OT: Sistahs and other annoying terms

[Rick]

Is anyone else annoyed at the use of the term "sistahs"??? Is it just me?

Probably.



Anyone else have a word or phrase that has become a pet peeve?

Yeah, when my daughter says "Oh, that's so gay." She could be referring to the fact that the plastic tore as she was trying to remove it from a slice of cheese.

YEP! my daughter Cat comes out with that one too...she also says 'that is tight' if I tell her there is something she can't do... and I can't stand to hear it when she's with all of her friends and instead of saying somthing along the lines of 'was that comment meant for me?'.. if someone has a beef with them, they say 'are you dissin?' me..that one gets right up my nose..

I have a friend who's son says 'that is tight' all the time. She complains to me at work about it. And I think all kids say 'dissin' here now. It's amazing how similar the kids are even in different countries.

[Rhiannon]

Dissin' has been around since I was in 5th grade, FYI
Any new slang past 98, I don't keep track of however.

[Little Lenny]

Is anyone else annoyed at the use of the term "sistahs"??? Is it just me?

Probably.



Anyone else have a word or phrase that has become a pet peeve?

Yeah, when my daughter says "Oh, that's so gay." She could be referring to the fact that the plastic tore as she was trying to remove it from a slice of cheese.

YEP! my daughter Cat comes out with that one too...she also says 'that is tight' if I tell her there is something she can't do... and I can't stand to hear it when she's with all of her friends and instead of saying somthing along the lines of 'was that comment meant for me?'.. if someone has a beef with them, they say 'are you dissin?' me..that one gets right up my nose..

I have a friend who's son says 'that is tight' all the time. She complains to me at work about it. And I think all kids say 'dissin' here now. It's amazing how similar the kids are even in different countries.

I think it's amazing that slang has become globalized shows how small our big world is becoming... When I was a child we were even corrected for dropping H's and T's in pronunciation, let alone talking slang....oh dear!!..I think I just turned into my mother!!

[Little Lenny]

Dissin' has been around since I was in 5th grade, FYI
Any new slang past 98, I don't keep track of however.

It's relatively new in my neck of the woods..so i guess we could say its new in some places

[Rick]

Is anyone else annoyed at the use of the term "sistahs"??? Is it just me?

Probably.



Anyone else have a word or phrase that has become a pet peeve?

Yeah, when my daughter says "Oh, that's so gay." She could be referring to the fact that the plastic tore as she was trying to remove it from a slice of cheese.

YEP! my daughter Cat comes out with that one too...she also says 'that is tight' if I tell her there is something she can't do... and I can't stand to hear it when she's with all of her friends and instead of saying somthing along the lines of 'was that comment meant for me?'.. if someone has a beef with them, they say 'are you dissin?' me..that one gets right up my nose..

I have a friend who's son says 'that is tight' all the time. She complains to me at work about it. And I think all kids say 'dissin' here now. It's amazing how similar the kids are even in different countries.

I think it's amazing that slang has become globalized shows how small our big world is becoming... When I was a child we were even corrected for dropping H's and T's in pronunciation, let alone talking slang....oh dear!!..I think I just turned into my mother!!

I know, I catch myself sounding like my parents now. How I talk about music being garbage now days, my parents said the same thing when I was a teenager.

[Little Lenny]

Is anyone else annoyed at the use of the term "sistahs"??? Is it just me?

Probably.



Anyone else have a word or phrase that has become a pet peeve?

Yeah, when my daughter says "Oh, that's so gay." She could be referring to the fact that the plastic tore as she was trying to remove it from a slice of cheese.

YEP! my daughter Cat comes out with that one too...she also says 'that is tight' if I tell her there is something she can't do... and I can't stand to hear it when she's with all of her friends and instead of saying somthing along the lines of 'was that comment meant for me?'.. if someone has a beef with them, they say 'are you dissin?' me..that one gets right up my nose..

I have a friend who's son says 'that is tight' all the time. She complains to me at work about it. And I think all kids say 'dissin' here now. It's amazing how similar the kids are even in different countries.

I think it's amazing that slang has become globalized shows how small our big world is becoming... When I was a child we were even corrected for dropping H's and T's in pronunciation, let alone talking slang....oh dear!!..I think I just turned into my mother!!

I know, I catch myself sounding like my parents now. How I talk about music being garbage now days, my parents said the same thing when I was a teenager.

I guess I was lucky regarding music..my dad was so ecclectic he liked everything from Jolson to Motorhead..my friends used to tell me they wished their dads were so cool ..mum though was a little more set in her ways , a typical Yorkshire Woman

[Rick]

I know, I catch myself sounding like my parents now. How I talk about music being garbage now days, my parents said the same thing when I was a teenager.

I guess I was lucky regarding music..my dad was so ecclectic he liked everything from Jolson to Motorhead..my friends used to tell me they wished their dads were so cool ..mum though was a little more set in her ways , a typical Yorkshire Woman

Jolson to Motorhead is quite a spectrum. I'm pretty myopic about music. I'm mostly into AOR. My dad listened to a lot of rock & jazz when I was young, from Chicago & Blood, Sweat & Tears to Herb Alpert & Maynard Ferguson. No country thank God. LOL

[Rhiannon]

Dissin' has been around since I was in 5th grade, FYI
Any new slang past 98, I don't keep track of however.

It's relatively new in my neck of the woods..so i guess we could say its new in some places

Oh well... I know it was a big thing in 1995 around Florence, SC. That's where I lived then. However it started as just "dis", which I always thought they were saying "dish" so I never was big on the word.

I still use wicked and riteous in heavy rotation, I'm sorely a child of the 90s.

[Little Lenny]

Dissin' has been around since I was in 5th grade, FYI
Any new slang past 98, I don't keep track of however.

It's relatively new in my neck of the woods..so i guess we could say its new in some places

Oh well... I know it was a big thing in 1995 around Florence, SC. That's where I lived then. However it started as just "dis", which I always thought they were saying "dish" so I never was big on the word.

I still use wicked and riteous in heavy rotation, I'm sorely a child of the 90s.

[Little Lenny]

I know, I catch myself sounding like my parents now. How I talk about music being garbage now days, my parents said the same thing when I was a teenager.

I guess I was lucky regarding music..my dad was so ecclectic he liked everything from Jolson to Motorhead..my friends used to tell me they wished their dads were so cool ..mum though was a little more set in her ways , a typical Yorkshire Woman

Jolson to Motorhead is quite a spectrum. I'm pretty myopic about music. I'm mostly into AOR. My dad listened to a lot of rock & jazz when I was young, from Chicago & Blood, Sweat & Tears to Herb Alpert & Maynard Ferguson. No country thank God. LOL

My dad would have been 75 this may just gone, one of his biggest heroes was Angus Young Ac/DC..he was just blown away by the way he played Guitar...yet he could quite happily sit and listen to Sammy davis Jr...it was erfect for my sisters and myself...butthe one thing he didn't tolerate was slang....funny isn't it? ..someone so liberal in some respects could be so uptight about other things...Maybe it was because he only had daughters:-)

[Rick]

I know, I catch myself sounding like my parents now. How I talk about music being garbage now days, my parents said the same thing when I was a teenager.

I guess I was lucky regarding music..my dad was so ecclectic he liked everything from Jolson to Motorhead..my friends used to tell me they wished their dads were so cool ..mum though was a little more set in her ways , a typical Yorkshire Woman

Jolson to Motorhead is quite a spectrum. I'm pretty myopic about music. I'm mostly into AOR. My dad listened to a lot of rock & jazz when I was young, from Chicago & Blood, Sweat & Tears to Herb Alpert & Maynard Ferguson. No country thank God. LOL

My dad would have been 75 this may just gone, one of his biggest heroes was Angus Young Ac/DC..he was just blown away by the way he played Guitar...yet he could quite happily sit and listen to Sammy davis Jr...it was erfect for my sisters and myself...butthe one thing he didn't tolerate was slang....funny isn't it? ..someone so liberal in some respects could be so uptight about other things...Maybe it was because he only had daughters:-)

That's a cool dad there. I'm sure he just wanted to raise his girls well, sounds like a good man. I'm sorry he isn't with you any longer. My dad has mellowed out since I was young. He doesn't listen to any rock & roll anymore, just jazz or oldies. He gets to listen to rock a little when he comes to Texas and we go some place together.

[Little Lenny]

I know, I catch myself sounding like my parents now. How I talk about music being garbage now days, my parents said the same thing when I was a teenager.

I guess I was lucky regarding music..my dad was so ecclectic he liked everything from Jolson to Motorhead..my friends used to tell me they wished their dads were so cool ..mum though was a little more set in her ways , a typical Yorkshire Woman

Jolson to Motorhead is quite a spectrum. I'm pretty myopic about music. I'm mostly into AOR. My dad listened to a lot of rock & jazz when I was young, from Chicago & Blood, Sweat & Tears to Herb Alpert & Maynard Ferguson. No country thank God. LOL

My dad would have been 75 this may just gone, one of his biggest heroes was Angus Young Ac/DC..he was just blown away by the way he played Guitar...yet he could quite happily sit and listen to Sammy davis Jr...it was erfect for my sisters and myself...butthe one thing he didn't tolerate was slang....funny isn't it? ..someone so liberal in some respects could be so uptight about other things...Maybe it was because he only had daughters:-)

That's a cool dad there. I'm sure he just wanted to raise his girls well, sounds like a good man. I'm sorry he isn't with you any longer. My dad has mellowed out since I was young. He doesn't listen to any rock & roll anymore, just jazz or oldies. He gets to listen to rock a little when he comes to Texas and we go some place together.

Thats really nice:) . I think it's ashame when people don't visit their parents just becasue they are getting older. I just mentioned on another thread 'PICS OF US' it might be on the JSS forum, that my mum is now homeless due to recent floods..she is living at my sisters house just down the road. You do what you can for your parents when they're getting older, afterall they took care of us and made sure we were washed fed and kept warm , it's the least kids can do for the people who raised & cared for them . ...oh dear listen to me..I'm just a big old softy..he he he

[Lady Luck]

The terms in this thread don't annoy me nearly as much as someone's lack of proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation skills. I proofread reports and other documents as part of my job, so it does get on my nerves.

Example - proper usage of these words:

you're, your
there, they're, their
where, wear, were
it's, its
to, too

Also, it's ridiculous...NOT rediculous. I can't tell you how many times I've seen it spelled with an "e."

[(Crazy)Dulce Lady]

The terms in this thread don't annoy me nearly as much as someone's lack of proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation skills. I proofread reports and other documents as part of my job, so it does get on my nerves.

Example - proper usage of these words:

you're, your
there, they're, their
where, wear, were
it's, its
to, too

Also, it's ridiculous...NOT rediculous. I can't tell you how many times I've seen it spelled with an "e."

Definately.

Oh! I didn't think I had a pet peeve!!

but I most DEFINITELY do.

[Red13JoePa]

My personal vocabulary pet peeve is aks instead of ask.

You're hitting on a very unpolitically correct thing there, and I congratulate the SHIT out of you for it.

How about this one, the tendancy to start answers to questions with "I mean..." in say, an interview with a football or basketball playa.

[Red13JoePa]

"Gangsta".

You don't know me...

Dude, JUST picked up on this one too. In fact it hit me last night during Rock Of Love, a discrepency arose between 2 young women, we can guess the demographics involved and the one rolled that gem right out. WTF? People who roll gansta ( ) ALWAYS saying THIS one now, I guess it goes part and parcel to "You juss DISSRESPETED me."

Really hung on the lack of respect accusations when called on their bullshit.

Ah what's the use?

[ArnelRox]

The terms in this thread don't annoy me nearly as much as someone's lack of proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation skills. I proofread reports and other documents as part of my job, so it does get on my nerves.

Example - proper usage of these words:

you're, your
there, they're, their
where, wear, were
it's, its
to, too

Also, it's ridiculous...NOT rediculous. I can't tell you how many times I've seen it spelled with an "e."

Those ones ALL kill me too. & what about:

"should of" instead of "should have"
"could of" instead of "could have"
"would of" instead of "would have"

They make me grit my teeth!

[bluejeangirl76]

The terms in this thread don't annoy me nearly as much as someone's lack of proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation skills. I proofread reports and other documents as part of my job, so it does get on my nerves.

Same here. Poor spelling and poor grammar bug the hell out of me.

And as it relates to a Journey forum...

Neal - NOT Neil
Jon or Jonathan - NOT John or Johnathan or Jonathon
Deen - NOT Dean
Gregg - NOT Greg
Rolie - NOT Rollie

[larryfromnextdoor]

I still use wicked and riteous in heavy rotation, I'm sorely a child of the 90s.

gag me with a spoon..

[jrnychick]

The terms in this thread don't annoy me nearly as much as someone's lack of proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation skills. I proofread reports and other documents as part of my job, so it does get on my nerves.

Example - proper usage of these words:

you're, your
there, they're, their
where, wear, were
it's, its
to, too

Also, it's ridiculous...NOT rediculous. I can't tell you how many times I've seen it spelled with an "e."

Those drive me crazy, too. I work in education publishing (writer, editor, project manager) and I am ultra sensitive to it. I used to get a "newsletter" advertisement from a local used car salesman in the mail. It was written so poorly that I would actually get pissed about it. I drove my husband crazy pointing out the errors every month. I finally got out a red pen and went to town on one newsletter and mailed it back to the person anonymously. I also suggested that they hire someone to copy edit their work!

[stevew2]

How about"you know whut Im sayin" between every sentence

[conversationpc]

OK...This is one that's been really irritating lately...

The use of "u" and "ur" in place of "you" and "your".

[ohsherrie]

How about this one, the tendancy to start answers to questions with "I mean..." in say, an interview with a football or basketball playa.

Or like, I mean, you know, rock musicians 'knowhamsayin?

[Red13JoePa]

Never been a huge fan of "It's all good" or I guess in some dialects "'Saaallllllll goot."

[belar]

Dissin' has been around since I was in 5th grade, FYI
Any new slang past 98, I don't keep track of however.

It's relatively new in my neck of the woods..so i guess we could say its new in some places

Oh well... I know it was a big thing in 1995 around Florence, SC. That's where I lived then. However it started as just "dis", which I always thought they were saying "dish" so I never was big on the word.

I still use wicked and riteous in heavy rotation, I'm sorely a child of the 90s.

We used to say "wicked" in the early 1980s here in the old Midwest, along with "excellent" and "rad"

[tj]

The terms in this thread don't annoy me nearly as much as someone's lack of proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation skills. I proofread reports and other documents as part of my job, so it does get on my nerves.

Example - proper usage of these words:

you're, your
there, they're, their
where, wear, were
it's, its
to, too

Also, it's ridiculous...NOT rediculous. I can't tell you how many times I've seen it spelled with an "e."

Those ones ALL kill me too. & what about:

"should of" instead of "should have"
"could of" instead of "could have"
"would of" instead of "would have"

They make me grit my teeth!

These are soooo totally right on! Another is when people tell me that something is a mute point. What? It can't talk?

[ohsherrie]

These are soooo totally right on! Another is when people tell me that something is a mute point. What? It can't talk?

I wonder how many people even know what you're talking about. Well, I guess that would be a moot point because someone would innevitably twist logic and say the word mute applied to the given situation. Such is life on a Journey messagboard.

[Little Lenny]

over here we have

minging/minger= not so good looking, or thats sick

ya larkin (grrrrrr can't stand this one!!) = are you coming out

fit= good looking

Pog = someone lacking in intellect & looks

Donkey = someone who isnt so bright

Chav = someone who thinks everything has to 'bling' and brand name

foggy and seggy = first & second

Shut ya cake hole = please shut up

any road = anyhow

tarar = bye

sound= thats good

buzzin = that s good

worra loada cods wallop = what a load of rubbish

townie = someone who lives in the city

you do me 'ed in = you're annoying me
that about all i can think of, can't stand to hear these terms used, it's much easier to speak correctly

[Perry86fan]

My exwife used to end every sentence with "You know what I'm sayin'?" Bugged the piss out of me.

You should have said "Yeah, you just fuckin' told me." Then put a hot iron on her face and asked her the same.

I just blew beer out my nose, that hurt. LMAO!!

[Rockindeano]

over here we have

minging/minger= not so good looking, or thats sick

ya larkin (grrrrrr can't stand this one!!) = are you coming out

fit= good looking

Pog = someone lacking in intellect & looks

Donkey = someone who isnt so bright

Chav = someone who thinks everything has to 'bling' and brand name

foggy and seggy = first & second

Shut ya cake hole = please shut up

any road = anyhow

tarar = bye

sound= thats good

buzzin = that s good

worra loada cods wallop = what a load of rubbish

townie = someone who lives in the city

you do me 'ed in = you're annoying me
that about all i can think of, can't stand to hear these terms used, it's much easier to speak correctly

No offense, but all that Limey stuff sounds retarded and gay. Not just retarded or gay, but retarded and gay.