Emphasize the positive. Upvote the comments that are thoughtful and based on reliable sources, and don't worry so much about habits of written expression (which, for many people here, include using English as a second language).
The only thing that drives me irrationally bonkers is the increasing use of "loosing" instead of "losing", even here on HN (https://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=loosing). Mostly because I cannot comprehend how anyone can not know how to spell "losing". However, this isn't slang.
"epic" - this. The use of the word epic makes me want to loose my mind. lol. "This burrito is so epic it should've been in Beowulf," said nobody ever. tl;dr stop using that word!
Besides—ahem—epic overuse of the word 'epic,' my most loathed turn of phrase is 'The X that is Y'. For example, "the failure that is Microsoft". Stop saying this, nerds! You're not being clever!
To be fair, I love and adore hacker culture. However "hack" and "hacker" have already become so inundated with misuse as to be nearly meaningless. "Growth hacker" "hack the <blank> industry" recruitment letters, etc.
Yes, but that's probably not what calciphus meant: the problem is that now apparently anyone doing a startup creating some random web application (using their tools pretty much exactly as intended) or whatever and making (or dreaming of making, anyway) lots of money qualifies as a "hacker". So sad that it's been commercialized like this.
Just look at "Hacker" News. Thats not hacker news, that's YC marketing.
It's not slang, but I'm bothered when people use the words "setup" and "login" as verbs while using the phrases "setting up" and "logging in". If you're going to use "setup" and "login" as verbs, please use the words "setupping" and "loginning". I especially like "loginning".
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[ 3.8 ms ] story [ 70.0 ms ] threadWe get it, you are very clever for saying something positive and then inverting it into snark. Bravo.
Awesome - "We believe in building awesome products that make your life better."
Passionate - "We are passionate about bringing 3D advertising to the web."
Obsessed - "I am obsessed with brunch."
I'm not dissing excited people, just wishing more people would use more creative words.
Besides—ahem—epic overuse of the word 'epic,' my most loathed turn of phrase is 'The X that is Y'. For example, "the failure that is Microsoft". Stop saying this, nerds! You're not being clever!
http://www.pvponline.com/comic/2012/10/01/watered-down
[1] Apart from the very common, such as "don't" or "can't" etc.
Just look at "Hacker" News. Thats not hacker news, that's YC marketing.
"Don't text and drive. YOLO."
"At the end of the day, . . ." and
"I see what you did there."
Bad: "That show is so meta."
Good: "Let's look at the metadata to make sure our tables are really well-structured."
Since you prefer "loginning" to "logging in", do you also prefer "beatupping him" to "beating him up" and "dropoutting" to "dropping out"?