Inconceivable. I worked with this small hunchback Sicilian and he would use that word constantly. I told him, that he keeps using that word, and I do not think it means what he thinks it means. Then I got volunteered for a dangerous job where I got bashed on the head.
"Gaslighting" isn't just another word for lying, it's a specific method of manipulation that involves making a person question their own perception of reality. It doesn't even require lying.
I agree. Gaslighting isn’t just lying or manipulating. While gaslighting is abuse, not all abuse is gaslighting. I feel like people use this word because it sounds more dramatic, but it often isn’t correct.
This is one of my pet peeves my ex mil had ocd and it wasn’t about keeping the cushions straight or lining things up right. It was a debilitating belief that I she didn’t do certain things that bad things would happen.
Yes, I have OCD and believe me I’m the opposite of a ‘clean freak’ (I’m rather messy) which seems to be the stereotype. My OCD is very much obsessive, intrusive thoughts. Sometimes it’s unwanted sexual/violent thoughts, and then sometimes it’s worrying that something is going to happen to my loved ones. And then having to do a compulsive action to confirm to myself that it’s not real, or that doing the action will stop the bad things happening (however irrational that may be). The compulsion side of things has mostly gone away since being on antidepressants but the depression is very much still here.
ADHD too. People often forget that ADHD and Autism are sister disorders. When you hear “adhd” people think of an energetic person and when you hear “autism” people think of a 20y/o with the mentality of a 3 y/o. Its terrible. We’re both equally normal people, but we both have troubles that should not be overlooked.
Similarly, “problematic”. If something is bad or offensive, please describe why. Don’t just call it problematic without explaining what the problem is.
I’ve been saying this for years, but at this point I feel like it’s one of those situations where the language has evolved. I’ve literally never heard anyone say “asocial”, despite it being correct. And I feel like I rarely hear “anti-social” used to describe actual anti-social behavior. It’s far more often used incorrectly.
OCD. I've met people with genuine OCD. They don't care about tiles being ill-alligned. They're touching the doorknob in the exact same spot for 37 times to stop something horrible from happening.
My nephew has OCD. When off his meds, as he is walking across a room, he will stop, retrace his steps, then repeat until he gets the steps “right”. If he doesn’t get them right, something bad will happen. When on his meds, he is perfectly normal.
Not to mention that OCD and obsessive compulsive PERSONALITY disorder are two very, VERY different conditions and require two very VERY different treatment strategies.
I have it. I am nasty , dirty and messy. Also I don't brush my long hair or align my clothes properly since the day I was born. I wear clothes that turn inside out in public then realize later. Sometimes I wear diaper for fun to pee standing in public. And I am a girl. I am an asian 30 y/o good looking woman with diaper, peeing quietly near you. I'm not crazy, just weird. The more I talk, I sound crazy, I will stop.
Not to be “that guy” but the ironic use of literally has been a part of the nomenclature for more than a century. Henry James , Charles Dickens, et al, all used the word to mean “figuratively”. Matter of fact, the original usage in the 17th century meant “concerning letters” - “lit”erally about literature. It’s changed and morphed quite a bit. Rob is fine. Although in my experience, most Robs suck. Reiner, Zombie, Kardashian, Gronkowski. Only good one is Halford.
The worst part is, when you tell people to knock it off, they say "Oh, you're triggered BY THE WORD TRIGGERED???? LOL!!!!!" It's not funny. Fuck off with that.
It’s super annoying because I’ve actually experienced some real trauma and issues that have actually triggered me (into flashbacks, emotional breakdowns, dissociation) and so I hate even using the word “trigger” because no one will take it seriously. Now we need an actual word that means what triggered USED to mean lol
Any dismissive meme terms run the risk of becoming prejudist excuses. Karen has definitely run its course, I see it used more by misogynists and racists to completely dismiss any ire from white women than by minimum wage employees being harassed by an entitled asshole. It's the new "hysteria"
Used to know a dude who would constantly get pissed when people would say they are OCD for being neat, or Bipolar because they had a mood swing, or any sort of comment jokingly mentioning a disorder for something mild. But if he disagreed with you politically you were a narcissist or a psycho. But I guess with those disease, the only people who really suffer are the people around you.
Gaslighting. It’s so over used that no one uses it properly now. Gaslighting is a form of emotional manipulation but not all emotional manipulation is gaslighting
I was in a discussion with someone and I genuinely didn’t recall something they brought up and they later said I was gaslighting them. No. I sure wasn’t.
That’s not a word. You’re pretty bad at english. In fact, i think I need to sign you up for english classes. You’re trying to make me sound stupid by using made up words aren’t you? I can’t believe you.
Same!!! I have OCD too, and it’s so frustrating hearing people say they have it because they’re neat and tidy or like their books colour coded etc. They make out like it’s a quirky personality trait that we should strive for.
Fuck yes. Whenever I hear someone say ‘utilize’ in a professional setting it sounds like they’re just sweatily trying to sound more intelligent. Please stop.
Slay. I don’t know why but I just can’t stand it when people say “slay” to me when I say something bad ass that I’ve done. Or even when I say “I did the dishes” or otherwise did something that makes me a mundane and normal human being it does not warrant “slay”
I about lost it when I made a post regarding buzzword arguments, and someone said they agreed with me on everything except chronically late people not being narcissists. They said they hated I and it was so rude.
It's so strange that every undesirable trait is now described as narcissistic. It's like the entire internet is full of five-year-olds who came across a new word and found it cool.
I have tourettes and picked that up as a tic last summer bc of how often I’d hear it. Got counselling called on me once or twice when I started college in the fall.
Trump withdrew his support for a far right wing Senator because that candidate said we shouldn't focus on 2020. Trump called him "woke" for not supporting "stop the steal." The word has jumped the shark even in GOP world.
Or, for all us Americans out there, "communism." Integration of schools? Communism. Vaccine mandates? Obviously communism. Seatbelt laws (yes, really)? Whoa, there, commie.
Toxic. The amount of times I hear "your parents are toxic/abusive" because the parent made their child clean their room, which is obviously unacceptable because "its their space." I do feel like some child/parent relationships are toxic, but people are just slapping that word on anything they dont like.
This is unfortunately my filler. I don’t use ‘like’ or ‘um’ but I have caught myself using ‘you know’ way more than I would like to. Trying to figure out how to break the habit.
Unprecedented
"And by that, I mean COMPLETELY PRECEDENTED!"
It was used for COVID a lot. The thing was, a global pandemic has happened many times before. It had a precedent.
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Influencer
The majority of influencers don’t influence people.
I C O N I C
The little pictures on my Windows desktop are iconic.
It's like a nickname. You can't force it nor can it be determined. Things become iconic naturally over time.
Oh god it drives me mad. Every little fucking thing.
Inconceivable. I worked with this small hunchback Sicilian and he would use that word constantly. I told him, that he keeps using that word, and I do not think it means what he thinks it means. Then I got volunteered for a dangerous job where I got bashed on the head.
But did you find the six-fingered man?
NO MORE RHYMES NOW, I MEAN IT!
Seems like you need a career change. Have you considered piracy?
I heard about your father, I’m very sorry, such a tragic death of an artist
I came here to find this exact comment.
"Gaslighting" isn't just another word for lying, it's a specific method of manipulation that involves making a person question their own perception of reality. It doesn't even require lying.
I agree. Gaslighting isn’t just lying or manipulating. While gaslighting is abuse, not all abuse is gaslighting. I feel like people use this word because it sounds more dramatic, but it often isn’t correct.
That’s not true at all, no one thinks that.
Sounds like a LOT of fucking work.
not necessarily a word, but I've seen the term POV used incorrectly countless times on tik tok and it's infuriating
POV really just stands for "point of view." I don't get why people don't understand that.
Right? Everyone knows POV is reserved for my xhamster searches.
Ocd , without actually having
"I like putting my dishes away after I wash them, but I'm just OCD like that."
This is one of my pet peeves my ex mil had ocd and it wasn’t about keeping the cushions straight or lining things up right. It was a debilitating belief that I she didn’t do certain things that bad things would happen.
Yes, I have OCD and believe me I’m the opposite of a ‘clean freak’ (I’m rather messy) which seems to be the stereotype. My OCD is very much obsessive, intrusive thoughts. Sometimes it’s unwanted sexual/violent thoughts, and then sometimes it’s worrying that something is going to happen to my loved ones. And then having to do a compulsive action to confirm to myself that it’s not real, or that doing the action will stop the bad things happening (however irrational that may be). The compulsion side of things has mostly gone away since being on antidepressants but the depression is very much still here.
ADHD too. People often forget that ADHD and Autism are sister disorders. When you hear “adhd” people think of an energetic person and when you hear “autism” people think of a 20y/o with the mentality of a 3 y/o. Its terrible. We’re both equally normal people, but we both have troubles that should not be overlooked.
i have it and it triggers tf outta me when ppl say they do
Yeah people act like it’s cute and quirky or something. But the reality for people who struggle with it is anything but just cute.
Likewise, PTSD, trauma, adhd, empath, narcissist, autism.
Toxic
With the exception of Britney Spears
And recently it’s been “gaslighting”
100% Everything is toxic now
Similarly, “problematic”. If something is bad or offensive, please describe why. Don’t just call it problematic without explaining what the problem is.
Usually when I see people using this word, they're using it in a way that kinda makes them seem like an asshole.
Normalize
De-Normalize"Normalize"
I remember I saw someone say normalize teen pregnancy and I was shocked
Unless we're talking about linear algebra
“Normalize, radicalize, fetishize, romanticize”. Why don’t you shutize the fuckize upize.
Anti-social. Preferring to be alone is to be asocial. Psychopaths are anti-social.
I’ve been saying this for years, but at this point I feel like it’s one of those situations where the language has evolved. I’ve literally never heard anyone say “asocial”, despite it being correct. And I feel like I rarely hear “anti-social” used to describe actual anti-social behavior. It’s far more often used incorrectly.
in german however be sure to say unsozial instead of asozial because asozial means dickhead/douchebag lol
OCD. I've met people with genuine OCD. They don't care about tiles being ill-alligned. They're touching the doorknob in the exact same spot for 37 times to stop something horrible from happening.
My nephew has OCD. When off his meds, as he is walking across a room, he will stop, retrace his steps, then repeat until he gets the steps “right”. If he doesn’t get them right, something bad will happen. When on his meds, he is perfectly normal.
Not to mention that OCD and obsessive compulsive PERSONALITY disorder are two very, VERY different conditions and require two very VERY different treatment strategies.
I have it. I am nasty , dirty and messy. Also I don't brush my long hair or align my clothes properly since the day I was born. I wear clothes that turn inside out in public then realize later. Sometimes I wear diaper for fun to pee standing in public. And I am a girl. I am an asian 30 y/o good looking woman with diaper, peeing quietly near you. I'm not crazy, just weird. The more I talk, I sound crazy, I will stop.
They move their eyes around the room they're in, and make sure their eyes touch each corner until they feel like it's even.
Empath, gas lighting, narcissist, OCD, any mental illness label they do not have, triggered.
me, an empath, sensing that the word narcissist triggers you
Apparently the word "empath" means "girl who bullied you in high school and now sells essential oils for an mlm"
Literally
My buddy Rob is guilty of this all the time and my wife and I LOVE it!
I’m going to start overusing “figuratively” to try to balance the figurative scales.
I kind of like it when people tell me they literally died. Makes me feel like I have powers.
Clicked on this thinking that the word 'literally' is overused and here you are top comment
A reminder that the only politician who was “literally Hitler” was, literally, Hitler.
First word that popped in my head
Literally THIS!
Not to be “that guy” but the ironic use of literally has been a part of the nomenclature for more than a century. Henry James , Charles Dickens, et al, all used the word to mean “figuratively”. Matter of fact, the original usage in the 17th century meant “concerning letters” - “lit”erally about literature. It’s changed and morphed quite a bit. Rob is fine. Although in my experience, most Robs suck. Reiner, Zombie, Kardashian, Gronkowski. Only good one is Halford.
I can’t fucking stand it. Reddit is so bad for it.
Cringe
Today years old
I haven't heard "The moment when" in quite some time. It has been mostly replaced by "POV: ", which is an incorrect usage of the term mind you.
And fatherless
Triggered
The worst part is, when you tell people to knock it off, they say "Oh, you're triggered BY THE WORD TRIGGERED???? LOL!!!!!" It's not funny. Fuck off with that.
I've not heard it used unironically in years TBF
The word Triggered triggers you?! :D
It’s super annoying because I’ve actually experienced some real trauma and issues that have actually triggered me (into flashbacks, emotional breakdowns, dissociation) and so I hate even using the word “trigger” because no one will take it seriously. Now we need an actual word that means what triggered USED to mean lol
Gaslight, although not using, so much as misusing
I swear most people think gaslight is a synonym for lie.
Doesn’t exist, you crazy man
G.O.A.T How can every damn player be the greatest of All-Time?
This
This.
“This”….. is my most hated thing on Reddit
Karen. A majority of the time it's used completely wrong.
Any dismissive meme terms run the risk of becoming prejudist excuses. Karen has definitely run its course, I see it used more by misogynists and racists to completely dismiss any ire from white women than by minimum wage employees being harassed by an entitled asshole. It's the new "hysteria"
Yeah I think Karen is at risk of becoming just a sexist way of putting down women who choose to speak up
Influencer
'hater'
Whatever happened to that "No Labels" movement?
narcissist
Yes! I often see on Reddit people claiming someone is narcissistic just because they are difficult/asshole/annoying. They throw it at anyone!
Also applies to "psychopath," "sociopath," and "abusive."
Used to know a dude who would constantly get pissed when people would say they are OCD for being neat, or Bipolar because they had a mood swing, or any sort of comment jokingly mentioning a disorder for something mild. But if he disagreed with you politically you were a narcissist or a psycho. But I guess with those disease, the only people who really suffer are the people around you.
Gaslighting. It’s so over used that no one uses it properly now. Gaslighting is a form of emotional manipulation but not all emotional manipulation is gaslighting
Gaslighting
People think it's a synonym for lying. It's not.
I was in a discussion with someone and I genuinely didn’t recall something they brought up and they later said I was gaslighting them. No. I sure wasn’t.
I have no idea what you’re talking about. No one ever says that.
Exactly. Gaslighting is a very specific form of manipulation. It isn't just when somebody says something that hurts your feelings
Ikr like holy shit, we get it, you learnt a new word today.
That’s not a word. You’re pretty bad at english. In fact, i think I need to sign you up for english classes. You’re trying to make me sound stupid by using made up words aren’t you? I can’t believe you.
Everyone should stop overusing all words.
Underrated.
Goat
Every person who does something mildly impressive is called a GOAT in social media.
Fetch. It’s never going to catch on, Gretchen.
Stop trying to make fetch happen
Content
Influencer is worse. I feel it gives them more importance then what they really are. A mediocre content creator.
OCD. I have it, and it sucks. It is a debilitating mental disorder, not a preference for neatness.
Same!!! I have OCD too, and it’s so frustrating hearing people say they have it because they’re neat and tidy or like their books colour coded etc. They make out like it’s a quirky personality trait that we should strive for.
The
I can’t stand when people just throw that around. There is a time and a place for it.
Agreed, not a fan.
Utilize... just say 'use'
Why use a one syllable word when you can utilize a three syllable word? 😀
Fuck yes. Whenever I hear someone say ‘utilize’ in a professional setting it sounds like they’re just sweatily trying to sound more intelligent. Please stop.
LEVERAGE
So people should not utilize the word utilize, you're saying.
Surreal. Used for anything that isn't predictable.
Hey don’t tell ME how much cognitive disassociation I’m feeling right now, guy
“slay” please stfu.
Slay. I don’t know why but I just can’t stand it when people say “slay” to me when I say something bad ass that I’ve done. Or even when I say “I did the dishes” or otherwise did something that makes me a mundane and normal human being it does not warrant “slay”
My daughter says this to me all the time.
War. We’ve got a war against nearly everything. It waters down the tragedy of real war.
The drugs won the war on drugs
Toxic, narcissist, gaslighting.
Narcissistic
I see this almost everywhere everyday online
nArCiSsIsTiC aBuSeR
I about lost it when I made a post regarding buzzword arguments, and someone said they agreed with me on everything except chronically late people not being narcissists. They said they hated I and it was so rude.
It's so strange that every undesirable trait is now described as narcissistic. It's like the entire internet is full of five-year-olds who came across a new word and found it cool.
Audacity
Agreed. It's worthwhile to learn a more full-feature DAW like Reaper.
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Like...is kind of a replacement for "uhm" and "uhh"
Cries in Californian
I liked him and she was like wow u really like me, and I was like, yes
Traumatized
Gaslighting. A lot of people misuse it when someone is lying, telling their side of the story, or just flat out being an asshole.
Claps back
The hands? 👏like👏this👏 Cuz if so, I just automatically tune them out. Especially in real life if someone does it.
Superfood. Fucking hell I want that word to start on fire.
Toxic.
Scrolling and realising my entire vocabulary has been listed.
Cuck has been a bit overrepresented and I'm honestly just bored by it.
Literally
The term ‘red flag’. I feel like it’s overused and downplays real problematic signs. Is it a ‘red flag’ or is it just not your personal preference?
Period
Narcissist.
Boomer
Not a word, but a phrase. "I'm gonna kill myself."
I have tourettes and picked that up as a tic last summer bc of how often I’d hear it. Got counselling called on me once or twice when I started college in the fall.
Sus
Bruh, dope, epic.
Anything -Gate… PizzaGate, Bountygate, now SlapGate.. plus 12 million others I’m forgetting.
Snowflake
Cancel
“Problematic”
Woke
Trump withdrew his support for a far right wing Senator because that candidate said we shouldn't focus on 2020. Trump called him "woke" for not supporting "stop the steal." The word has jumped the shark even in GOP world.
Fascism. Nowadays, anyone who doesn't agree with me is fascist...
Or, for all us Americans out there, "communism." Integration of schools? Communism. Vaccine mandates? Obviously communism. Seatbelt laws (yes, really)? Whoa, there, commie.
Like, like
Epic
I think it's more of a case that people continually use words that they have no idea what they mean.
Basically
Autistic, depressed, ocd, bipolar, mental health isn’t something to be taken lightly
Innovative
Unironically.
‘Especially’ but only when it’s pronounced ’Expecially’
Finna 🤦🏼♂️
By white city boys that listen to rap? Yeah. I doubt they even know the origin of the word or what they're actually saying.
Irregardless. Copacetic. Ugh on both of them!
What's interesting is the fact that I've seen so many people complain about this word, yet I've never actually seen anyone use it.
Yeet. Wtf is a yeet anyway.
Yeet is the opposite of yoink.
To discard with extreme force and prejudice.
So you'd like to yeet the non-word 'yeet' off, like, the planet?
Legend
“Co-opt” “Problematic” “toxic” “manifesting”
Genius
Gaslighting and narcissist
“Bruh” It’s just annoying
Toxic. The amount of times I hear "your parents are toxic/abusive" because the parent made their child clean their room, which is obviously unacceptable because "its their space." I do feel like some child/parent relationships are toxic, but people are just slapping that word on anything they dont like.
Addicting - stop using that word! The right word is ADDICTIVE!
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Kiddo(s). Also doggo(s).
Also referring to children as "littles."
Narrative.
‘You know’ No, I do not :/
This is unfortunately my filler. I don’t use ‘like’ or ‘um’ but I have caught myself using ‘you know’ way more than I would like to. Trying to figure out how to break the habit.
Or it's wonderful cousin " Ya feel me."
Cringe
At my school the word is penis
How old are you?
CRAZY
Racist, on people who u just dislike but aren't actually racist. It diminishes the value of the word.
Sus
Iconic
"Bro." I'm not your bro, guy.
"Dude" and "Creepy."