tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post4562945705002500675..comments2024-03-15T23:39:29.134-08:00Comments on Scribbit | Motherhood in Alaska: Words I Hate--Okay Make That 'Intensely Dislike'Scribbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03178711182424809035noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-82090809716418745672008-07-18T22:33:00.000-08:002008-07-18T22:33:00.000-08:00I like the word 'literally', but only when it's us...I like the word 'literally', but only when it's used correctly. Which is seldom. Oddly, though I know I should, I have no problem with 'awesome', and will indeed be happy to tell you how awesome your hair looks, or how awesome it is that you got to attend BlogHer this year. I know that's wrong of me, but there it is.<BR/><BR/>Conversate? I've never heard that one before. I hope that's the only time.<BR/><BR/>Transparent is fine with me, as long as they're talking about cling wrap or ghosts.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00653383372182667361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-1370159410366121662008-07-17T18:56:00.000-08:002008-07-17T18:56:00.000-08:00this is too funny I too have a list of words I hat...this is too funny I too have a list of words I hate! Awsomeis one that just irritates me every time I hear it(my mom is over using this word lately. Sucks is a dirty word in our house it makes me crazy but to add to your list pop as in interior design -that just makes the item "pop" oh and juxtapose such an irritating word!Can you tell I studied interior design lol And I would have to agree with Sandy about pantiessweetlifeinthevalleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05327716939011312129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-66941093047507870662008-07-16T17:13:00.000-08:002008-07-16T17:13:00.000-08:00That was a long comment but I also could to resist...That was a long comment but I also could to resist adding to the comment above mine.<BR/>"Share" can also be a transitive verb (to tell our thoughts, feeling and experiences with others) and the example given is perfectly proper. Just saying! :)all over the maphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07683876349920004494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-44571563623101507192008-07-16T17:05:00.000-08:002008-07-16T17:05:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.all over the maphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07683876349920004494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-27859515143113366232008-07-16T16:58:00.000-08:002008-07-16T16:58:00.000-08:00Well! I'm not sure if I enjoyed the comments more ...Well! I'm not sure if I enjoyed the comments more or the post. Seems the "hate" crime pushed a few buttons and raised a few eyebrows.<BR/>I'm not sure I got your stance on the "hate" part but did understand that crime is crime no matter how it happens. As a society, and one with varied opinions, we definitely tend to use our opinions to weigh the severity of crimes. I think that hate along with sexual, violent, war, passion and here's a new one for you - opportunity (I heard that one yesterday on our local news, seriously). These are all labels to help determine the nature of the offense committed and even intent.<BR/>Don't ask me how I know this but Tupac is with a *C* and I'm sure that's just the kind of trivia you want to know in order to keep current with "gansta" rap. Not!<BR/>I don't like the word hate. It's so strong and I always cringe when I use it in what I call a watered down form. Sort of how "sucks" has become if you think about it. No, I don't like that word. I don't like substitute word like "frickin". I tell my kids they imply the same meaning and they stink!<BR/>Awesome doesn't bother me in the least as long as it's not preceded with "like totally" in a high pitched manner.<BR/>Like is a really bad habit that has somehow crept it's way into our speech in an over used way. It doesn't sound very intelligent to me. Maybe that's not a nice thing to say but when I hear it used every third word I cringe. I don't think a lot of young people realise it. In fact, I'm sure they don't because if they heard themselves played back they'd probably cringe too!<BR/>And because I could not simply resist: mushrooms are fungal growth and thrive in a mold environment. Funny how we have selective association.<BR/>Good post. Your lists are always fun and informative. They always seem to shed a little more insight about you.all over the maphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07683876349920004494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-38974132066732767612008-07-14T16:42:00.000-08:002008-07-14T16:42:00.000-08:00I have a number of words on my list, including mos...I have a number of words on my list, including most of yours. But add "resonate" as in "that really resonates with me." <BR/>And "journaling." Not to be confused with blogging of course. :) Or "scrapbooking". Or pretty much any other noun that you just decide to throw an ing onto and make it a word. Gerunds are all well and good but not all nouns should be one.<BR/>I used to be a copy editor and I would remove impacted every time I saw it because we published Sunday school materials, not dental manuals. And "Share." Can little Suzy please share what she did on her vacation? No, not unless she brought a bunch of shells for everyone to play with. Religious people love to share.<BR/>I've forgotten the other one.<BR/>And I have a huge problem trying to eliminate "like" from my vocabulary as well. And like ice cream diary, I'm having trouble getting completely rid of awesome as well. And I tend to say, "That's so COOL" just like Kevin Costner in "Field of Dreams."Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02190489990653412687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-43351411769670304252008-07-14T14:06:00.000-08:002008-07-14T14:06:00.000-08:00Okay, I'll bite and be sorry later.As one of the l...Okay, I'll bite and be sorry later.<BR/>As one of the lone dissenters about hate crimes, (I am one of the earlier anonymouses) I NEVER said that a woman being beaten and raped and left for dead was not the same "level" of violence or crime. But, in the interests of keeping records, statistics, noting the nature of the crime, and also because hopefully, as a society, at some point, we recognize that burning a cross on a family's lawn is a BAD thing, we figure out a way to classify such actions as more than mischief and hurtful in a way that is bigger than vandalism. I think getting in a barrom brawl is one thing, but being beat up in a bar ONLY because you are Asian (happened last year in WA state) is something else again. It goes to motive, right? Not just anger but purposeful targeting... <BR/>We call rape rape, right? Not just physical abuse. Same principle. And yes, anybody could be targeted for hate crimes, but it is likely to not include folks who are part of the cultural majority. As part of the cultural majority, I believe some of us carry around unspoken unacknowledged privilige, like being able to say the label hate crimes is uneccesary.<BR/>Seriously not trying to provoke here, but by responding the way you did, you immediately said you respectfully disagree, and I am wondering how long you took to think about that and how many people who may have ACTUAL experience with hate crimes you talked to about it. <BR/>And by the way? I am part of the cultural majority, but my children are not, and I worry EVERY SINGLE DAY about their safety. <BR/>All that said, I do understand that this post was meant to be amusing and thoughtful and it certainly was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-16352592991700642942008-07-12T15:17:00.000-08:002008-07-12T15:17:00.000-08:00So I guess I can't offer you a transparent moist h...So I guess I can't offer you a transparent moist hoodie?Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15460136246441367993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-54704305360156413932008-07-12T10:48:00.000-08:002008-07-12T10:48:00.000-08:00Well, my peeve has to be the grammar errors: "lay"...Well, my peeve has to be the grammar errors: "lay" when it should be "lie" and "laying" when it should be "lying."<BR/><BR/>Both make me shudder.Lagniappehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01178558692851097107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-43975382620044841492008-07-12T10:30:00.000-08:002008-07-12T10:30:00.000-08:00I had to laugh at this post! Mainly because I say ...I had to laugh at this post! Mainly because I say the word awesome so much and you were recently at my blog... did I happen to inspire that part? lol.<BR/><BR/>I can't think of words I hate, er, dislike right now. <BR/>I know there are words that do bug me, but I am pulling a blank. The biggest problem I have is when they change the spelling of words, i.e. dawg and etc.<BR/><BR/>This is was fun to read! :)<BR/><BR/>I think it would be nice to visit Charleston and Savannah sometime. I am a huge history geek, and those are so important to our American heritage!<BR/>I hope you get to visit them someday!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for coming by!<BR/>Prayers and Blessings,<BR/> Miss Amanda<BR/>http://superangelsblog.comSuperAngelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00832510750404343195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-49729496602351641572008-07-11T18:28:00.000-08:002008-07-11T18:28:00.000-08:00I use sucks and, unfortunately, awesome (Hey Sue!)...I use sucks and, unfortunately, awesome (Hey Sue!) I do agree with you on bling. I cringe at the sound of it. <BR/><BR/>You have to watch "How I Met Your Mother" when Barney says the word moist over and over in his one act play just to annoy his friend Lily. <BR/><BR/>I have to agree with Becky on the changes in the English language. My Mom says 'slacks' for pants and 'Kotex' for any feminine hygiene product. It makes me crazy! <BR/><BR/>But, like my Mom, I'm still going to use words I like even if they annoy everyone else.<BR/><BR/>Moist, moist, moist...<BR/><BR/>;)Chrisbookaramahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11972547663609480210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-24049764780049950782008-07-11T16:30:00.000-08:002008-07-11T16:30:00.000-08:00I guess I will just have to apologize in advance (...I guess I will just have to apologize in advance (and for all the times in the past) that I've used just about every word on this page. I think after high school I found a lot more words that were much more offensive to me than 'sucked' your referenced 'p' word, 'awesome', and so on. So I find myself using all of these in my normal conversation. <BR/>So, if I am quiet around you in the future it's because I'm intimidated by your in depth knowledge of words and their meanings. Haha!Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11243834498726150123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-49220703329483598902008-07-11T10:57:00.000-08:002008-07-11T10:57:00.000-08:00You would sooooo cringe at my language :) Maybe it...You would sooooo cringe at my language :) Maybe it is a good thing I am not going to BlogHer. There might be a list of thirteen things I hate about Amy Clark :)<BR/><BR/>I hate moist though- gross!<BR/><BR/>Oh wait...is gross on the list? :)Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10635304837180578317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-33971105531281910312008-07-11T09:06:00.000-08:002008-07-11T09:06:00.000-08:00oh, no. as the mother of recent teenagers (they're...oh, no. as the mother of recent teenagers (they're 20-somethings now), i use variations of "suck." never thought about where it comes from. i never say it around my 3yo, though, but only b/c i avoid any slang around children. striking it from my repertoire now.<BR/><BR/>when my daughter says "like," i gently ridicule her. (gently ridicule. love it.) for example, if she says, "i like bought tickets tday." i say, "what is similar to buying? did you borrow them? rent them?"<BR/><BR/>i'm with you on bling, posse, my bad (and how about "it's all good") and other inner city words, although i sometimes like to use them for effect (but i say/type them as if i were an headmistress trying them out - know what i mean?)<BR/><BR/>irregardless (if regardless means "in spite of" does this then mean "because of" or "due to"?) bothers me.<BR/><BR/>but mostly, i hope my occasional speech improprieties aren't judged as harshly as i (silently, to myself!) judge others'. :)meridethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10102497992419737100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-57815780594811878102008-07-11T08:04:00.000-08:002008-07-11T08:04:00.000-08:00Great post, even if I am guilty of using a few of ...Great post, even if I am guilty of using a few of those words. I won't say which ones but I am embarrassed to realize I've probably used them in the comments before. Sorry.<BR/><BR/>I have never in my life heard conversate. Never. I wonder if I could keep it that way?<BR/><BR/>Also, because you mentioned it, I have to ask if you have the literally blog bookmarked? Fun times.canadacolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11780045867762926392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-31083719138935114982008-07-11T06:29:00.000-08:002008-07-11T06:29:00.000-08:00I'm with you on moist. I also can't stand "dischar...I'm with you on moist. I also can't stand "discharge." ew.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-81931208068481467732008-07-11T05:03:00.000-08:002008-07-11T05:03:00.000-08:00Uh-oh... some of those words make regular appearan...Uh-oh... some of those words make regular appearances in my everyday language but I hear you on the word "Moist"- ewww, just writing the word makes me writhe. The only way I can tolerate the word is when my neighbor does a spot on movie quote from "The Nutty Professor"- now that's just plain funny :)a wynn wynn situationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10887094742992379948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-39992285819089852862008-07-11T04:34:00.000-08:002008-07-11T04:34:00.000-08:00Did I miss a tongue in cheek tone? Because you kn...Did I miss a tongue in cheek tone? Because you know "fellate" and "imbibe" are real words.Kimmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11760641703294360737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-75803240210742197882008-07-10T22:41:00.000-08:002008-07-10T22:41:00.000-08:00For fear of offending all you out there....My husb...For fear of offending all you out there....My husband, Kendall wants me to add his least favorite word these days....BLOGGING. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-72015056970965722252008-07-10T21:27:00.000-08:002008-07-10T21:27:00.000-08:00Did nobody include crap as a least favorite word?Did nobody include crap as a least favorite word?Mrs. Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14159440829600935461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-47622808232844567632008-07-10T21:22:00.000-08:002008-07-10T21:22:00.000-08:00Goodness, and there I went and used "Organic" in m...Goodness, and there I went and used "Organic" in my blog name - I just thought it'd be easier to remember than<BR/><BR/>Positively (Always Changing, Adapting, & Growing) and Occasionally Posts About Natural Foodstuffs<BR/><BR/>On another note irregardless and retarded always get me. I'm a frequent abuser of like, awesome, totally - yes, I am a child of the 80s. At least I have managed to rid my vocabulary of the word grody.Mrs. Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14159440829600935461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-49415576198718010532008-07-10T21:17:00.000-08:002008-07-10T21:17:00.000-08:00Okay, I thought of a word I can't stand: pissy. It...Okay, I thought of a word I can't stand: pissy. It's an ugly word and should be banned from the human vocabulary.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18022046644708102752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-9537830674911130992008-07-10T21:12:00.000-08:002008-07-10T21:12:00.000-08:00LOL...perhaps you are related to a friend I used t...LOL...perhaps you are related to a friend I used to work with. She hated the word 'moist.' We could effectively destroy a meeting by uttering that word, watching her cringe while the rest of us rolled with laughter and thought of different ways to use it in a sentence :)Caffienated Cowgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03762389337951910204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-51221107628446837732008-07-10T21:02:00.000-08:002008-07-10T21:02:00.000-08:00Dude, what a great list.Yes, sadly, I use the word...Dude, what a great list.<BR/><BR/>Yes, sadly, I use the word "dude" occasionally. And I hate myself every time I do! Yuck! That's definitely a potential list word.<BR/><BR/>And I'll think about you whenever I say "awesome" from now on...John and Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02237207810959661060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14194867.post-88139850234691856522008-07-10T20:44:00.000-08:002008-07-10T20:44:00.000-08:00"Orientate." No. The verb is "orient."Also, I HA..."Orientate." No. The verb is "orient."<BR/><BR/>Also, I HATE the word "normalcy." The word is "normality."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com