Refusing to use some words

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I would not say love, sorry, and other emotional words of that nature as a kid and replaced them with words of my own inventing.

I wouldn't swear when other people did at a certain age.

Words that create horrible mouth feelings: fluff, cup

I now want to brush my teeth.

I agree. I only really swear if I'm having a meltdown and smashing my computer, never when I'm talking to people. But words like the ones you mention are even worse. It doesn't make any sense to me why one word that means feces is acceptable and another word that means feces is not. They mean exactly the same thing. I don't get it, and I think that's why I hate them.

I dislike all cutesy or nicknames for genitals as well as for vomiting. I have to wonder why there are so many slang words for certain things. It's like the thing about Eskimos having lots of words for snow.

I'm the same as others have mentioned about slang as well. Why change words to mean something different than their original meanings? Bad means bad, not good. Sick means ill. Cool means low temperature. At some point I did started using "cool" or "awesome" as stock responses, because I have no idea what else to say in those situations. I don't like using those words though. And I also cringe when people call me "man" or "dude". I can't use those words myself.

"Couldn't care less" is awkward, but I usually hear people say they could care less. If you could care less, then you must care somewhat, right?

EXACTLY!

And what of criminals saying they don't know nothing? If I were a cop, I would say... "OK, then tell us what you know!" They would say "I told you I don't know NOTHING!", nad I would say "RIGHT, so tell us what you know!". Time for who's on first! I LOVE this skit!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sShMA85pv8M

I hate Australian slang or even young people slang and I don't like using naughty words. And I think people should only swear when they have to. Using it in everyday conversation just takes the power out of those words.

There is only one word that is a "curse" word that I use. My alternatives are words like "crap", "stupid" and stuff. I also don't like some slang words. I'll let other people use them, but I'm not going to because I don't want to and I don't have to.

There are some words that I just don't like because of the way they sound. And there are some words that I avoid because of what they mean or are possibly construed as. I try to be very careful with what I say.

In addition, I don't like using internet lingo when I can help it. I always type my sentences out as completely as possible. I'm not too picky about grammar (unless it's unintelligible), but I really hate it when people can't spell properly. Particularly on the internet... y'know, where there's spell check.

Also:
"If you say plz because it's shorter than please, I will say no because it's shorter than yes."

I want this on a t-shirt.

I normally don't use words that can be said in a slang way, like "come"...
I find it embarrassing to use because I think who ever hears it will try to make a joke on me about saying it

Ugh... I hate it when I get self-conscious about saying certain words that can be interpreted different ways, because I know there will always be someone around trying to be funny by acting like Beavis and Butt-Head about it.

Some things with the letter 'n' in it, e.g. 'gaining'. Also the number '7' as well as spelling 'seven' used to do that to me.....

I will not say the words ret*d, ret*d, imbecil, moron, idiot or feeble minded.

Well played and well said.

I'm a big fan of avoiding slurs in general. This isn't political correctness, but simple politeness and respect.

This.
I shall add 'spaz'. It gets thrown around a lot, even here. I know it means something entirely different in certain countries but here it is an insult to those with Cerebral Palsy. It's pretty much used the same way ret*d is.
I also hate the word 'fit.' How hard is it to say the word seizure?

Its funny how everyone here says they don't use "slang" words, however, they are using a slang term right in the middle of their sentence. Slang is "slang" word. The actual term is "colloquialism".

So a sentence really should read, "I avoid modern day colloquialism"

So I guess everyone uses slang after all.

I did say I avoided slang some 23+ years ago, but I definitely use it now. I know you weren't aiming it at me.

I do think some terms are more obviously "slang" than others, though, and some slang terms seem to carry more of an air of linguistic authenticity due to certain kinds of saturation.

I didn't think kaiouti specifically said anything about avoiding slang entirely, but rather avoiding homophones that sound like slang terms. At least, that's my reading.

Last edited by Verdandi on 11 Feb 2011, 5:48 am, edited 1 time in total.

It was something I realized was all. I wasn't trying to point it out to anyone, just using another post as an example was all. Because I find it kind of funny when I did catch it, I was like hey wait.