Words or phrases you will never say or repeat

[kirbykart]

Capture or Caption.  Apparently it pisses two people off on the forum if I choose the wrong word of the two.  In fact one of the two accused me of trolling him and said I use caption over capture to purposely irk him.

The fact is there is no ruling that your grammar has to be one hundred percent, as long as it's not political or offensive.

So I try not to use either one cause I can't help be uninformed of usage on a forum trolled by grammar and punctuation geeks.

What? Those words mean completely different things.

[Ned Weasel]

If I ever say "circle back," I've probably failed at everything possible in human existence.

[wanderer2575]

"Center around."  No, you either "center on" or "revolve around."

Speaking for my Mom:  I don't know if this is still a thing, but she hates it when one of her friends says "hey, girlfriend" to her.  Call her by her name.

[Max Rockatansky]

When I was in high school most adults in Michigan would say "Geeze oh Pete's"  as a stand in for the exclamation "Jesus Christ!"   It sounded lame then, I don't believe I've ever actually said it myself.  My understanding was that it had something to do with not taking the lord's name in vain.

[GaryV]

Speaking for my Mom:  I don't know if this is still a thing, but she hates it when one of her friends says "hey, girlfriend" to her.  Call her by her name.

They may have temporarily forgotten her name.

When I was in high school most adults in Michigan would say "Geeze oh Pete's"  as a stand in for the exclamation "Jesus Christ!"   It sounded lame then, I don't believe I've ever actually said it myself.  My understanding was that it had something to do with not taking the lord's name in vain.

Another one is Judas Priest.

There's plenty of euphemisms people use: Dagnabbit, Frick'n, Son of a Gun.

[andrepoiy]

"bro". Hate that word

[Max Rockatansky]

"bro". Hate that word

"Boss"  and "chief"  are also frequently used by the "bro"  crowd.

[1995hoo]

"Would of" and "should of" instead of the correct "would've" and "should've" (although I never use the contractions).

[7/8]

"bro". Hate that word

I don't ever type "lol". It just screams immaturity in my brain.

I normally use all caps. It looks more like an adult version for some reason.

Not that either. Nor LMAO, ROFL, or things of that nature. I either use an emoji or just put "Ha".

For some reason, a single "ha" comes off as sarcastic to me, while "haha" seems more genuine.

[hbelkins]

Here's a road-related one that I have used in the past but try to avoid now.

Multiplex

I prefer "concurrency."

[Takumi]

"bro". Hate that word

"Boss"  and "chief"  are also frequently used by the "bro"  crowd.

Also "buddy" .

An app at work requires us to say "copy that"  as an affirmative response to its messages. I've never said that before in my life.

[GaryV]

An app at work requires us to say “copy that” as an affirmative response to its messages. I’ve never said that before in my life.

Try, "10-4, good buddy."

[Max Rockatansky]

"bro". Hate that word

"Boss"  and "chief"  are also frequently used by the "bro"  crowd.

Also "buddy" .

An app at work requires us to say "copy that"  as an affirmative response to its messages. I've never said that before in my life.

I have to use "copy that"  quite a bit given I've been on operating radios and using police codes for close to two decades.  This past decade has only made it a thing I say more frequently say given I work on a military base and talk to dispatchers often. 

[Scott5114]

I grew up with a pilot as a dad, so I tend to go with roger. At the casino, we had a wide array of ten codes, but half of them were obscure enough that if you actually tried to use them, nobody would know what you meant. As time went on, I sort of shifted to using more aviation phraseology rather than the ten codes, because it's so blindingly obvious that, even if you're not familiar with it, the meaning still comes through. ("10-9" and "Say again?" are about the same amount of effort to say, but one is much more readily understood.)

Using "niner" at work got a near-universal negative reaction, though.

[abefroman329]

Using "niner" at work got a near-universal negative reaction, though.

If there was ever a place where it's important to distinguish between "five" and "nine," it's a casino.

[skluth]

I really dislike people saying "bad" in any context to mean good. I can't remember ever using bad that way and don't foresee it happening.

[1995hoo]

I really dislike people saying "bad" in any context to mean good. I can't remember ever using bad that way and don't foresee it happening.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W2XWBN_qOw

(I seem to recall another version of that with a group of young black guys who are drawing out the word "bad" and an old white man who says something like, "You guys don't know what you're talking about. This is very good chicken!")

[Scott5114]

Using "niner" at work got a near-universal negative reaction, though.

If there was ever a place where it's important to distinguish between "five" and "nine," it's a casino.

Oh, for sure. But they had some apparent, incomprehensible obsession with making things impossible to understand on the radio. The various zones of the casino were assigned letters, so of course we used the phonetic alphabet ("Alpha", "Bravo", "Echo", and so on). But when we added an eighth section, H, the manager insisted on naming the section after his favorite video game, Halo. So now we would get calls that someone needed help in "Halo" and they'd mishear and go to "Echo" or vice-versa. But they never changed it because it would be too hard to get everyone to change over to calling it "Hotel".

We also ended up with a zone S that was named out of the main sequence (which only went up to G at the time) because it was in a skybridge. That got named "Sky". Which sucked because it is basically impossible to make "Sky" come through on the radio. I would say "Sierra" instead, and people would bitch and moan about it, but it got them there more effectively than "Sky".

[02 Park Ave]

Rather than "Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge" it should be "Tappan Zee Bridge".

[elsmere241]

Using "the" in front of a number to refer to a highway or freeway. That's only for buses around these parts.

That's what everyone does in Buffalo, NY. "Get on the 90, head down the 33 into Downtown, then get on the Skyway." I don't hate it, but I wouldn't say I love it either.

When I was in college in Utah there was a traffic reporter who did that, including referring to the 21st South freeway as "the 201".  I found it annoying.

[US 89]

Using "the" in front of a number to refer to a highway or freeway. That's only for buses around these parts.

That's what everyone does in Buffalo, NY. "Get on the 90, head down the 33 into Downtown, then get on the Skyway." I don't hate it, but I wouldn't say I love it either.

When I was in college in Utah there was a traffic reporter who did that, including referring to the 21st South freeway as "the 201".  I found it annoying.

"The 201" is not unheard of, but I find more people will just say "201" or "SR201". Absolutely nobody calls it the 21st South Freeway anymore.

I've never heard the SoCal type usage ("the xx") with any of the other Wasatch Front freeways or expressways, though. Interstates are usually simply "I-xx" or just "xx", though I-215 can also be "Belt Route" or one of "west belt"/"south belt"/"east belt" depending on what part is being referred to. The US 89 freeway in Davis County is "Highway 89". Anything else has a name and is referred to as such - nobody knows Bangerter is SR 154, Legacy is SR 67, etc...

[amroad17]

"bro". Hate that word

"Boss"  and "chief"  are also frequently used by the "bro"  crowd.

Also "buddy" .

An app at work requires us to say "copy that"  as an affirmative response to its messages. I've never said that before in my life.

"I ain't your bro, buddy!'
"I ain't your buddy, friend!"
"I ain't your friend, pal!"
"I ain't your pal, boss!"
"I ain't your boss, bro!"

[hotdogPi]

Two context-dependent ones:

"Bike" to refer to motorcycles. Bikes are bicycles.

"UK football" in the sense hbelkins uses it. Wrong country, wrong sport.

[SSOWorld]

Two context-dependent ones:

"Bike" to refer to motorcycles. Bikes are bicycles.

"UK football" in the sense hbelkins uses it. Wrong country, wrong sport.

Football is the true name for "soccer".  "Football" as is defined by Americans is still called that - American football - never mind the Canadians and Australians....

[webny99]

"UK football" in the sense hbelkins uses it. Wrong country, wrong sport.

That one gets me as well. I always think United Kingdom first.