There are certain words that just give me the shivers - and not the good variety of shivers.
For example: "vaca" instead of vacation and "veggies" instead of vegetables - ARGH! Cringe! How do you even pronounce "vaca" - [veika? vaka? vakei?]
In Russian, the word "tsypochki", referring to tip-toes (stoyat' na tsypochkah = to stand on tip-toes) has given me a bad case of goosebumps ever since I was a child.
"Ecosystem" - taken out of biology context and plunked into business development context. Yuck.
"Leaders" - either the in context of "Dear Leader/aka Dear Tyrant" or in the school, where all the students are supposed to be leaders and take on leadership roles. Come on!
Other words that are like nails on glass: hubby, mani/pedi.
Shockingly, "kiddos" do not bother me at all!
Do you have strong feelings about words?
YES!!!
ReplyDeleteAppies - appetisers
Hubby- husband/partner
vaca - yep
veggies - yep
eggies - eggs UGH
Pretty much any shortened or diminutive word - gahhh
Appies - yikes, I haven't heard that one before! Now I can't get it out of my head :)
DeleteDo you really want me to start? :)
ReplyDeletePlush
Creamy
Plump
Cush (for cushioned?)
Hubby, for sure
Ladies
For that matter, "Gents", as in "Ladies and gents"
Verbing. The next time I hear "effort" used as a verb ("they were really efforting". Really? Not "making an effort"?) Same with transition as a verb.
Shall I go on? (Perhaps I should write my own blog post. :>)
""Efforting" - that's awful! Funny, but awful!
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