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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
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I can't think of any words - although I detest being told to "wait" by a Korean. Oh great, so a Korean gets a 잠시만 기다려 주세요 and I get a "wait!"?
But that's different because I don't really hate the word 'wait' as such.
What I do hate is people who think they're a really good writer with something like "well, after fun and frollics over the festive season......". They should be sterilized. |
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qcat79
Joined: 18 Aug 2006
Location: ROK
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| Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 1:22 am Post subject: |
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| i hate "whatnot". ugh!!! |
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: All over the map
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| Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 1:49 am Post subject: |
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High-falutin'
Snail
Kerfuffle
Whachamacallit
Poise
Bruhaha
Brian (my middle name)
Situational
Verklempt
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merlot
Joined: 04 Nov 2005
Location: I tried to contain myself but I escaped.
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| Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 9:25 am Post subject: |
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| "last call." |
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crusher_of_heads
Joined: 23 Feb 2007
Location: kimbop and kimchi for kimberly!!!!
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| Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 9:52 am Post subject: |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 11:33 am Post subject: |
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Diss yo word up dog you be trippin homes I put a cap in yo ass G... etc...
I hate that kind of *beep* too. It 'ain't' language, it's junk, and the people who use it are presenting themselves as idiots. |
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K-in-C
Joined: 27 Mar 2003
Location: Heading somewhere
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| Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 12:57 pm Post subject: Me Too |
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Koreans' misuse of the word "funny". "Soccer was funny yesterday" "I like computer games because they're funny".
This and Koreans adding extra syllables to English words. |
I second this one. I also don't like to hear op soy yo.  |
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Privateer
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Location: Easy Street.
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 3:52 am Post subject: |
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| The word 'snippy' rubs me the wrong way for some reason. |
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cwemory
Joined: 14 Jan 2006
Location: Gunpo, Korea
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 4:19 am Post subject: |
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Lover.
:::shudder::: Yuck! |
Seconded... being asked "Do you have a lover?" is the creepiest question one can ask. |
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Xerxes
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Location: Down a certain (rabbit) hole, apparently
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 5:18 am Post subject: |
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| I don't like the word, "NO" |
No, shit.
Really?
I luv the word "baffoon" to use to insult idiots and "flying idiot" because of the way it translates into Korean: when someone does something well they are "flying" in Korean, as in flying and running.
On the other side of things, "things" and "stuffs," with or without the "s." Almost want to rip the puny student's head off and piss down their bloody gullet with my 12 iron and howl at the moon thereafter.
I always thought that "heretofore" was nutty. Not hateful, but just nutty. |
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Alyallen
Joined: 29 Mar 2004
Location: The 4th Greatest Place on Earth = Jeonju!!!
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 5:53 am Post subject: |
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| ChimpumCallao wrote: |
Lover.
:::shudder::: Yuck! |
Seconded... being asked "Do you have a lover?" is the creepiest question one can ask. |
That is seriously freaky. I shuddered thinking of that question....
I hate "like" and "you know" in valley girl talk. ANNOYING!
Honorable mentions for
*Oh my God! or the equally irritating Oh my God-uh!
*The phrases "When will you marry him?" or "Will you marry (to) him" when people ask about my boyfriend and I
*"Teacher"....I swear I want to put plastic bags over my students' heads when they screech that one out
*"Just because" It's not an answer DAMN IT!
*Nice-uh!
*Fighting
 I just realized that I hate the sound "uh" when added for no good reason... |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 7:23 am Post subject: |
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| Alyallen wrote: |
| cwemory wrote: |
| ChimpumCallao wrote: |
Lover.
:::shudder::: Yuck! |
Seconded... being asked "Do you have a lover?" is the creepiest question one can ask. |
That is seriously freaky. I shuddered thinking of that question.... |
Thirded! Or is it fourthed?
It is just so tacky and slimey and TMI.
"She is my lover. We're lovers. Yes, yes, we go out to movies, dinners, do the shopping, all the rest. But the key point is, we're screwing. And we want to make that clear to everyone in the room". Yeesh.
You'll also hear people refer to somebody as their "ex-lover" -- "That's right. We screwed. How 'bout that.  "
Is it men or women who are more prone to use that word? Rightly or wrongly, I tend to associate it with romance novels for women.
This is a good example of how definitions of simple words can change so much. English-language literature, songs and films produced in the first half of the 20th century contain countless references to people "making love" and perhaps to "lovers", and it's very clear those terms had a far tamer meaning then.
In films you'll hear accusations bandied about regarding a male character who was caught "making love" to one of the female characters -- and it'll mean nothing more scandalous than sweet-talking attempts to woo her or taking her out dancing or horseback riding. All my friends laugh when those lines are delivered in some of my older films, though audiences of the day would have found nothing odd or funny in them.
A male lead will discover his business partner and his (male lead's) wife "making love" -- by which is meant the couple was caught (gasp!) attending a dinner show together at a ritzy nightclub. That was "making love", that I suppose was tantamount to being caught in flagrante back in the day. What terms were used back then to describe the actual, physical act of having sex (i.e., "making love" in our parlance), I don't really know. Perhaps "dishonour" or "violate" or "take advantage of" might serve in the negative sense. In the positive sense, probably some sort of humourous and suitably elliptical expressions to connote such a taboo subject. |
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Mowie
Joined: 28 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 9:42 am Post subject: |
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| The word "invalid" used for people with disabilities. A little judgemental and harsh don't you think? |
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merkurix
Joined: 21 Dec 2006
Location: Not far from the deep end.
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 9:47 am Post subject: |
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"Chillax." This is the most retarded new-slang word in existence.  |
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Hopelessly Human
Joined: 03 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:26 am Post subject: |
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"Honey" "sweety" "darling" etc. when spoken to me by someone I don't know. Heck, I'm not even comfortable with it when I do know the person, never mind a stranger.
Another one is when people shorten words like vacation, to become vaca. |
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