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30 Nov 2009, 7:28 am

Janissy wrote:
"pwned"


It apparently originated as gamer slang so it was only ever typed. As far as I know, it is still only ever typed. It's a word that exists only in print and not in spoken language. I wouldn't even know how to pronounce it and it appears unpronounceable. Neverthless, everytime I encounter it typed, my brain automatically tries to pronounce it and can't because it is a word that does not exist in spoken language, only in typed language.

That just bugs me. My brain wants to pronounce it and keeps jittering back over it trying different phonetic possibilities until I force my eyes to continue on and disregard it.


I was around when this word made its appearance. Was in World of Warcraft and whenever a player would type "owned," he/she would accidentally hit "p" instead of "o." Thus, "pwned" was born and is used in place of "owned."



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30 Nov 2009, 10:13 am

"Hottie". A word commonly used in internet chat rooms. Eg ...

Person 1: Do you like my pic?
Person 2 (lying): Wow, u r a hottie!



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30 Nov 2009, 11:24 am

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not entirely true good sir...it's not really that difficult to draw two dots for eyes, and a curved line for a smile, with a circle around them on paper, but regardless, I totally agree with you.

And then they bring in the "but in such a level of bandwidth...that's the thing" excuse.

Either it's a hypocritical way of putting down technology, or it's just being hypocritical.


Yeah that's true. But it wasn't common. Maybe kids did something similar. But as a smiley system it wasn't invented as such.

I guess it's that kind of hypocrisy called "it's bad because of this and that, we may do something similar ourselves, but basically we complain about it because it's NEW (we just don't say it out loud...)"

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30 Nov 2009, 11:43 am

Mostly any word that is used out of context, incorrectly, or overused that annoys me. The South Park episode where Cartman says "Hella" a hundred times grated on my nerves and hearing "like" and other teenage slang similar to that. Makes me desire hearing groovy and tubular just to annoy those using the current hip slang.

Can't think of any particular words off the top of my head. Words with too many consonants can be irritating. Cthulu took me forever to pronounce just because it shouldn't really be pronouncable. Yet I can pronounce Cyclotrimethelenetrinitramine with ease.


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30 Nov 2009, 3:54 pm

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I don't like the word "supper"

I don' know...it just sounds like someone with a low-IQ talking about dinner; I love the word "dinner".

Has a certain sophistication to it.


Apparently "supper" has different meanings according to region (and perhaps culture).

When I was growing up, "supper" and "dinner" were interchangeable words for the evening meal, with the family sitting around the table and saying, "please pass the roast potatoes".

My aunt spent 30 years as a cloistered nun in Massachusetts, and for her, stuck in 1950's New England, "supper" was a similar meal, but earlier in the day, like around two or three.

My husband, who grew up in England, uses "supper" to mean a couple slices of buttered toast and a cup of hot cocoa before bedtime.



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30 Nov 2009, 5:13 pm

OK

I hate this word and wish it was banned from the English language!

Like

This like, is like, this most like, annoying word ever!
When people use this word over and over,
I don't listen and just count the Likes.


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30 Nov 2009, 5:38 pm

Four words: Rainbow goldfish fecal matter. Oh how I love riding the school bus. Imagine being stuck on a bus for half an hour with the three kids behind you discussing the above subject. This is the reason iPods were invented.



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01 Dec 2009, 2:29 pm

Another thing I don't like is when people say "both... but also" instead of "both... and". (Do people do this in English too?)
When I hear someone say "both" on the radio or other places, I wait to hear what they say afterwards. If they say "... and", I nod. If they say "... but also", I say: "Both and!" (Not out loud, if it's people who can hear it, but inside.)



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01 Dec 2009, 5:02 pm

I loathe, detest and despise the word 'anyways'. ARGH even typing it makes me want to wash my mouth out. It's spelt 'ANYWAY' damn it, 'ANYWAY'.


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01 Dec 2009, 5:06 pm

This thread proves that it's impossible to please everyone. I guess next time I meet someone new, I will have to ask them about the words they can't stand so that I could make sure not to use these words.


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01 Dec 2009, 10:32 pm

I dislike the word anyways too. I also dislike when people say "and stuff" or "'n stuff."



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01 Dec 2009, 10:46 pm

"irregardless" Shame on whoever first uttered this word. It's a double negative.


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02 Dec 2009, 2:35 am

oh god yes I hate the following words with a passion:

-tidy (especially when used in conjunction with -up)
-delicious (but only when preceded with a dragged out 'mmmm")

there's others but I can't think of em right now...maybe later.



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02 Dec 2009, 3:26 am

Shebakoby wrote:
oh god yes I hate the following words with a passion:

-tidy (especially when used in conjunction with -up)
-delicious (but only when preceded with a dragged out 'mmmm")

there's others but I can't think of em right now...maybe later.


I really like the aspie invented phrase tidy-down though. As in making the mess in the first place.


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03 Dec 2009, 8:36 am

I cannot stand the term carer.


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03 Dec 2009, 8:45 am

PlatedDrake wrote:
Janissy wrote:
"pwned"


It apparently originated as gamer slang so it was only ever typed. As far as I know, it is still only ever typed. It's a word that exists only in print and not in spoken language. I wouldn't even know how to pronounce it and it appears unpronounceable. Neverthless, everytime I encounter it typed, my brain automatically tries to pronounce it and can't because it is a word that does not exist in spoken language, only in typed language.

That just bugs me. My brain wants to pronounce it and keeps jittering back over it trying different phonetic possibilities until I force my eyes to continue on and disregard it.


I was around when this word made its appearance. Was in World of Warcraft and whenever a player would type "owned," he/she would accidentally hit "p" instead of "o." Thus, "pwned" was born and is used in place of "owned."


Small fish in big pond topic

Wow--this is how I thought the word pwned was pronounced. :lol:

I suppose it is obvious i do not play computer games--except pinball and solitaire. :wink: :P

This could be a whole other thread--Words used only in print: How to pronounce them and their definitions.


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