"I could care less."

Glad to know you have at least a modicum of caring.

If one more server says "no problem" after I say "thank you," I will scream. As my kids are already sick of hearing me say, we have a perfectly good response in English: "you're welcome"!

1) piggy goodness

2) probably not truly a fit in this category but words used in a menu description noting a farm or food purveyor. (Piggy Goodness Heritage pork belly over Salmonella Farms Arugula in a Dole Estate banana puree). Now that I need to use annoying reading glasses for most menus, those extra words are especially irritating. And how does ANYONE really know if that obscure farmer Fred is actually any good at producing that bunch of arugula on my plate anyway?? And shouldn't a restaurant charging what the places who inevitably do this charge be using the BEST ingredients as a matter of course?? And who would know if they were lying??

Ok, done with my rant now.

Ahh, the beauty of language I don't think I have words that annoy me. I'm sure someone will put something on this thread that will change that thought.

Yummo
Revelatory
Foodie
Flexitarian
Carnivore
EVOO
Organic
Irregardless
Google-n
google- v
home-grown
A-Maz-Ing
In the Chi
vegan
lactose-intolerant
lacto-ovo
farm fresh
Chedda
Tweet
WTW
FWIW
BTW
IMO
artisanal
small-batch
heritage
heirloom
bacon
IMHO
WTF
OMG

You know what I'm sayin'



HNY!

mrbarolo wrote:* MSM

Do you mean the stuff often mixed with Glucosamine, reported to be good for the joints?

Used at the end of ANY sentence: "If you will."

If I will what? Makes no sense.

Mary

Three that drives me nuts

"_____________ is the new _________________ ."

"to die for" - a favorite of the "Check Please" reviewers

" works on so many different levels" - would like to hear what the levels are.

"Think" as used in shorthand restaurant reviews. As in:

"Chef Porky's new restaurant, which opens in the Fulton Market district in September, will focus on snout-to-tail eating with a Mediterranean flair (think olive-encrusted pig anus with fresh chickpeas.)"

Amazing

When it was once used rarely, it had impact.

Used all the time for mundane events, it now has very low impact.

Regards

"Awesome".

"bacon jam"

I don't how good it tastes calling it bacon jam is a disservice to jam.

And, of course, I will continue to lobby for a ban on both the word vegan as well as the concept of veganism.

"Bright."

(Actually, I understand the use of this food term a lot better after getting a variety of excellent answers to my question about it. Nevertheless, its sheer fashionability--I see it all over the place now, whereas two years ago I never saw it at all as a food descriptor--is enough to make it irritate me. Surely if we got along without the word for the first 5000 years of writing, we can get along without it now. I'll tolerate one more year of it, though. Consider this a grace period.)

cito wrote:Not food related, but these words/ phrases stimulate my gag reflex:
"Synergies" -- (If uttered in my presence, this word will earn you a punch in the face)

What if one is reminiscing about Jem?

Cathy2 wrote:Amazing

When it was once used rarely, it had impact.

Used all the time for mundane events, it now has very low impact.

Regards

Oh boy, am I on board with this one. I think it was my entry last year too!

Pairs4Life, what is Google-n and google- v? I googled it and got nothing.

Proteins

Just call it meat or seafood for gods sake.

a few more.

sammich, sammiches, etc.

I agree with whoever mentioned of "yummo", add to that "yummy", or any version of "yum". Using "Yum" etc is kind of like putting ketchup on a hot dog, ok if your are 3 years old.

I also agree with the "delish" being banned

Grab, as in "Let's grab lunch." It sounds so....uncivilized.

I also dislike FTW, when it stands for "For the win". To my way of thinking it will forever mean "Fuck the world,"and actually mentally inserting that meaning makes it more tolerable.

Bacon, FTW!

These aren't single words, but I hope I can add them to the list:

"To be honest with you,,," I interview people all day. When I hear someone begin a sentence this way I want to yell, "No, I prefer you lie to me!!"

"Just between you and I,..." Another phrase I hear daily. It annoys me to no end, especially when I hear it coming from top executives.

Jimswside -
Let me apologize up front, because I simply love using the word sammich. However, how absolutely hypocritical is it of me to HATE it with my entire being, when someone calls my sammich a "sammy?"

Anyway, I'll add on to the list of "foodie" usage haters.
Also, not entirely food related, but I have seen sprinklings of these phrases on this site:
"should of"
"could of"

Please, just stop it. Maybe we can nip it in the bud before it proliferates like the totally unnatural use of the apostrophe. I'm absolutely positive I've seen the phrase, "This place makes some decent sammich's" on lth.

seebee wrote:Jimswside -
Let me apologize up front, because I simply love using the word sammich. However, how absolutely hypocritical is it of me to HATE it with my entire being, when someone calls my sammich a "sammy?"

no need to apoligize,

I use some of the banned phrases myself(its all good, it is what is is). just having some fun with this topic.

"Graze" -- as in, "We're just going to graze" or "Would you like to graze on some appetizers while you look over your menus?" People, not cattle, folks!

"Smears" to refer to pates and spreads, as apparently used by the Purple Pig (see also menu here). Just a poor word choice in my estimation.

Matt wrote:"Smears" to refer to pates and spreads, as apparently used by the Purple Pig (see also menu here). Just a poor word choice in my estimation.

That's because smear is something a gynecologist does. As that epitome of manhood Armand Goldman notes, "real men schmear" (not that gynecologists cannot be real men and schmear too).

"That bad boy" when referring to a food one is cooking. As in "Now pop that bad boy in the oven..." Paula Deen and Guy Fieri I think are the main culprits here, but I've seen it pop up elsewhere.

Hellodali wrote:"That bad boy" when referring to a food one is cooking. As in "Now pop that bad boy in the oven..." Paula Deen and Guy Fieri I think are the main culprits here, but I've seen it pop up elsewhere.

Guilty.

In my defense, it's a giant pig leg on a specialized pig-leg-holder! Can I get a pass this one time? Maybe time served plus probation?

Pie Lady wrote:
Pairs4Life, what is Google-n and google- v? I googled it and got nothing.

LOL - thank you for saving me the google...

janeyb wrote:These aren't single words, but I hope I can add them to the list:

"To be honest with you,,," I interview people all day. When I hear someone begin a sentence this way I want to yell, "No, I prefer you lie to me!!"

Not to mention that it always means the person is going to be less than fully honest with you.

I read most of these food-related banned words mostly on this forum. Do some of you really despise yourself or your peers that much?

nr706 wrote:"I could care less."

Glad to know you have at least a modicum of caring.

This one has been on my list of banned words for about 30 years.

jtobin625 wrote:I read most of these food-related banned words mostly on this forum. Do some of you really despise yourself or your peers that much?

Indeed.

Well, that or we have a sense of humor about these sorts of things and are comfortable poking fun at ourselves and each other about our OSCESISPD-ness

chitrader wrote:Small plates. Even as a euphamism for tapas.

I don't mind the term "small plates". But if I restaurant is going to give you a spiel when you sit down about how they serve small plates that are meant to be shared, the food runner shouldn't bring the small plates to the table and then ask "So who had the octopus?"

Um, we are sharing. Wasn't that our instruction?