Reading through this list, I'm really not bothered by most of those. Just the usual words that intend harm are the ones that bother me, like slut when it's intended to degrade someone (not in a sexy situation with a lover), or the N word, or the C word. I'm not that bothered by people who speak grammatically incorrect, especially if it's a part of regional jargon or slang or informal speech.*
*I credit DFW for that.
Yes, much of what gets mentioned in these kinds of threads amount to regionalisms and dialect. And even misused words in time become included in dictionaries, because the (English) language is continuously evolving ("conversate" for example).
I think what offends us is a wholly personal thing, and is mostly based upon the (social) associations, implications, and imagery each word or term invokes in our own minds.
Where some might be offended by word usage that seem representative of a certain stratum, others are equally offended by verbiage representative of quite another.
My particular pet peeve (as I've mentioned in similar threads) is "corporate speak". Pisses me to NO end (and I'm not referring to the British meaning of the word, y'know?)
So in addition to my aforementioned "disaggregation of data" I'm equally offended by corporate suck-ups who pretend to have the foggiest notion of what they're talking about by using snazzy jargon like, "what we can bring to the table" or "I say that to say this", or "at the end of the day"......
...y'know?
