Love this. Pretty soon I will be scared to type anything. I have upset people on two other sandboxes just by typing gasp Jim Leff I got a long very polite and extremely well worded pm about invoking he who shall not be named from a woman I admire greatly. We worked it out and are still on very good terms but dang.
Naw stuff like that never happened on chowhound. #joking. One of my favorites was a thread started by a lovely member from England. It was called “A Decline in Home Cooking”. One of the first responders was a member Janet From Richmond was very much against home cooking. Doh. She typed a lot and was a very popular poster. I am afraid to type too much as not to offend but I do read carefully. Eventually she revealed that she associated home cooking with being poor. She was very happy with her finally stable finances and often mentioned how much money her husband made. Fun thread to read as I used to enjoy hearing other people’s views. Different times.
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Miss reading your posts but at least I got to read the amazing Hawaii trip posts and see the pics
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Smart job on fixing the other comment. 
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I missed something yet glad that it it all worked out.
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yes me too I really hate that expression “to die for”
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I found this when trying to remember the prefered word for makrut limes.
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Thanks for sharing that article. It’s a good collection, and makes a good point for not using certain terms (like the old one for makrut limes).
It also makes a good point that, as we are hopefully all aware, our personal dislikes of / preferences for certain terms to describe food, or our personal dislikes of / preferences for certain foods are just that: entirely personal.
Generally speaking, people who take the time to write about things on the internet tend to have opinions they feel rather passionately about, and they sometimes forget that the people they communicate with may well feel just as passionate about their own opinions.
The exchange of ideas and opinions in a fun & respectful manner makes online fora like this one interesting & fun, but there will sadly always be those who insist that their way is the only way & everyone else is so very, very wrong 
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Yup!
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That article is fairly ridiculous.
Okay, I usually only use one M.
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OUCH!
I love the brits, but “spotted dick.” There’s one a little lost in translation between two countries.
I’m with you, CCE. Coming up with lists of words that offend them makes me wonder what voids they might suffer in their writing skills if they have to be “offended” by certain words. Stay offended, then. I don’t offend easily. I’m happier that way. Though there are a few words I sha’n’t use, I sure don’t have a long list.
Who the hell died and made these folks the word 5/0.
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A silly argument? On Chowhound? Color me skeptical.
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To name just a few…
I sure got tired of ‘depth of favor’ this and depth of that. Over used.
Then there is the caramel/carmel/karmel reference. Caramel apples, sauce, icing, not carmel.
Shrimp/Crab Louis with any dressing other than ‘Louis’. “What dressing would you like with your ‘Shrimp Louis’?”. I’d like the Shrimp Louis with blue cheese, please". Same with the Caesar salad conundrum. Caesar salad with Buffalo chicken breast? Sacrilege!
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But those are not words to describe food - outside of the first phrase you mention.
Carmel is a simple misspelling, and the other examples are misnomers/semi-bastardizations of classic dishes.
Since immigrating here decades ago l learned Americans will throw a protein in buffalo sauce on pretty much anything 
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Old dialect word for “pudding”, in northern England.
By the by, I had faggots for dinner last week. I covered them with gravy. True.
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The new-new usage is “layers of flavor”. Haha.
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So yesterday I heard someone describe a ‘Brussels sprouts Caesar salad with a Buffalo chicken breast on top’. Say what??
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Please don’t attack me for this, but I dislike the word “resto(s)”. It’s almost as annoying as “sammie” & “sando”. Though those two or other spellings of the same word appeared as many people’s dislikes, I was surprised that no one had mentioned “resto”.
If possible, rather than attack me, just tell me to give it a “rest(o).”
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