Words you hate

[Pip]

OK in recent years (depending on your age) we've seen a change in job titles to make them sound better e.g. Personnel Department becoming Human Resources.
Personnel are now just resources??? That's off topic though.

I'm on about words.

My pet hate is OUTWITH

What the hell does this mean?

Let's break it down into it's consituant parts.

OUT can mean
away
outside
absent
antiquated
cold
dated
dead

doused
ended
exhausted
expired
extinguished
finished
impossible

outmoded
at an end
behind the times
demode
not allowed
not on
old-fashioned

old-hat
passé
ruled out
unacceptable
unfashionable
used up

From the above we can deduct that the word out as being separated from anything else or not connected to.

Now let's take WITH can mean

along
alongside
amidst

among
beside
by

for
including
near

plus
upon

So now we have a word made up of two words with opposite meanings. It crops up a lot (at least in the UK) in networking terms e.g. "outwith the network"

What the F£$K does that mean?

It's either in (with) or out (not with) how can it be outwith?????

I could rant on but would like to hear your pet hate words exlained as above. I bet there's a few.

[ctaulbee]

I have actually never heard the OUTWITH term

I guess I don't really have any or at least none spring to mind atm, I'll think about it though

[VincentLupo]

Not sure I've heard anyone use OUTWITH. Can't think of any that bother me at the moment.

[bankska22]

Me too VL

[easylife]

the word i hate is no, but thats only when its said at certain times

[ctaulbee]

[bankska22]

the word i hate is no, but thats only when its said at certain times

lol

[Pip]

the word i hate is no, but thats only when its said at certain times

I suppose who she is?