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What word or term annonys you? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Please don't think I'm here to complain about rizz or skibidi toilet etc. Thats all fine by me.

The term I dislike strongly is 'eeeh' before you make a statement disagreeing with someone. (This is over text only). Now maybe I've been pavloved bc it's always used by someone disagreeing. But I'm happy with people disagreeing with me normally its just the 'eeeh' or 'erm' that annoys me.

So what's a random term that annoys you?

PS. Saying "eeeh actually 'eeh' is a perfectly fine term" would be a ridiculously easy joke and I will judge you for making it. And I know atleast one person will. Especially bow that I've said all this.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I do the "eh" thing sometimes without thinking about it but I agree with you, I don't like being on the other end of it either. I'm trying to work on that

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Fucking “pre-prepare”. Prepare already means to get ready ahead of time.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

SME (pronounced smee)

My company is flooded with SMEs who aren’t even good, let alone experts at anything

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

"Hence why"

Syntactically makes no sense. Just say "that's why," that's what you are trying to say.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Never mind I found it

...took the effort to nvm-d the post, but did not share how, where, or what etc

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

"The proof is in the pudding." It makes zero sense! The actual adage is, "The proof of the pudding is in the eating." It means that a dessert can look perfect and enticing, but if the cook used salt instead of sugar it will taste disgusting.

I don't know what people even think they're saying with "the proof is in the pudding".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

when i was a kid, i figured it was a reference to some now obscure detective story, where a bowl of pudding contained the important clue as to who the killer was or something. it wasn't until much later that i heard of this etymology.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

This is now top of my list

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