What technically or likely correct usage makes your skin crawl?

[Hosnon]

For me, it's using "per" as in: "Per the CEO's orders, you're all fired."

[NYC_SKP]

1. "Per Se"

Derivative of your pet peeve term, but it honestly disturbs me somehow.

[Hosnon]

3. The way in which most people use it irks me as well. But it can be used in such a way

that I don't mind (the narrower sense).

[sammythecat]

2. Can't stand that one

I worked with a guy years ago who used it constantly.

While it's not technically correct, using "corporate" as a noun bugs me. :mad:

[LearnedHand]

4. Using "loan" to mean "lend"

We've lost the battle on that one, but I grind my teeth every time I hear perfectly knowledgeable people say, "Hey, could you loan me ten dollars?" :mad:

[MorningGlow]

8. Ughhhh I hate that one

x(

[Oeditpus Rex]

5. Two that are often heard on teevee news, particularly sports:

• "Able to," as in, "The Jayhawks were able to come back after being down by 11."

• A strange combination of tense and mood: "The Giants would score three runs in the fifth inning."



I dunno what it is, but teevee news fucks seem to have a problem with describing things in regular old past tense, like "The Jayhawks came back" and "The Giants scored."

[KT2000]

6. "Price Point" is one

"quintessential" anything, is another

[Lil Missy]

7. "paradigm"

Pass me the Vaseline. :eyes:

[MorningGlow]

9. Not so much usage as pronunciation

"Applicable" with the stress on the second syllable. It's acceptable, but it sounds like "lickable".

Yes, I have the mind of a second grader. :D

[cherish44]

10. "however" gets on my nerves

I know a couple people who will go on a long rant, then pause and say "HOWEVER...." (huge emphasis on the word) and then proceed to go on another long and rambling rant on a different tangent

[graywarrior]

11. When someone makes a statement and ends it with "true?" expecting you to agree with them

I. HATE. THAT!