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<blockquote data-quote="henschman" data-source="post: 2009957" data-attributes="member: 4235">I cringe in awkward embarrassment for the speaker when I hear someone say &quot;totes&quot; instead of &quot;totally.&quot;&nbsp; It is bad enough when people over-use &quot;totally,&quot; but it makes me want to stick an ice pick through my eardrums when I am subjected to someone saying something like &quot;those rims are totes awesome,&quot; or when they envy someone, &quot;I&#039;m totes jelly.&quot; I am surprised nobody mentioned this one yet, with everybody hating on all the other latest hipster phrases. I find it annoying when people put hashtag this or hashtag that (a word or conglomeration of words with a number sign before it) after their comments.&nbsp; Actually I find the word &quot;hashtag&quot; itself to be pretty damn annoying. I hate when people, especially journalists, start sentences with &quot;and.&quot;&nbsp; This seems to be highly prevalent among NPR hosts.&nbsp; &quot;And a good morning to you.&quot;&nbsp; I could probably fill a whole page of this thread with annoying things that NPR hosts do, but that one sticks out. Maybe this is just me being regional-ist, but I hate when somebody pronounces the word house like &quot;hoose.&quot;Probably the number one thing that irks me is when people use the collective we... especially when it is used to express an idea I abhor.&nbsp; &quot;In this country WE have decided that everyone deserves a certain minimum sustenance.&quot;&nbsp; I don&#039;t know who the fawk this mythical &quot;we&quot; is, but it sure as hell doesn&#039;t include me.&nbsp; I usually respond with one of Ayn Rand&#039;s favorite retorts: &quot;speak for yourself, brother.&quot;Along these same lines, I hate when people refer to something in highly euphamistic terms; like when spending the proceeds of coercive taxation is referred to as &quot;investing in _____; or when forceful redistribution of wealth is referred to as &quot;helping ______.&quot;&nbsp; Investing and helping are things a person does voluntarily -- not at the point of a gun, you fascist piece of ****.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="henschman, post: 2009957, member: 4235"] I cringe in awkward embarrassment for the speaker when I hear someone say "totes" instead of "totally." It is bad enough when people over-use "totally," but it makes me want to stick an ice pick through my eardrums when I am subjected to someone saying something like "those rims are totes awesome," or when they envy someone, "I'm totes jelly." I am surprised nobody mentioned this one yet, with everybody hating on all the other latest hipster phrases. I find it annoying when people put hashtag this or hashtag that (a word or conglomeration of words with a number sign before it) after their comments. Actually I find the word "hashtag" itself to be pretty damn annoying. I hate when people, especially journalists, start sentences with "and." This seems to be highly prevalent among NPR hosts. "And a good morning to you." I could probably fill a whole page of this thread with annoying things that NPR hosts do, but that one sticks out. Maybe this is just me being regional-ist, but I hate when somebody pronounces the word house like "hoose." Probably the number one thing that irks me is when people use the collective we... especially when it is used to express an idea I abhor. "In this country WE have decided that everyone deserves a certain minimum sustenance." I don't know who the fawk this mythical "we" is, but it sure as hell doesn't include me. I usually respond with one of Ayn Rand's favorite retorts: "speak for yourself, brother." Along these same lines, I hate when people refer to something in highly euphamistic terms; like when spending the proceeds of coercive taxation is referred to as "investing in _____; or when forceful redistribution of wealth is referred to as "helping ______." Investing and helping are things a person does voluntarily -- not at the point of a gun, you fascist piece of ****. [/QUOTE]

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