Worrisome Words

The English language has 1,025,109.8 words in it. Adjectives, nouns, verbs, adverbs, interjections, conjunctions, the AVP’s of the sentence, the subjects. These words make up phrases, clauses, and sentences in general. In this blog writing, I’m supposed to pick ten words I absolutely cannot stand and explain why they drive me off the edge. It’s gonna be a challenge to only pick ten, but let’s give it a shot!

1. Hashtag. In social media this word is used to divide posts into categories, but in real life, saying it is just HASHTAG annoying!
2. Bae. This word is used when referring to your boyfriend/girlfriend, it is a word used to express endearment. “I love you bae,” “you’re mine bae.” Bae is most commonly used by middle school students who one week later will have new “baes.” 
3. Whatever. You can commonly find this dismissive word in arguments, but whatever…
4. Selfie. Self absorbed, narcissistic, selfies. When the Chainsmokers song #Selfie was released in 2014, it was the new phenomenon that encouraged people to focus on themsel(fies)ves rather than on others. Selfies are now so popular, that the new iOS 9 has a whole selfie categorizing system. So, next time you want to take a picture, forget it, and take a selfie!
5. Hot. When referring to weather, this word is tolerable, but when referring to some “hot chick” it is disrespectful, demeaning, and is intolerable.
6. Speaking of hot chicks, when I say chick, I mean chick as another word for woman. To us girls, being called a chick is even worse than being called hot. However, if used in an analogy, “as cute as a chick,” I would take that as a complement, because baby chickens are very cute.
7. Swag. This word is just embarrassing, and an insult to people who think they “got swag.” Just don’t say that, you sound like a moron with no self respect!
8. Hater. Just because I don’t like your new shoes doesn’t mean I’m a hater!
9. Crush. For some reason, this word has always driven me crazy. “You have a crush on him.” What is that supposed to mean? Does that mean I like him or does that mean I want to crush him like a bug? Be more clear English…
10. Overachiever. People use this word to feel better about themselves and their lack of effort. But in the end who’s gonna go further? The overachiever, or the underachiever?

Wow. Picking only ten really was a challenge. Can I do this blog writing again?