There aren't a lot of things people say that annoy me, but using a noun as a verb is among the most stupid trends in 'being cool' I've ever encountered. When I hear someone say "I'm too tired to adult today" I wanna slap the stupid out of them, but suspect they'd die before all the stupid left them.When did primary become a verb? primaried
i think you are fighting an uphill battleThere aren't a lot of things people say that annoy me, but using a noun as a verb is among the most stupid trends in 'being cool' I've ever encountered. When I hear someone say "I'm too tired to adult today" I wanna slap the stupid out of them, but suspect they'd die before all the stupid left them.
10 years ago I had never heard this term, now it is suddenly a thing a ton of people say.There aren't a lot of things people say that annoy me, but using a noun as a verb is among the most stupid trends in 'being cool' I've ever encountered. When I hear someone say "I'm too tired to adult today" I wanna slap the stupid out of them, but suspect they'd die before all the stupid left them.
I'm slightly annoyed when otherwise intelligent people improperly use 'less' rather than 'fewer' (there are less people here today - *sigh*), but this is an abomination.10 years ago I had never heard this term, now it is suddenly a thing a ton of people say.
How about "It happened to I and and a friend," and thinking you sound high falootin'?When people mis-use myself and me. Can people not hear that it just doesn't sound right?
My wife and myself want to thank everyone.
Me and my wife went to the store.
Myself and my wife went to the game yesterday.
when they're 90 these dummies still will not be able "to adult"There aren't a lot of things people say that annoy me, but using a noun as a verb is among the most stupid trends in 'being cool' I've ever encountered. When I hear someone say "I'm too tired to adult today" I wanna slap the stupid out of them, but suspect they'd die before all the stupid left them.
I MIGHT occasionally say something like "less" meaning "fewer" (and vice-versa) and I also might say "well" when I mean "good" (and vice-versa). ... But, I would NEVER write it out wrong.I'm slightly annoyed when otherwise intelligent people improperly use 'less' rather than 'fewer' (there are less people here today - *sigh*), but this is an abomination.
That said, while otherwise intelligent people have long allowed their desire to 'fit in' to impact their life, this 'noun as a verb' is particularly annoying. We regularly correct toddlers for simple grammatical errors, these adults should be slapped.
Organic growthMO-bill for the city of Mobile
or
Mobul for the city of Mobile
"structural equation modeling"
Anything on a corporate buzzword bingo (like the following):
"Not in my bandwidth"
"Game changer"
"paradigm shift"
"social justice (warrior)"