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[NeoIkaruGAF]

Basically.
Incredibly.

Two words that have been abused to hell and back in the last 5 years or so.
I remember a GDQ from a few years ago. “So, want to explain how the game works?” “Yeah, so basically… basically… basically this, basically that”. In every sentence.

And for some zoomers, everything is incredibly offensive, incredibly amazing, incredibly rude, incredibly expensive, incredibly worse, etc.

 

[Trogdor1123]

No Cap.

Bussin


Anything the kids are saying.

This is the correct answer. Half of the time I need to get my kids to tell me what they are saying in English.

 

[Big Baller]

World Premiere
Exclusive

 

[Paasei]

Anything French primarily.

 

[Valedix]

Also add fucking hawk tuah to this shit

 

[Pegasus Actual]

Also add fucking hawk tuah to this shit

Perfect grammar provided you are pointing at your package.

 

[Rayderism]

"Mandatory" is a word that needs to be banned from my job's vocabulary. To me, it's as bad as a white guy saying the N-word.

 

[EverydayBeast]

When it comes to culture pulling strings on word play you got a ton of vocabulary that make no sense.

 

[AJUMP23]

All of these.

 

[YCoCg]

Woke, it's become a lazy go to word for describing anything you don't like in the same way Nazi is used to describe someone you disagree with.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Baddie

You ain't a baddie you're just a annoying whore you dumb cunt

 

[Madserb2023]

Progressive. It's overused and lost meaning. Cancer can be progressive.

 

[Brigandier]

"Prolly" - If you use this fuck off.

"Whataboutism" - Resetera favourite.

"NGL" - You're probably lying.

 

[Radioskugga]

moist

supposedly

problematic

.....not in any order

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

 

[ConkerTheSquirrel.]

I got a few:

Supposibly - I heard a news anchor pronounce it like this... IT'S SUPPOSEDLY, YOU CHILD.


Would of - no.

Defiantly, instead of Definitely - say the word out loud before you type it, because shit like this makes you look dopey.

 

[RCX]

Playsuit

 

[Humdinger]

"Inappropriate." As in, "That behavior is inappropriate."

I used to hear it at work all the time, directed at the clients we worked with. I started to detest the word, because it felt so school-marmy and controlling.

 

[John Marston]

Anything French primarily.

Croissant fromage motherfucker

Jean-Paul Belmondo.

 

[Drake]

Notoriety. Not because I hate the word itself, but because I see it used wrong all the time. It means being well known for a negative trait or evil act, but a lot of uses I see are just for being famous or well known in general.

 

[Audiophile]

eclectic

 

[Pegasus Actual]

I got a few:

Supposibly - I heard a news anchor pronounce it like this... IT'S SUPPOSEDLY, YOU CHILD.

Ahem, 'tis spelled supposably, a real word both subtle and gross.

I can't rate this news anchor's usage without the full context, which supposably could have been correct for all I know.

eclectic

Oh, come now friend, as an audiophile, supposably you might enjoy eclectic guitar.

 

[CGNoire]

"..but everyone does it"

"Thats just the way things are now.."

"Its the new normal"

 

[Rran]

I wish people would STFU about "moist" already. Someone wrote a fluff piece about it a decade ago and now all of a sudden everyone can't stand it? I'd much rather something be moist than damp. Get that damp cupcake outta here.

"Whataboutism" - Resetera favourite.

"Whataboutism" is just a stupid way to say tu quoque. I dislike the dumbing down of language.

 

[The Pleasure]

moist

supposedly

problematic

.....not in any order

Moist women though.

 

[Paasei]

Croissant fromage motherfucker

Jean-Paul Belmondo.

Fun fact: Croissants are actually Austrian. So those fuckers in France got nothing on it.

 

[E-Cat]

"Problematic" and "troubling" lost all their meaning in the past couple of years.

Concerning

!!

 

[Humdinger]

Concerning

!!

Yes, that's another one. "Concern." "I have a concern about..." "We are concerned about..."

We're all familiar with "concern trolling" on forums. How I saw it used at work was different. Talking about a "concern" was a polite way to say something like "I think this guy has real problems" or "I disagree with that" or "This is screwed up." Instead of saying it directly, you express a "concern" - it makes you sound neutral, objective and "caring." I used it a lot myself, but I got sick of it.

 

[Durien]

Unalive...seriously wtf..I was reading a post that read , "She unalived herself." Do schools teach English and Composition anymore? I know they don't teach spelling...

 

[Kraz]

narrative

 

[winjer]

"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious.

 

[E-Cat]

Yes, that's another one. "Concern." "I have a concern about..." "We are concerned about..."

We're all familiar with "concern trolling" on forums. How I saw it used at work was different. Talking about a "concern" was a polite way to say something like "I think this guy has real problems" or "I disagree with that" or "This is screwed up." Instead of saying it directly, you express a "concern" - it makes you sound neutral, objective and "caring." I used it a lot myself, but I got sick of it.

It was specifically a Musk reply tweet style reference, btw

 

[Humdinger]

It was specifically a Musk retweeting style reference, btw

Ah, ok, didn't get that.

 

[Lambogenie]

Entrepreneur

And other titles in LinkedIn profiles

 

[Audiophile]

If you hate moist, you'll hate this..

"moist flaps"

 

[intbal]

unpack

 

[Kraz]

thicc
spoopy

 

[GeorgioCostanzaX]

Moist and mouthfeel.

 

[lughnasadh123]

Some version of "bro" being used as punctuation and people who, like, really like to, like, slip in that fucking word "like" like it's one of the, like, few words they like to use when, like, it's nothing about liking what they, like, like.

 

[Chronicle]

Solidarity

 

[rogr rogr]

Rural

The english pronunciation sounds like a caveman trying to speak.

 

[Kings Field]

Cap, no cap, Rizz, mid

 

[TransTrender]

ya'll
folks
*anything*phobe
equity/equitable
inclusive

 

[SirTerry-T]

Any new words that combine two or more existing words because the person using that word is too much of a lazy cunt....or "lunt" as I like to call them.

 

[CellarDoor81]

"Egal" (German for "I don't care") I fucking hate that word at the moment...

 

[kurisu_1974]

Rural

The english pronunciation sounds like a caveman trying to speak.

 

[DragoonKain]

I came here to say ya'll. I've ranted about it before. It's such a poser word to use if you aren't from the south. People only use it because they see other people using it and want to fit in.

Others:

cis - made up nonsense.
trad - just say traditional. Stop talking like a 12 year old TikToker. If you're older than a teenager and use trad, please grow up.

 

[Edmund]

I hope this email finds you well


Just get to the fucking point. What do u mean I hope this email finds you well.

 

[DKehoe]

I hope this email finds you well


Just get to the fucking point. What do u mean I hope this email finds you well.

 

[Polygonal_Sprite]

Progressive. It's overused and lost meaning. Cancer can be progressive.

Cancer is actually mine when used like “this build is cancer” etc. Some words deserve respect.