Words I Hate:
- Tablescape (Is it just me or does this word instantly transport you back to like, 2001?)
- Toothsome (A cooking blog pet-peeve of mine.)
- Mouthfeel (Yet another cooking blog pet-peeve.)
- Glean (This might be because of law school, because, for some inexplicable reason, people used it ALL THE TIME there.)
- Flaccid (I mean, come on.)
- Precious (Where people use it as, “I thought it would look too precious.”)
- LOL (Pretty much all the time, but especially when it’s used at the end of every sentence. LOL. ← Um, nope, what you just said was not funny.)
- Loose/Looser (When people use it instead of lose/loser.)
- Vegetarian (When people say things like, “I’m a vegetarian, but I eat fish.” — It’s called being “pescatarian.” Or, even worse, “I’m a vegetarian, but I occasionally eat meat.” Well, then you’re not a vegetarian. Or we’re all vegetarians. Either way, it’s asinine.)
- Sumptuous (it sounds weirdly intimate and makes me feel uncomfortable)
- Champers (It’s called Champagne. Show some respect.)
Words I Love:
- Little
- Parsnip (isn’t it just nice to say?)
- Chocolate (yes please.)
- Cheers (when accompanied by an actual cheers-ing with a drink, not when said as a weird goodbye by a non-European)
- Humblebrag (so descriptive)
- Animal (because, hello, they’re so cute)
- Feast (I think it’s just a hilarious word)
- Hippopotamus or Hippopotami (how can you be unhappy when saying either of those two words?)