http://catandv.vox.com/library/posts/tags/annoying+slang/page/1/ well, sort of ... en Vox Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:39:25 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss annoying slang http://catandv.vox.com/library/post/qotd-annoying-slang-ftw.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Emu with a Clue) http://catandv.vox.com/library/post/qotd-annoying-slang-ftw.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://catandv.vox.com/library/post/qotd-annoying-slang-ftw.html?_c=feed-rss-full Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:39:25 -0700 <blockquote> <p>Which popular slang expression drives you nuts? </p> <p>&#160;</p> <p>&#160;</p></blockquote> <p>&#160;</p> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00e3989f7c4d000500f48cec6b4f0003" at:format="large" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-large photo-enclosure" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 10px auto;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item photo-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://catandv.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989f7c4d000500f48cec6b4f0003.html"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e3989f7c4d000500f48cec6b4f0003-320pi" alt="Dolly and hannah" title="Dolly and hannah" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://catandv.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989f7c4d000500f48cec6b4f0003.html" title="Dolly and hannah">Dolly and hannah</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <p>Wow, where to start!&#160; My kids pick up so many awful expressions from school, it is hard to pick just one.&#160; Probably the most pervasive is &quot;Oh my God&quot; but the way they say it, it sounds more like &quot;Aw moi Gawd&quot; but I have pretty much become immune to that one after so many years.&#160; My daughter also peppers her speech with the word &quot;like&quot;, describes things that she thinks are good as &quot;sick&quot; and has had to be stopped from using insults such as &quot;loser&quot; to describe her brother and from using phrases such as &quot;talk to the booty, cos the hands off duty&quot; (which she got from Dolly Parton on &quot;Hannah Montana&quot;).&#160; Probaby my least favourite is the word &quot;butt&quot; though as even adults are using this word now and it just sounds so un-Australian.&#160; What is wrong with &quot;bottom&quot; or &quot;bum&quot; (or even &quot;khyber&quot; as my dad used to call it!)?</p> <p>&#160;</p> <p>&#160;</p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://catandv.vox.com/library/post/qotd-annoying-slang-ftw.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989f7c4d000500e398ee003d0005?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd sick loser like butt dolly parton hannah montana oh my god khyber pass talk to the hand annoying slang rhyming slang