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ZeoStar February 27th, 2021 2:48 PM

Words or phrases that bother you?
 
What are words or phrases you dislike?

For example my least favorite is "my guy". "my dude" is tolerable, but "my guy"...urk, sounds a bit patronizing for some reason.

ZeoStar February 28th, 2021 8:59 AM

such sadness. what a lonely thread

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RadEmpoleon February 28th, 2021 9:06 AM

The phrase "among us" (and for that matter, the word "among") has been ruined for me because of the game.

ZeoStar February 28th, 2021 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by RadEmpoleon (Post 10297022)
The phrase "among us" (and for that matter, the word "among") has been ruined for me because of the game.

Now that you mention it, I don't think I've seen among us mentioned anywhere recently. It was all over the place just a few months ago.

pkmin3033 February 28th, 2021 10:52 AM

Whenever someone describes something as "sick" it sets me off a little. Being sick is NOT a positive thing, so stop using it as a positive adjective, for fuck's sake. I have issues with the word as it is, and seeing it used in everyday speech like this...god, it's a trend I wish people would outgrow.

Aslan February 28th, 2021 4:16 PM

I don't like the phrase "it could be much worse" - I find it very dismissive of what someone is going through. There are better ways to support people than saying that D:

Roni February 28th, 2021 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by RadEmpoleon (Post 10297022)
The phrase "among us" (and for that matter, the word "among") has been ruined for me because of the game.

oh my god you just reminded me how awful the term "sus" sounds to me now ugh

Megan February 28th, 2021 11:11 PM

Pretty much anything that's mainstream Twitch lingo.

HitmonSal February 28th, 2021 11:12 PM

“perf and surf” if you live in the uk you’ll probably know the reference. But if not there’s a detergent called Surf in the uk and they have this advert with this woman going “perf and surf” and idk it just really grates me. :(

RadEmpoleon March 1st, 2021 4:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Roni (Post 10298045)
oh my god you just reminded me how awful the term "sus" sounds to me now ugh

Oh yeah "sus" has been ruined for me too... I actually used to say that a lot now but I can't say it now because AmOnG uS

Morika March 1st, 2021 1:30 PM

Ethnic slurs bother me a bit and the word "mutt" as well A LOT since I'm multiracial. Why it bothers me is because people have been racist to me half life growing up as a little girl till after I graduated school.

VisionofMilotic March 1st, 2021 2:17 PM

Calling a young woman a "chick" is something that makes me tighten a little. I think it's meant to be cute, but when you think about it's not the most complimentary thing one could say. A chicken is an animal, and it's livestock more specifically. A chick is also pretty helpless since it's a newborn. When chick is used to describe a particular style it sounds even more pejorative, I.e "Nah, that movie's a chick flick."

I respond to the word, but it would be nicer to be called something that acknowledges me as still of the species homo sapien.


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