It's so annoying when paople start talking: for instance they will say: I wanted to see a movie but LIKE the movie LIKE wasn't in the theater any more, so LIKE I just ent home and LIKE watched a movie on LIKE television!!! That "LIKE" is soooooo annoying!!!
shareYes, 'like' bugs me, as does saying 'y'know' at least twice in every sentence. Another thing is people who raise the pitch (not the volume) of their voice at the end of all their sentences, so every sentence sounds like a question, even if it's just a statement of fact.
shareUptalking.
shareIs that what it's called? Never knew it had a name. I guess that means other people find it annoying too.
shareIt was also known as "Valleyspeak": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_girl#Valleyspeak
shareUptalking is definitely annoying.
shareYou mean like this? (Upward inflection on the word ‘this’): -
https://youtu.be/tqNhEzrWQpY
Yes! Goddamnit!
shareYou forgot to include the usual accompanying rising vocal inflection that makes every sentence sound as though they are asking a question: "I wanted to see a movie? ...but, like, the movie like wasn't in the theater any more? ...so, like, I just went home? ...and, like, watched a movie on, like, television???"
There's an actual term for this called "Valleyspeak" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_girl#Valleyspeak
You mean like this? (Upward inflection on the word ‘this’): -
https://youtu.be/tqNhEzrWQpY
Precisely what I'm referring to.
shareIt's annoying when people insert phony, forced laughter, chuckling or giggling between every other sentence. I think this might be some sort of nervous tic rather than a speech pattern.
shareRight!!!
shareAlso when people pretend to laugh during an argument because they think it convinces people they're right - when all it does is make them look desperate.
shareAbsolutely. For examples of this, look to Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris. It's right out of their debate playbooks, and it's transparent and annoying as hell.
shareWomen who talk with vocal fry
https://youtu.be/WDfJn1kcQuU
I hate when people throw "fuck" in everywhere. "I went to the fuckin' doctor this morning and I'm fuckin' standing there for 20 minutes and I didn't even fuckin' realize that the doctor wasn't even fuckin' there because it's a holiday."
shareThat's Fuckin funny!!!!!!!
shareIt's better in British accent tho', "I went to the fookin' docta this mornin' and aam fookin' staandin' thea for twen-tea minits and I didn't even fookin' realize that the fookin' docta wasn't even fookin' theaa because it's a bloody fookin' holidaay."
shareForgot to mention the one that REALLY grates on me, this weird habit that people seem to have picked up over the last couple of years of starting sentences with the word 'So'. Particularly noticeable when people are being interviewed by the news media, and they start every answer with "So..."
shareThis also annoys the hell out of me, along with "going forward".
shareThere's also the lazy and childish speech that is becoming more common. I'm guessing it had its origins in texting and has now infected verbal communication. I'm talking about the overuse of abbreviations and acronyms, and the habit of using only the first syllable of a word or phrase, sometimes adding an -ie or an -s suffix. Some examples are "totes" for "totally," "adorbs" for "adorable" or "bestie" for "best friend." I've heard this used on TV, which isn't a good thing because kids hear this stuff and imitate it.
The latest example was in an article I read: "details" are now "deets." How lazy can they get? Is it now impossible to pronounce a word that contains more than two syllables?
If you can remove a syllable from a word and still have that word be understood, isn't that just...efficiency?
shareIt's laziness. And it makes some of those words sound so childish and stupid.
shareDon't you mean, "It is laziness"?
shareContractions are acceptable grammar.
Saying "totes" instead of "totally" is laziness. And it sounds so stupid.
"Deets" instead of "details." 🙄 What? Are they trying to sound cool and trendy? Puh-leeze. 🤦🏻♀️
shareI had to read the sentence a couple of times before I realized what it meant. Like you said, it was probably an attempt to sound "cool" and appeal to the lazy types who use this kind of speech. How pathetic! They shouldn't be encouraging this.
Sorry if that line confused you.
shareNo apology necessary; I understood you perfectly.
I was referring to the online article where I first saw the word "deets." I was confused but finally figured it out due to the context in which it was used. The wording was something to the effect of "let us give you all the deets." It took a couple of readings to realize they meant "details."
There is no such word unless one is referring to DEET (diethyltoluamide), a chemical ingredient in insect repellant.
An online article is where I first saw "deets" too, and context helped me decipher it. To me, using "deets" comes across as lazy and juvenile. 🤷🏻♀️
share"Like" is never used as a simile (or to show desire).
When people say that awful word incorrectly, I remind them, and tell them that it will spill onto to me... If it's between language, or talking on a fucking phone, I'll choose NOT to sound like a 12-yr old.
"Um like" -- why would anyone TYPE "um"
I think if it's legal to say "UM LIKE", then I should be allowed one punch for every time some animal spits that shit out.
"Tell us how you really feel" is another stupid, derivative shitty phrase that some say without knowing why.