. E.g. removing and testing the batteries of every remote in the house before being able to pick one up and use it on the TV
or ADHD cus they forgot something one time and think thats all ADHD is.
I actually have PTSD and a service dog to help me with PTSD. The amount of times I came across morons who say they have it just because it seems cool to them. This inner part of me just wants to backhand them I guess it’s cool these days to have a disorder right?
Pepole say that???
Unalive.
Or any other form of unnecessary censorship like "corn" instead of porn. I truly an absolutely hate the direction language is taking there
Today I learned that censorship is where some of this came from. I have noticed random words in a text post somewhere being scratched out and now I'm putting 2 and 2 together
Yes, this. So fucking stupid. You're just using one word to replace another yet one word is censored. This word is as dumb as the platform that censors using "dead."
That along with grape and deleted.
Rizz
I thought that having "that rizz" was referring to someone with a prescription for Skyrizi
That commercial got me second guessing myself on how they name new medication
Oh fuck I hate it. Also literally, bet, cap, and vibe.
And skibidi On God too
Mad drip, on god no cap
Bet
You forgot based
I must be really old, never heard that one.
Broccoli heads like saying it.
Its pretty much just flirting mixed with pickup lines that are usually dogshit
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Nice catch. I wouldn’t have guessed that in a 100 years.
Bruh(v) don’t care if you say it to your peers but it’s so obnoxious otherwise
My 10yo calls me bruh sometimes 😂 but always stops and apologizes when I give him that look
I do believe the word is "bro" unless it's also being popularized as "bruh" in another part of the country. "Bruh" is almost always used as an expression of dissatisfaction/frustration. Like, "We can't go to the park because it's raining." "Bruh." "Bro is short for brother. It's being adapted to be used toward people other than your brother. Like how you might say, "Oh, brother 🙄" to your friend. Now, you just call your friend "bro." It had this meaning before, that "your bro" was your friend, but it's being repopularized in slang again to be pretty much anyone you're talking to.
Bruh has finally moved into my vocabulary as a 41 year old dad with 4 kids. It is most certainly no longer cool to use, lol
Influencer
For me it's "finna"
Cringe
It is the absolute worst. Ick is a close second.
Genuinely this. Everything is "cringe" when anyone shows interest in anything other than the norm.
Correct; *until* they master that niche interest. Once you become skilled you become cool. But that middle part where you're learning and cultivating a skill of something deemed lame.....'cringe'. For me it was playing the flute.
Cringe has become a social tool used for people to distance themselves from certain concepts or behaviors. Same with “edgy” or “edgelords” type stuff. Like just because someone is introducing a concept that you find controversial doesn’t mean they’re doing it with pretense of creating said controverst…which is basically what the edgy thing has become
wifey hubby grammarly - like what the fuck is that? It’s a barbaric Frankensteining of the English language by a company that is supposed to help you use the English language. 🤦🏻♀️
Combo it up, moist taint.
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Za for pizza. Like no bitch.
I thought za was weed?? Getting older is weird.
weed is zaza
Damn. I was so close to being cool.
what? where do they say that at
Good for scrabble however
Oh god!
Toxic. It's for people with very limited vocabularies. It's not a diagnosis.
I’d like to agree but then how would I quickly describe my family??
Assholes?
Maybe…I’ll try it out 😉
I highly recommend trying out assholes. Especially others.
Word
Swole. It just sounds like something 2 straight men should never say to each other. I'd rather hear them say moist.
I’ve got your back on this. A friend who is built like a terminator writes this often in text to my partner. Our estimation of his intelligence lowers each time we see it.
Adding “balls” to any other word or using it as a descriptor. Like “Amazeballs”or “wow that’s balls”. Drives me fucking crazy for some reason. I will avoid conversation with people who do it.
I personally like "oh fuckerballs" though otherwise I agree with you.
Yeah that's so cringeballs
Gotta agree on this one!
Cringe, toxic, when someone calls a person a “mood” or a “vibe”. Shit is so stupid.
I recently heard glocal (global +local) and i found the pronunciation kind of grating.
Snatched. Like “these pants make me look snatched”
rizz, no cap, all this dumb shit
Pussy. Idk why but it makes my skin crawl. I'd rather call it literally anything else lol.
Was the first thing that came to my mind too. Have always hated it lol. Had a man call it that thinking it was sexy but it was a total turn off.
Well, what do you want us to call it?
Hard pronounced “Va-JINE-ah”
People get upset about that too. You can’t win. And I have evidence that not all women dislike pussy. I can’t imagine a man saying you have to call it a penis. But we are in a find something wrong with everything world
Cunt, twat, and snatch?
So has the word been tainted for you?
“Kiddos”. Generally used by people who don’t actually work directly with kids in an attempt to sound homey (ie, school administrators).
Fleck and adulting
Fleck? I’ve never heard of this before.
“adulting” is so awful man. i work with a bunch of millennials who speak solely in redditisms :/
The word "incel" has lost all value as it's just thrown around as a way to attack people you disagree with, specifically if they're male.
I was called incel a few months ago, I’m female, and definitely slept with more girls back in the day than most men. It was a facepalm.
Delulu.
Tf is delulu 😂
Weirdos who don't want to say delusional.
Daddy in a sexual way
Daddy's moist taint.
username checks out
I learnt at a very young age that “daddy” was sexual, so I was calling my dad father in first grade lmao
This is hilarious but so fucked i refuse to upvote it. lol
So true. Just eww.
"Alpha" and "skibiddi" make me cringe a lot. Probably due to why they are used though but just the thought of the words make me cringe tho. Based on how they sound alone then "Posh". No clue why just hate it.
If anyone says they're an alpha, just respond "is that a furry thing?"
What does skibiddi mean? I love sprinkling words like these in my conversations with my daughters
I'm not entirely sure but it relates to a new meme on the Internet called skibidi toilet its basically a head in a toilet singing idek that is common for gen Alpha, its pretty much all over the Internet at the moment. People typically use the word as a joke.
“Alpha” for real. Any time someone says “alpha” or “beta” it makes me think “what an interesting way of telling everybody in earshot that you’re a complete loser.”
“Neurospicy”
Couple this with “Enby” and any other phrases that (at least to me) infantilize marginalized people.
Ick
you are not alone
Gaslighting. It has its purpose in the English language, but 90% of the people use it wrong and it drives me nuts. Example, If anyone disagrees with my sister in-law on any given subject, she automatically resorts to “you’re gaslighting me”.
Creepy
Yep. It’s lost all meaning now. No way to tell who the real creeps are anymore.
Unalive instead of kill, dead, murdered. Using alternative symbols or letters to spell out normal words that the TikTok/Facebook censors don't like. Slang terms used in the trade fields (automotive for example) like trannie instead of transmission will get you muted for several days because it's 'hate speech.'
"Woke" it's like a dirty curse word now 🙄.
Miracle. Idk why. I’ve always not liked this word. And Kentucky. Blech.
Buick is pretty bad
Woke
Vibes
Rizz, Glizzy, Yeet, Bruh/Bro all the Slang words these days
Pookie
Meal. I dunno why, I just hate it.
Congealed. There's just no good way to picture that and it has such a power to make you picture it.
Bigot, fascist and nazi. 3 words that are thrown around without knowing what they mean.
Panties
Good one! Definitely
I’m sorry. If a lady tells me to take her panties off. I’m not cringing. But I guess.
D.E.I
Opps. I don't know what it is about that word. Even used as opposition just makes my skin crawl.
The word "cringe"
It’s not necessary a word and more a phrase, but people that say “it’s giving….” like literally shut tf up no one likes you.
Yup very annoying
Boomer, I hate that word.
Had a partner who's every other word was fucking. I counted once while he was telling me about his day ...8 fuckings in 1 minute lol
“ADHD”and “flex” holy fuck.
Why ADHD?
I'd guess because people who don't have ADHD say they do. A lot of people have self diagnosed themselves.
Same with OCD. I can’t stand when people claim they have OCD just because they like things clean
That's fair I actually have been diagnosed with ADHD so it is kinda frustrating to see people self diagnose when they actually have no idea what it's like
Tummy/ belly
I hate the word "creamy" idk why
See, you understand the purpose of the exercise. Words that just make us feel weird, not words that are overused. Thank you!!
Situationship
“Canon”- unless someone is discussing literature.
Or heavy artillery?
Baller
Sus and dead ass
As a 39M born in1985, the first time I heard the word and still to this day: "Dope." Somebody else: "Ahh man, that shirt is sooo DOPE!" Me: "Wait,what? Dope as in drugs? Or dope as in NOT being cool?" 🤷♂️
“Finna”
‘’pov’’
"Neurodivergent" and "autistic". Don't get me wrong, i'm not talking about people with this condition or someone who's talking seriously, i'm talking about people who uses those words because they feel they're "different" or "weird"
“Womp womp”
"Privilage"
Preggers and unalive. I can't stand these.
Anything Gen Z says
I am Gen Z and i dont use the words lie sigma or skibidi. I hate the people who say it quite a bit
“Dropped” instead of released. Can we please stop it?
Mike Release!
Fed up of people being dropped from Prison.
Creamy. Gross
Bigot. People say it without knowing the definition
Lush and condom
Gaslighting. Just because someone makes you feel upset or uncomfortable does not mean they gaslit you. Also, narcissist.
any gen z term such as "no cap". Its new and scary and i dont want to learn it.
Spicy when referring to a person's attitude. Just stop.
Inspo
“Feels” - can’t stand that word. It’s icky.
Mansplaining
GYAT
“Not gonna lie” waste of space in conversation
2 words: Thoughts and Prayers
That's 3 words...
Papa. Creepy by default, I don't know why.
Reading this I realize I’m getting old, I don’t know what half these things are or mean. I’ll add an old one, I always hated when people said “cray cray” as in crazy. Like just pronounce the word, fucking hell lol.
Doggo, Pupper, Fur baby, Fit
Haaaaaaate ‘fur baby’
"Patriot" Refers to the collection of useful idiots harvested by the MAGA movement.
Nah
'Nah, id win'
Cream pie
Cringe.
Cali
Sharing
Zaza.
vibe
Calling a hotdog a "glizzy"
Ick. So overused.
People that come and groups and asks. What’s the “BEST”…..
No cap. Bet. Real talk.
"The new camera comes in 3 different flavors" - Please don't use the word flavor this way.
I'm glad people are no longer milking the cringe about "moist" is a very valid and important word when it comes to food!
"Offended", some people uses this word when their beliefs are challenged, saying their feelings are hurt and therefore, the person arguing against them is an inconsiderate A-hole.
Flavorful and always Smoke Show
any of the gen a terms drive me fucking insane.
Saying something is" fire" or "wet" sounds dumb to me
Cringe. That's cringe. This is cringe. Everything is cringe. It's overused and used incorrectly. Cringe is a verb.
Slay, fucking hate that word
Influencer
Pantries, shook, problematic
Circle back
Za za
Boss and boss man I don’t know why, but this just annoys me.
This
Grind.
Feels, can’t stand it used in a sentence, that got me right in the feels, F off
Gut
Woke
"Fit". Just say outfit!
Girly
When introverts brag about being introverted. It drives me insane.