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16 September 2005
I say "awesome" way too much. What do you say that you kind of wish you didn't?
I too, say "awesome" and use it online way too much.
The one thing I want to remove from my speech is the endlessly irritating and so dated use of "like" as a filler. I hate it, but can't help it. And when I'm conscious of it, I do it 5X more.
There's something about getting behind the wheel of my car that brings out "dude". As in, "Choose a lane, dude" or "Dude! Nice turn signal there". It almost never crops up during the rest of my life, thankfully, but apparently every other driver on the road is "dude".
I have this friend (no, seriously. It's not me, it's a friend) whose use of the phrase "fair enough" I would like to erradicate entirely. Sometimes it's not that something is "fair" it's just that it happened!
Awesome is pretty bad. I also fucking say fuck way too fucking much or just mouth it to myself when in sensitive situations. Actually, just doing the 'f' sound is habitual.
I say "Allllllll right, then" when I don't know what else to say. I kinda wish I wouldn't do that.
At work, I'll call customers "Cocksuckers" and "Scumbags" when I'm talking to my boss, but since he doesn't speak much English he tries to figure out the components of the compound words, with no success. (For some reason, he gets it when I call co-workers "Boneheads", and has on many occasions asked me not to say it so loudly. Actually, he asks that mostly when I call them "Fucking boneheads".) I kinda wish I wouldn't do that, too. I look and sound stupid when I'm rageful.
I also get annoyed when I begin a sentence with "So, here's the thing . . .".
On preview: Trondan's awakened me. I'll toss in "No problem", too.
I say "whatever" too much, because whatever you're asking, chances are I don't give a rat's ass one way or the other. Am I your brain? Make a decision and do it; quit pestering me, damn you!
After living in California for 3.5 years I am unable to remove "like" from my sentences. And I know I say it too much. I also say "Sweeeet" which is just lame. And my son has started saying, "Oh my God."
Oh, I so over use "Indeed" especially in AIM conversations. Someone says something innocuous, I've got no real response, and out it slips. Over and over again.
I wish people would stop using "all set" in transactions. Or at least slow it up a bit. Use something other than "all set" just for a bit; see how it feels.
Saying "go" or "goes" instead of "say" or "says". I catch myself doing it and feel like a 'tard:
"So I go 'what the fuck?', and he goes 'dude, that's fucked up.'"
On the other hand I love when some one "is all" something rather than saying something, e.g.:
"So I'm all 'what the fuck?', and he's all 'dude, that is so fucked up.'"
I love it because it's not literal, it blends the thing being said with the attitude conveyed by it and is completely unclear as to whether these were the actual words involved. A completely gorgeous language construct, and a pretty recent one, I think. I only use it myself for comic effect.
Saying "actually" a lot is actually an excellent predictor of a high Stanford-Binet IQ score.
As for me -- I am one of those who says 'fair enough' too much. I say 'Dude!' when I'm surprised (and I think it's a bit odd, 'cause I'm a girl, but I did hang out with a lot of stoners. That's probably the origin of that).
When I swear quietly to myself, in traffic or if I stub my toe, I actually say "Fuckin' A!", which is so 80s. But no one hears it, so I am the only one who finds it annoying.
Come back to this thread alone to post my peeve. Days late, dollars short. But on with the rant:
I detest the current practice of using the word "amazing" to describe the work product of someone whom the speaker likes, but in whose service no more-substantial adjectives can be employed.
"His work in 'Because of Winn-Dixie' was just amazing. He's an amazing, amazing actor."
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