I plan on adding to this list as I travel back in my head through all of my readings, listenings and viewings and dredge up the ugly, the annoying, the oft misused and the completely redundant. On the negative side, most of this is based on mental damage caused by being exposed to these words being used out of any sensical context, too many times, or just outright incorrectly and are purely opinion based. I don't hold the dictionary, the thesaurus or even the encyclopedia in any form of regard other than that I know they exist and serve a purpose to some, and little to others so I tend to not conform to their constructs. On the positive side, some words just make me smile.
Words I hate and refuse to use:
dichotomy - this was so incredibly over used by every highschool teacher wannabe literary wizard I had it makes me twitch and/or dry heave when I hear it.
irregardless - it's not a damn word. regardless + irrespective does not equal irregardless(see last sentence under unmerciful).
unmerciful - completely redundant and half the word that merciless is. Someone needs to start a campaign to have this word stricken from the collective conscience.
Words I enjoy and use too much:
aggregate - I dig this word mostly because it can be used in at least a dozen different ways. Generally I use it in its 'assemblage of particulars'/'a total or gross amount' form but I love its flexibility and all of its forms.
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