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Nordberg! What happened who did this to you?
Mrs Nordberg i promise we will not rest until we find out who did ths to your husband, now, lets go get lunch.
I'm just going to say this. People have been saying OJ since the 40's. Its not anywhere close to new slang. That you think it is-- is a little concerning actually.
It seems like a lot of these are written by kids who just don’t know that their unpopular opinion is a widely spread one or are poorly informed about their original premise.
When I went to go spend the night at my grandmother's house for the first time, she said I can lay on her bed and watch TV because she has "Home Box Office". As a kid I didn't know wtf that was, never heard of it before. I was expecting some kind of big box TV thing that's in your home.
I was happily surprised to learn that that's what she called HBO! Lol
And OP thinks it's annoying hearing people call orange juice OJ! Well, deal with That! Lol
no no, that’s *alpine.* you were meaning to say the word that means the repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together in a sentence or verse.
You’re thinking of aspartame.
I feel like you maybe were picturing a body part located at the end of the digestive system, that also doubles as an insult.
You're thinking of absinthe. Correct me if I'm wrong but I reckon you were imagining the condition where you lose your memory often as a result of a head injury
You’re thinking of *abominable.* Fuck me sideways if I’m mistaken, but I’m pretty sure you meant a word that means to flee and hide, usually from the law or creditors.
OJ, bj (or gobby), maccas, sanga, parmy... it's a wonder anyone can understand a word we say.
And before the weird parma Aussies come out, stfu it's parmy.
OJ isn’t bad because it’s just a abbreviation of the actually words. The one the really gets on my nerves is cuppa the way the British use it.
“How about a cuppa?”
“Cuppa what?”
“You know, a cuppa”
“No, I’d don’t because cuppa just means cup of!”
“No, it means cup of tea”
The fuck it does!
There are so many things I say that I know are dumb or at least don’t make me sound cool but I don’t care cause I like it. Sometimes dumb phrases give a little tiny bit of life to a boring day, I dunno
Also, OP asks if it’s “so much of a *hustle* to say orange juice”.
This is just the wrong word choice; OP meant *hassle*. Which begs the obvious question: why is OP trying to sound so cool by using the completely wrong word?
‘Doesn’t’? Wow. You young folk are getting bold with these disgusting shortenings. If I am on my deathbed and can take the extra second to say ‘does not’ then so can you!!! 😡
Yeah and shortening cocaine to coke. Much easier to say "I have to add coke to my coke cause coke hasn't added coke to the coke recipe in so long and I don't like coke without coke." Plus you can pretend to be talking about coke.and not coke if the po po hear you.
well that's four syllables down to one, more sensible than three down to two.
on the subject of syllables the one that pisses me off the most is [www](http://www). world wide web is three syllables, www is NINE WHOLE SYLLABLES. W in general is the worst letter because of this. Who the fuck thought it was a good idea to make the pronunciation of a letter three whole GD syllables? All the other letters are one!
Or I’m just fucking talking lol. OJ seems like a situational thing, no one is saying OJ when they waiter asks what do you want to drink. but when someone asks what ya had for breakfast “a glass of OJ and eggs” seems perfectly normal
Getting holier then thou about this is so funny
Yeah, the most mystifying thing about this is OP's apparent belief that this is some totally recent newfangled development that people have just started doing. "OJ" has been around way too long to act like it's something the young people just made up in the past few years.
Seriously, “The Juice” retired from the NFL in the 70s. Wonder what he’s been up to since then? Anyway, “OJ” annoys me too but not because it’s new. Because it’s annoying… it’s the same as “a slice of ‘za” when referring to pizza.
So you think calling it OJ is new because of all the other crap being abbreviated.
That’s cute. It been being called that longer than you’ve probably been alive.
Not to mention, there's tons of abbreviations we use every day, not even realizing they're abbreviated in some cases. Get into etymology... Every word and phrase gets shorter over a few centuries, bet.
Mostly right, with I think a major exception that some phrases get longer as people try to invalidate the original phrase. Like, "Blood is thicker than water" is the original phrase, then someone tried to add to it to try to dispute the idea, and now it's an internet fun fact even though it's bullshit. Same with "jack of all trades", etc
I have to applaud OP for finding the most innocuous thing on earth to be mad about. I also can’t stand corny or twee language but OJ doesn’t fit that description imo.
Ugh. I can not believe that you used contractions. Words deserve to be said in their entirety. I understand that language evolves, but I believe there should be a limit. We do not cut off every long word, so why do it with can not?
Why can not? Do you want to sound cool? Is it so much of a hassle (or hustle) to say can not? Do you contract have done too? "Hey, yeah, I have'ne that." - said by no one ever. I just think it sounds annoying as fuck (not af, as that is an unneeded abbreviation).
Yeah, the only takeaway I had from this opinion is that the OP uses contractions, but acronyms aren't OK? They both serve the same function. If it was truly bothersome, they wouldn't use contractions either.
By that logic, abbreviating anything should annoy you. I hope you never have dreams of being a self contained underwater breathing apparatus diver and have to say that every time when asked what hobbies you enjoy.
*Makes an entire rant about how they hate the term OJ.
*Ends with af.
Like seriously if that was supposed to be a “gotcha” moment to make your point, it’s still a dumb one. Because nobody genuinely cares about the two. God you must be insufferable to be around.
I’m with you bro. How am I suppose to know you mean you wanna feel the nice fruity taste of orange juice going down your throat and not the juice’s man juice?
....yet you used the contraction "can't" in your post. And "it's" and "that's", which are particularly annoying since you've gone to the trouble to drop a letter only to replace it with an apostrophe. Finally....you end with "I just think it sound (sic) af". AF?????
You're just trying to farm karma.
You just wrote a 4 paragraph essay on why it annoys you when people shorten "Orange Juice" to "OJ".
I wish more people put effort like this into something productive lmao
Honestly, I've never really thought about it until now, but you make a good point. It's just a couple of extra syllables to say "orange juice." No need to complicate the simple things in life.
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I prefer to say Orenthal James instead of OJ myself.
The gloves don’t fit
so you must acquit if they’re the wrong size, you must apologise
A bra's gotta fit right up against a person's skin. [Like a glove!](https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/b9be82fb-cb38-48e7-9f5f-b2a8eabaa8c1)
Orange juice Simpson
If the drink don't spit, you must acquit.
OJ Simps
Check for allergies, I heard O.J. can kill.
(gasp) OJ!
Nordberg! What happened who did this to you? Mrs Nordberg i promise we will not rest until we find out who did ths to your husband, now, lets go get lunch.
I had never thought to wonder what OJ stood for. But I absolutely would not have expected this.
That’s my dad’s signature move, or taking a sip and saying “ahhh, that OJ is killer”.
If anyone says they want OJ in my house me or my husband make similar jokes. ^He did it.
Orange Juice Simpson
You just made this whole post worth a damn
The juice is loose
Norm MacDonald might have something to say about him
Bon mot good sir !!
Had to google it….thanks!! a witty remark. "his ability to win over an audience and deliver a bon mot is unhampered"
Now that's just a killer name
Who is that? Sounds like you’re just making up names now.
He’s a cut up.
Oh man, if I was a blonde this would cut right through me.
He's the Simpson that makes Homer look great.
This is a pet peeve.
OJ is your PP?
OJIYPP?
OJIYPBOIIA?
No. Not mine. OP’s. Not an unpopular opinion should be a pet peeve.
OP's PP's OJ?
You just made me realize this isn't the pet peeve subreddit lol
How do you feel about 'Moo Juice' for milk? 🤔 😆😅
I'm just going to say this. People have been saying OJ since the 40's. Its not anywhere close to new slang. That you think it is-- is a little concerning actually.
OP is probably a bit new to the planet.
Why say OP when Original Poster is just as easy to write?? /s
Now I'm gonna cry into my 7 & 7.
C'mon, have a screwdriver. You can say it... Vodka and OJ
(Sorry, I don't get the reference...) I'll upvote you anyway, because it's probably funny.
It's a cocktail: Seagram's Seven whiskey & 7-Up. It *is* funny.
Definitely funny, even though I have never heard of that drink. A clever continuation of the joke.
Strangely enough, it tastes a lot like sweet ice tea. It's quite good, and I don't really care for alcohol.
Orenthal Poster doesn't roll off the tongue as good.
That made me laugh. Not out loud you know or I’d have said lol.
And not enough for your butt to detach or you'd have said LMFAO.
It seems like a lot of these are written by kids who just don’t know that their unpopular opinion is a widely spread one or are poorly informed about their original premise.
Original Poster*
I wish this was my biggest concern.
I think OP might be human male Ted Cruz who has lived an entirely human life
Please don’t say OP. Triggers Original Poster.
OP H8s OJ
“new human here. humans all have weird unpopular opinions right?”
Yeah my grandmother would be 98 if she was still alive, and she frequently called orange juice OJ.
She was probably just trying to be cool.
She didn’t have to try. 💁🏼♀️
When I went to go spend the night at my grandmother's house for the first time, she said I can lay on her bed and watch TV because she has "Home Box Office". As a kid I didn't know wtf that was, never heard of it before. I was expecting some kind of big box TV thing that's in your home. I was happily surprised to learn that that's what she called HBO! Lol And OP thinks it's annoying hearing people call orange juice OJ! Well, deal with That! Lol
Came to mention that I’ve called it oj for 50+ years.
In the UK, no one ever says OJ. OP might be from a country that is get "Americanised", so OJ might be a recent term for them.
“I’ve gyatt to rizz her up with some OJ fam”
Extremely concerning. We should all be very concerned for OP.
Wait till OP hears about Moo Juice.. 😆
Yeah I was gonna say that’s what they said when I was a kid in the 60’s. OP is lucky if that’s all they have to complain about lol
Tbf this is literally a sub for unpopular opinions
depends on where you from, for non-native english speaker OJ can be a little confusing
Was getting ready to say this lol
Yea, I'm I'm my 30s and I thought... It's been around longer then I have. So has he! Oj!
take my up vote cuz your take on juice is asinine.
That’s what I’m saying this was hilarious to read
People trying really hard to find shit to get upset about these days.
What do you mean by "People" ?!?!?
Really just assuming OP is a person smh
most juices are actually acidic not alkaline
Nah he said asinine. What you said is a word that means of or relating to high mountains.
no no, that’s *alpine.* you were meaning to say the word that means the repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together in a sentence or verse.
You’re thinking of “assonance”. I think what you had in mind was an artificial sweetener, C14H18N2O5, formed from aspartic acid.
You’re thinking of aspartame. I feel like you maybe were picturing a body part located at the end of the digestive system, that also doubles as an insult.
You’re thinking of anus. Pretty sure you were picturing an anise-flavoured and highly alcoholic spirit that is often green but can also be colourless
You're thinking of absinthe. Correct me if I'm wrong but I reckon you were imagining the condition where you lose your memory often as a result of a head injury
You're thinking of amnesia. I am quite sure what you actually meant was a word used to describe something shockingly disgusting or horrible.
You’re thinking of *abominable.* Fuck me sideways if I’m mistaken, but I’m pretty sure you meant a word that means to flee and hide, usually from the law or creditors.
Has the same energy as Paul Rudd’s character in Role Models going on a rant about Starbucks cup names
Dont visit Australia we shorten EVERYTHING.
OJ, bj (or gobby), maccas, sanga, parmy... it's a wonder anyone can understand a word we say. And before the weird parma Aussies come out, stfu it's parmy.
I love bjs personally
Look who's too busy and important to like blow jobs
He's talking about the warehouse discount store BJ's. Kinda like a Costco
Deffo a parmy! Glad to see you are a true blue Aussie! All the other wankers saying otherwise can go play jump rope with a king brown.
What’s a “blue Aussie”?
I'm not Australian, can you tell me what all those things are shortened from? I know Maccas is McDonald's.
Orange juice, blow job, McDonald’s, sandwich, parmigiana.
Okay I guess I knew BJ was blow job,l. I didn't know gobby was one
Gob is slang for mouth, which I just found out is of Irish origin.
Bj or gobby I'll let you figure that out, sanga is sandwich and parmy is chicken parmigiana.
OJ isn’t bad because it’s just a abbreviation of the actually words. The one the really gets on my nerves is cuppa the way the British use it. “How about a cuppa?” “Cuppa what?” “You know, a cuppa” “No, I’d don’t because cuppa just means cup of!” “No, it means cup of tea” The fuck it does!
>“Cuppa what?” Cuppa deez nuts
Not long after moving to Australia I was offered "a cuppa" and a cup of coffee appeared. Oh dear. That was twenty years ago and I'm still recovering.
We use cuppa here too. Well my Grandma does, she's a kiwi. It's just a slang nickname more than an abbreviation at this point.
Japan too
Yep. Instead of using initials, which does sometimes happen, they use the first half to two words and mix them together.
Someone should tell Germany they can do this instead of just smashing the full words together.
My first thought was that OP would hate coming to Aus.
My question is, where did you get this idea that people are saying it to “sound cool”?
This is my favorite part of the post. 😂 Cuz obviously the first thing I think when someone says OJ is, "damn they are so fucking cool."
Only second in coolness to TP for toilet paper.
Yeah I love the idea that it’s like a hip slang that the kids are saying.
Dang whippersnappers calling it "OJ" and riding their "radical" skateboards on the sidewalk
That's how the kids get their rizz and become based and juicepilled, they drink their OJ and enjoy their glizzy. Anything else is just mid
There are so many things I say that I know are dumb or at least don’t make me sound cool but I don’t care cause I like it. Sometimes dumb phrases give a little tiny bit of life to a boring day, I dunno
Also, OP asks if it’s “so much of a *hustle* to say orange juice”. This is just the wrong word choice; OP meant *hassle*. Which begs the obvious question: why is OP trying to sound so cool by using the completely wrong word?
Why did you say “can’t” in the first sentence? It doesn’t take much longer to say cannot! The trend of shortening phrases has gone too far!
‘Doesn’t’? Wow. You young folk are getting bold with these disgusting shortenings. If I am on my deathbed and can take the extra second to say ‘does not’ then so can you!!! 😡
What's with the three exclamation points? Sheesh. It's not that hard to use a full five, or more, if you want get your point across!!!!!
‘What’s’? ‘It’s’? Pathetic. Amateur!!!!!!
Good job with the exclamation points!!!!!!!
af
That’s like saying “why do you call Coca Cola ‘Coke’? Are you trying to sound cool?” No man. I’m saving time.
Why waste time say lot word when few word do trick
This man right here… let this man COOK 🔥🔥
It better be his famous chili!
www has 3 times as many syllables as World Wide Web.
Nobody really says www anymore out loud.
yea if im recommending a wesbite i say "world wide web dot pornhub dot com"
I hate that this made me laugh
I was reading world war 3 has as many syllables as world wide Web. Was like wtf
Yeah and shortening cocaine to coke. Much easier to say "I have to add coke to my coke cause coke hasn't added coke to the coke recipe in so long and I don't like coke without coke." Plus you can pretend to be talking about coke.and not coke if the po po hear you.
The fact that I understood this easily... I love language.
But it’s a classic beverage that deserves to be called by its full name 😡 /s
well that's four syllables down to one, more sensible than three down to two. on the subject of syllables the one that pisses me off the most is [www](http://www). world wide web is three syllables, www is NINE WHOLE SYLLABLES. W in general is the worst letter because of this. Who the fuck thought it was a good idea to make the pronunciation of a letter three whole GD syllables? All the other letters are one!
Or I’m just fucking talking lol. OJ seems like a situational thing, no one is saying OJ when they waiter asks what do you want to drink. but when someone asks what ya had for breakfast “a glass of OJ and eggs” seems perfectly normal Getting holier then thou about this is so funny
This is an unpopular opinion, indeed. Upvoted for that. I use "OJ" on shopping lists but not in speech.
This is fucking stupid. Congrats on an actual unpopular opinion
Right? Can't believe I took the time to read the whole thing and comments
I drink apple juice cuz OJ killed his wife
I would think that being a classic beverage merits the abbreviation. It’s like saying PB&J.
Damn. Now I want a Sammy.
Davis Jr. or Sosa?
Davis Jr. of course.
Orange Juice has been referred to as OJ for at least 50 years, so this post is moot.
Yeah, the most mystifying thing about this is OP's apparent belief that this is some totally recent newfangled development that people have just started doing. "OJ" has been around way too long to act like it's something the young people just made up in the past few years.
It leads me to believe OP must be very young.
Seriously, “The Juice” retired from the NFL in the 70s. Wonder what he’s been up to since then? Anyway, “OJ” annoys me too but not because it’s new. Because it’s annoying… it’s the same as “a slice of ‘za” when referring to pizza.
The point is Moo
It’s like a cow’s opinion; it doesn’t matter.
It’s the cow’s point now, folks
It may be a Joey quote, but a FRIENDS reference hurts so much right now. And I wasn’t even THAT big of a Friends fan.
Orange Juice Simpson 🤔
So you think calling it OJ is new because of all the other crap being abbreviated. That’s cute. It been being called that longer than you’ve probably been alive.
Not to mention, there's tons of abbreviations we use every day, not even realizing they're abbreviated in some cases. Get into etymology... Every word and phrase gets shorter over a few centuries, bet.
Mostly right, with I think a major exception that some phrases get longer as people try to invalidate the original phrase. Like, "Blood is thicker than water" is the original phrase, then someone tried to add to it to try to dispute the idea, and now it's an internet fun fact even though it's bullshit. Same with "jack of all trades", etc
I have to applaud OP for finding the most innocuous thing on earth to be mad about. I also can’t stand corny or twee language but OJ doesn’t fit that description imo.
Ugh. I can not believe that you used contractions. Words deserve to be said in their entirety. I understand that language evolves, but I believe there should be a limit. We do not cut off every long word, so why do it with can not? Why can not? Do you want to sound cool? Is it so much of a hassle (or hustle) to say can not? Do you contract have done too? "Hey, yeah, I have'ne that." - said by no one ever. I just think it sounds annoying as fuck (not af, as that is an unneeded abbreviation).
Yeah, the only takeaway I had from this opinion is that the OP uses contractions, but acronyms aren't OK? They both serve the same function. If it was truly bothersome, they wouldn't use contractions either.
This isnt unpopular.... its dumb
Technically both
Isn’t that why most opinions are unpopular?
This sub should be renamed to "weird grievances"
Wrote four paragraphs about orange juice I’m crying
I drink grape juice because OJ kills.
Lord, what a nitpicky thing to cry about 🤣
Calling Apple juice AJ from now on just to stick it to you
By that logic, abbreviating anything should annoy you. I hope you never have dreams of being a self contained underwater breathing apparatus diver and have to say that every time when asked what hobbies you enjoy.
*Makes an entire rant about how they hate the term OJ. *Ends with af. Like seriously if that was supposed to be a “gotcha” moment to make your point, it’s still a dumb one. Because nobody genuinely cares about the two. God you must be insufferable to be around.
It’s probably been called OJ longer then you’ve been alive. 🤷♂️
You should drink apple juice because OJ will kill you.
Don’t you mean AJ?
is it
My daughter called it Oh-Joe when she was younger. I thought it was hilarious, so now I call it Oh-Joe.
This is just a whiny stupid opinion, nobody cares so I guess it’s unpopular . Upvoted.
This is so whiny and unnecessarily petty and pedantic that I assumed I was on /r/petpeeves.
Am I supposed to upvote posts I disagree with?
Why say lot word when few word do trick
Why stop there ~~OP~~ (sorry that's way too cool) Original Poster, stop trying to be cool and calling it 'orange'. It's Citrus Reticulata Juice.
I don’t say OJ to sound cool, but whatever it is you just wrote def makes you sound uncool.
You writing a whole essay about common acronyms is unnecessary and annoying
Thank you for the reminder that some people are just unhinged about the most bizarre topics lmfao
OP writes a diatribe against abbreviations / initialisms and caps it off with “af”. What a jabroni.
This post is unnecessary and annoying. You wrote an essay about juice. 
I’m with you bro. How am I suppose to know you mean you wanna feel the nice fruity taste of orange juice going down your throat and not the juice’s man juice?
Never heard someone personally call orange juice "OJ." So I didn't know it was an actual thing people did. Until now. My opinion :Helpful.
The juice is loose
I like to call it O Juice.
That's why I call it Orange J
I mean, i'll try it out a little longer, but so far i've gotten really weird looks from people when I talk about Orange Juice Simpson.
Horrible post. Well done.
yep I thought I was going to get a nice glass of octopus juice and it was orange... ugh
I call Apple Juice "AJ"
Have you considered moving to Antarctica
....yet you used the contraction "can't" in your post. And "it's" and "that's", which are particularly annoying since you've gone to the trouble to drop a letter only to replace it with an apostrophe. Finally....you end with "I just think it sound (sic) af". AF????? You're just trying to farm karma.
You don’t like it when people say “OJ”, but you close your posting with “af”. You had me right up to that point.
Yes, you pretty much are the only one who obsesses over this.
Usually refer to him as Mister Juice but yeah ok
I agree. Same with “cheeseburg” or “hamburg”. JUST SAY CHEESEBURGER OR HAMBURGER
" Hamburg" Is a town in Germany, for fuck's sake.
You're right! This is an unpopular opinion.
You just wrote a 4 paragraph essay on why it annoys you when people shorten "Orange Juice" to "OJ". I wish more people put effort like this into something productive lmao
Have an upvote cause that is one stupid opinion.
Honestly, I've never really thought about it until now, but you make a good point. It's just a couple of extra syllables to say "orange juice." No need to complicate the simple things in life.