What inoffensive words you hate but don't know why? - Random words your brain thinks is a violation of the Geneva Convention.

AnOminous said:
especially when they've been turned into Newspeak nonsense.
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"unalive"

if I am ever watching a youtube video and hear that I immediately unsubscribe because it means the content creator is a pussy who will turn himself into a baby at the first hint of pressure from an authority figure. "Oh no I cant monetize my content if I say "kill"... well I don't know anything about that since I don't make videos for a living, but I do know you couldn't pay me enough to censor myself and I definitely wouldn't pre-emptively censor myself "just in case", which is probably why youtube decided they could go ahead and try to limit the words that grown adults could use on their platform without backlash. Don't ever give anyone with power an inch in good faith they will always take a mile.
 
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Chao Garden said:
"respectful/disrespectful" grinds my gears for some reason. I think maybe i've seen too many sjw types sperging about something being disrespectful. weirdly respect/disrespect doesn't bother me
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Ironically, it's the reverse for me, respect/disrespect annoys me, but I don't mind "respectful/disrespectful." I dislike the words for the same reason as yours, people preaching about respecting others and they can't do the same, or maybe those "sigma" edits with the caption "RESPECT" over some guy beating up a child. Also I dislike the word "victim" when used in an unironic context, especially when it's not used for victims of actual crimes, but I'm relatively ok with "victimize." Also "toxic," the term "basic human decency," and any term commonly used by the LGBT community, for the same reason you and me just mentioned.
 
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Back to the mid 2000s, I hate the term “joshing”, not only is it a stain upon our glorious leader, but how hard is it to just say joking? What is it replacing exactly?
 
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Carlos Thin said:
Back to the mid 2000s, I hate the term “joshing”, not only is it a stain upon our glorious leader, but how hard is it to just say joking? What is it replacing exactly?
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To be fair, Dear Feeder does a fair amount of joshing.
 
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When I was younger, people using the word "Sketchy" to mean "Creepy and/or untrustworthy" as opposed to "Ill-defined and unclear" used to drive me particularly fucking insane. It just always felt nonsensical, and it was like everyone just randomly started saying it in the early 2010s.

Can't remember anything else specific off the top of my head, just more of a general miasma of every teenager in my 98% White upper-middle class town talking like a bunch of dumb niggers because rap music and it's consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
 
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Beige said:
When I was younger, people using the word "Sketchy" to mean "Creepy and/or untrustworthy" as opposed to "Ill-defined and unclear" used to drive me particularly fucking insane. It just always felt nonsensical, and it was like everyone just randomly started saying it in the early 2010s.
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I first heard it used that way in the early '90s.
 
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Alaina's Rotdog said:
Triggered.

Anything that remotely makes someone the smallest iota upset is considered a "trigger" and of course you have the retards out there who put "trigger warning" on everything.
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It's just a word for pussies on both sides of the argument to try to make excuses for whatever situation it's used in. People who whine about being "TrIgGeReD" in everyday situations need to get over themselves. Likewise, the people who call others "TrIgGeReD" for making a counter argument to their nonsense are just as bad. It's a lazy way of dismissing anything in bad faith.

The Foxtrot said:
I also have come to hate the word "gaslighting". The term originally was in reference to abusers making their victims question reality by making them either doubt their own recollection of events, or flat-out telling them <thing> didn't happen when it did.

Now, if you've said something that contradicts what someone thinks is true (like trying to convince some dumbass shitlib that Kamala Harris isn't black, she's North Indian/Irish), but is objectively false, you're "gaslighting" them.
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The easiest way to differentiate true gaslighting from the modern usage.... Anthony Fauci and his denial about masks and vaccines (I never told people to mask up, that the vaxx is "100% safe and effective ") is actual gaslighting. Deliberately obfuscating the origins of the WuFlu isn't gaslighting. It's just outright deception to cover their asses.
Lieutenant Rasczak said:
Not necessarily a word, but it's similar and it's the phrase "basic human decency". Every single person who uses that term is either a sociopath or a psychopath in disguise. I've seen people utter that phrase and to nobody's surprise, they end up being some of the most wicked, vindictive, and cruel cunts imaginable. They're type of irredeemable cunt you want to stomp the skull of upon first contact.
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100% agree. Trying to hold people to standards that you yourself don't hold is that "appeal to ××××××" that makes me want to smash their heads into the pavement.
She Beetle said:
Someone has been Drake and Joshin' this man too hard.
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That takes a whole new meaning since that Nickelodeon documentary came out...
 
It’s trendy in my country to use random english words, especially in advertisement, and it’s led me to hate completely normal words, in particular the word “pet”. We have a perfectly serviceable word for pet, but it’s not cool enough, I guess, so everything to do with domestic animals is fully in english.
edited to add: the word “safe” also infuriates me.
 
I despise almost every americanism, it feels like ebonics to me. "Kinda", "Gotta", "Wanna", "Gonna". I work hard to cut it out of my vocabulary even though it's technically convenient.

Not a word but I feel that "Kind of" is abused too, in sentences where it doesn't need to exist. "I kind of want to do this", "This is kind of like a road", and I almost never hear it or see it used properly outside of textbooks and older literature. "An apple is a kind of fruit."
 
Cats said:
"unalive"

if I am ever watching a youtube video and hear that I immediately unsubscribe because it means the content creator is a pussy who will turn himself into a baby at the first hint of pressure from an authority figure. "Oh no I cant monetize my content if I say "kill"... well I don't know anything about that since I don't make videos for a living, but I do know you couldn't pay me enough to censor myself and I definitely wouldn't pre-emptively censor myself "just in case", which is probably why youtube decided they could go ahead and try to limit the words that grown adults could use on their platform without backlash. Don't ever give anyone with power an inch in good faith they will always take a mile.
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They could've used clever wordplay like "doing a Dweyer's post-trial", "Played Hemmingway's Flute", "Painted like Kurt Cobain" or "Pull a McNutt". Hell, even An Hero is a better alternative but they always got to go with the most uncreative, most obvious faggot shit imaginable. For a bunch of """creators™""" you would've expected them to be at least more creative than ChatGPT of all god damn things. No shit, even LLMs are more creative than 99.9% of """creators™""".

From ChatGPT 4-o Mini

Finding alternatives to "unalive" that are subtle and won't trigger content moderation can be a bit tricky, but here are some creative and tasteful options:
  1. "Depart" – Sounds peaceful and vague, suggesting the end of life without being too direct.
  2. "Expire" – Like a product's expiration date, it implies the end without sounding harsh.
  3. "Cross over" – Adds a bit of poetic imagery, making it less blunt.
  4. "Rest permanently" – Suggests the finality of death without using charged language.
  5. "Go offline" – Tech-inspired euphemism that works well in modern contexts.
  6. "Check out" – Implies leaving, but could also be interpreted more lightly.
  7. "Move on" – Has a spiritual undertone, suggesting a transition rather than a harsh ending.
  8. "Fade away" – Conveys a sense of something gently disappearing.
  9. "Take the eternal nap" – Adds a hint of humor while still being relatively soft.
  10. "Retire from life" – Puts a less dramatic spin on the end of one's life journey.
These alternatives aim to soften the blow while still getting the idea across without sounding bizarre or out of place.
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From ChatGPT 4-o Mini

Response to my "Doing a Dweyer's post trial" and "Played Hemmingway's Flute" comments.

Those are darkly clever! They have a certain poetic flair while still alluding to the underlying meaning without being too blunt. Here are a few more in that same vein, with a touch of creative wordplay:
  1. "Pulled a Van Gogh's encore" – Suggests a dramatic, final act.
  2. "Took Sylvia's rest" – Refers to Sylvia Plath, implying a permanent departure.
  3. "Signed off like Cobain" – Adds a rock-and-roll edge, while still being a reference.
  4. "Followed Plath's recipe" – A slightly dark literary nod.
  5. "Went full Woolf" – Alludes to Virginia Woolf’s fate.
  6. "Closed the Bukowski chapter" – Suggests a literary conclusion.
  7. "Did a Socrates toast" – Nods to history, with some classical flair.
  8. "Joined Hunter’s send-off" – A nod to Hunter S. Thompson.
These keep the tone dark but offer a twist of artistry or historical reference that adds some nuance.
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All of those vegan substitute words like "cheeze" and "chick'n" activate some sort of uncanny valley survivalist part of my brain. They give me the exact same kind of creeped-out feeling I get from watching footage of animals being controlled by parasites, or of predators mimicking prey to get their guard down before killing them. Seeing these attempts at mimicking common foods like this just has really sinister undertones to it for some reason, like if you were about to eat something and noticed a parasitic worm in it. It just really gives me the heebie-jeebies.
 
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I’m probably nitpicking, but I get very tired of people not knowing how to use the word “accountability” in the right way. Usually, it was well-meaning people that did this, but today it’s people that just overuse the word to avoid the real meaning of what the word is supposed to be represent.
 
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