Shaving terms I don't like

Marko, very keen observations, and I especially enjoyed the VHS versus Betamax comparison. English is VHS all the way, and just like VHS was made obsolete by DVDs, social media and the web at large are changing the language. (The difference is that DVDs are arguably a better product than VHS is. Post-social media English pales in comparison to what existed before.)

Of course, this is AFAIK, and YMMV. (LoL.)

Languages evolve over time even in those countries whose national identities are strongly associated with their language and where they have strict language "police". I'm not sure a lot of the text talk acronyms and abbreviations are going to find their way into the english language in the long term. Things like lol (I hate that one -its redundant since if you aren't laughing out loud you aren't laughing are you?) were driven by the limitations of technology. Early texting devices were just adapted cell phones with lcd displays and they only had the numeric keyboard. Each key represented a number and 3 letters so they had to click through the selections to get the letter they wanted. It was a pain in the ass so naturally abbreviations and abysmal spelling resulted. Now smartphones have full keypads to type whatever you want but old habits die hard. People like me who never used these old devices and never developed those habits are easily identifiable. Our text messages are in complete sentences with correct spelling, grammar and punctuation! How lame is that? I didn't get a smartphone until very late in the game and then really only to communicate with the kids.

OK, I thought of a term that doesn’t really bother me, but is another example of how liberally we sometimes use language:

“This soap can take loads of water.”
or
“This soap can handle buckets of water.”

Just seems like a silly thing to say, when in my experience, half a teaspoon of water can make or break a lather.

SCRITCHY. What the hell is that??

SCRITCHY. What the hell is that??

It’s scratch, with a little bit of itch added into the mix.

(Honestly, most dictionaries define it as something completely different than the context wet shavers use it in. This definition seemed to be the closest: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Scritch)

"Wet shaving," because it's an oxymoron.

"Wet shaving," because it's an oxymoron.

How so? Using an electric razor without water would be dry shaving. It's just an overly broad term that can encompass the use of carts as well.

Hope im not too late! I'd like to throw one in the fire:

"Shave like a man"

Yeah, that really grinds my gears! No way does wet shaving make you any more masculine than the rest of the world. Makes us sound petty and insecure. Worst of all, judgemental! Lets knock that off, ok?

Gel tips, scritch, and scrub. Scrub especially.

I don't know if this has been mentioned already (and I'm not reading through 14 pages to find out), but the term "faceturbating" kinda makes my skin crawl.Ugh....

I'm with you n this one. First time I read it I knew exactly what the poster meant (so I suppose it worked) but yuuuuck!

Don't know if it's been mentioned but "canned goo" in reference to canned shaving cream has always bothered me. Why?