Words you hate hearing

Synergy

JRC, Gannett, etc.

And my personal hell in about a month
"The Babe Ruth World Series is coming"

 

"Warshes." Fucking god. I haven't heard that in years. :-\

My mom was absolutely notorious for saying this when I was growing up. My siblings and I hounded her so much about it, though, that she finally removed the word "wash" completely from her vocabulary because we'd jump on her case every time she pronounced it that way. She blamed it on being from Kentucky. ... So did we. ;D

 

My dad says it too. My mom hammers him for it. His mom is from Kentucky.

I also have to include alternate pronunciations for pillow--pellow and milk--melk.

 

Does she pronounce her home state like a true Kentuckian, i.e. Ken-tucky?

 

I've got several ...

* Amongst
* Whilst
* Mum (as in the British version of mom)
* Drop and give me 20 (shivers thinking of boot).
* and the follow-up to that ... Drop and give me push ups until I get tired.
* I'm not good enough for you (or I don't deserve you). If that's your excuse for breaking up, then go to hell.
* Douche (ugh!)
* Mucus
* Off the hook!
* Jump the shark
* Reality TV
and finally
* Budget ... nobody ever follows them and I hated using the word in the newsroom for our daily meetings, especially since it was used as a verb, as in, "Are we ready to budget now?"
* Oh yeah, and Missour-uh, as opposed to, you know, Missour-ee

 

As an aside to the Missouri vs. Missoura talks, let me add something that drives me fucking insane -- people who pronounce Illinois as "Illi-noise."

FUCK YOU, SUFJAN STEVENS!

 

Oooooh ... bad times. I was on the receiving end of that one once. I call shenanigans on that fucking excuse. Don't put fucking people on a fucking pedestal. Fuck.

 

"Shenanigans. Evil shenanigans."

"The next guy who says shenanigans is going to get pistol-whipped."

"Hey Farva, what's the name of that restaurant with all the goofy stuff on the walls?"

"Shenanigans?"

"Ooohh-hoooh!"

 

this is a phrase similar to the erroneous "irregardless," a phrase of popular bungling by radio talking heads like "mike/mad dog."

here it is: "i could care less..."

NO, YOU COULDN'T CARE LESS!!!! MORONS.

 

That looks like a penis, only smaller.

 

Did you come already?

 

My dad says that, too. Bugs the holy hell out of me. But he was from L.A., so there's no way to blame it on being from Kentucky. Unless he's really from Kentucky and lied about growing up in L.A.