The most annoying expressions...

I'm so sick of hearing kids I work with say "snap".

What does that even mean!?!?!?

It means "cool", or "fantastic"

Are you sure? They seem to say it when something goes wrong. I was thinking it's a substitute for sh*t

Um, well depends on the severity of their situation. They can use this word for something negative and positive. All I've ever heard was the positive "snap". Bloody confuesing if you ask me. 

I'm so sick of hearing kids I work with say "snap".

What does that even mean!?!?!?

Not sure what the context is surrounding your kids saying it, but round here we say 'snap' if you say the same thing as someone else at the same time, or if someone says something, instead of saying 'i was just gonna say that', we'd say 'snap'.   

Looks like there are too many different informal definitions.

round here we say 'snap' if you say the same thing as someone else at the same time, or if someone says something, instead of saying 'i was just gonna say that', we'd say 'snap'.

We would say "padlock", "Gynx" or "shotgun"   

Words I've been finding annoying recently, all spoken by younger (still in college) friends:

- Totes. Totes is a BRAND OF UMBRELLA, not an abbreviation for "totally".
- Epic.  Road trips are not Epic.  The Illiad is epic.
- Ignorant.  Apparently, people can "get all ignorant at me". Uh, what?


Oh, and my family is Pennsylvania Dutch.  Lunch is the noon meal, unless it's a Sunday or holiday, then you get out the good china and use the word "Dinner".  Supper is the evening meal, usually served around 5PM. 

Um, well depends on the severity of their situation. They can use this word for something negative and positive. All I've ever heard was the positive "snap". Bloody confuesing if you ask me. 

I've heard it unsed in a negative way to mean sort of, "Oh, sh*t" - or other mild expletive.

I've heard it unsed in a negative way to mean sort of, "Oh, sh*t" - or other mild expletive.

I've also heard "oh, Snap" used if someone cuts down someone else, or like, ifa guy asks a girl out and she rejects him in front of his friends, his buddies might say "oh, snap!"

I've also heard "oh, Snap" used if someone cuts down someone else, or like, ifa guy asks a girl out and she rejects him in front of his friends, his buddies might say "oh, snap!"

Yes, I've heard that too! Very adaptable, that little word!

Here are a bunch of definitions from Urban Dictionary. 

I'm getting annoyed at kids saying something is 'sick' as meaning 'good'.  Like we used to say 'bad' back in the day, meaning 'brilliant', and our parents got annoyed with us....

Actually, less annoyed, more amused. 

Vicky

Thought I would join in this topic as a Brit living in CA for 14 years.  This is my second post here so I hope I don't rattle too many cages;

burglarized - this word bugs the crap out of me for some unfathomable reason.  The word, my dears, is burgled.

anesthesiologist - another case of the yanks taking a word and making it unnecessarily longer.  Try anaesthetist.

solder - not the term, but the pronunciation.  Every US person I have encountered pronounces it as "sodder".  There is an "l" in that word, and it is not silent.

herbs - pronounced as "erbs" by Americans.  Is this some sort of misguided belief the word is French, and trying to pronounce it with a little French flair?

oregano - we all probably know about that one

And why is it so many wait staff in restaurants fail to understand me when I ask for water (as in war-ter, rather than wah-der).  Is it really that big of a leap to make the connection?

Well, that is my short list of bugbears.  My list of things I love about the US, and CA in particular, is far too long to list here.  Have a nice day everyone.

And why is it so many wait staff in restaurants fail to understand me when I ask for water (as in war-ter, rather than wah-der).  Is it really that big of a leap to make the connection?

Probably because the word water does not have an r in the middle of it.

Probably because the word water does not have an r in the middle of it.

You're right, it doesn't.  It just happens to be the way us Brits pronounce it.  But come on, when asking about a drink, and I come up with a 2 syllable word beginning with "w" which the wait staff doesn't quite understand, could I possibly mean H2O?

Sometimes if I ask for iced water, that breaks the ice so to speak.

You're right, it doesn't.  It just happens to be the way us Brits pronounce it.  But come on, when asking about a drink, and I come up with a 2 syllable word beginning with "w" which the wait staff doesn't quite understand, could I possibly mean H2O?

Sometimes if I ask for iced water, that breaks the ice so to speak.

I come from NJ. We call it "wooder".  Imagine the strange looks I get asking for that!