What are the current useless terms in this "audio world"

Revealing.

Like a veil has been lifted.

Regards,
barts

@ wturkey - WAF is a real thing in my life.
It's the difference in lifestyle for me.

Miller
They're the same swallows.  They emigrate between N. Africa and Europe.

Punches way above their price point.  

Sounds better than ______  costing 4 to 5 times more.

"My loss is your gain." Cracks me up every single time I see it.

Better Records......"tubey sound"

Porn”Star”. Why is it assumed that they are all stars?

Iconic...Russian Orthodox?
Classic...Greek or Roman?
Legendary...like Paul Bunyan or Pecos Bill?
Transparent...is that clear?
Tubey...cylindrical?
Crystaline...a many faceted adjective
Black background...live in a bunker...most of us have ambient noise

@nonoise - Your take on YMMV is very different from mine. I always saw it as a polite way of acknowledging others will have their own opinions/experiences  and may not agree with mine. 

Porn”Star”. Why is it assumed that they are all stars?

Isn't it obvious? Because they are in the milky way.

Better question: What are the current useless posts....?

@feldmen, It was snark, which makes up most of the answers here. I thought that would be evident but YMMV.

All the best,
Nonoise

I enjoy discussing this subject. Doublespeak is so entrenched in our daily lives that I find myself speaking in commercials to express the "reads as" meaning.

WAF seems to impact way too many people these days.
I mean from the kitchen how can they even see the system? 

But I would be open to a new version of WAF.
"TSF" .  It relates to a part of the anatomy in reverse growth mode.

WAF is indeed an important and valid term.
She has gone to great lengths to make our home lovely and livable.
Happy wife, happy life.
Even if I wanted to bring in Tekton speakers, she would never stand for them. For example…

Almost like a religious experience

WAF - on the other-hand you can always tell her you left your mother at home

The most meaningless, ridiculous and all out absurd is to try and equate a difference heard as a percentage! A poster might say the new speaker cables were 8 to 10% better or the upgraded DAC sounded 15% more detailed. Really.

I think this is bandied about to appear very astute and able to accurately discern to the n'th degree the difference. Nuts.

Then 'gears', puleeze. To say "I'm gonna buy some new gears" is just wrong. It's quite acceptable to say for instance "You're welcome to come over for a listen to my gear"

And while in gripe mode it is astonishing that most people get 'then and than' mixed up. In conversation your meaning will get across but when written down just appears as dumb.

Then: has to do with Time
Than: has to do with Comparison

Not sure what exactly are the parameters and numbers but, for example, Silversmith says that their Fidelium speaker cables are 3 times the performance of his v pricy cables at one tenth the price.
Think it has to do with amount of signal transferred.

@nonoise  - sorry - realized that just as I hit post. I’m slow but I get there. 

@feldman, no worries, It happens to me all the time.

20 gain room responce.

20 hz in room response.

Scrumtrulescent.

7 Screaming Diz-Busters

The last two just sound dirty

"HELP!  I'm a rock!"

"...it's a drag bein' a rock....I wish I could be...an audio reviewer!"

Hyperbole comes in the territory...some exhibit more skill than others....

Kicked that, trusted my ears, what & how I liked what's playing..and how.

'Reference'....is Me. ;)

@boxer12 *Evil L*

Yeah.............great, isn't it?......*LOL*

Utube and high end audio..   

sounds like iPhone microphone feeds..

Smoked

shootout

Porn”Star”. Why is it assumed that they are all stars?

Isn't it obvious? Because they are in the milky way.

If you pardon the pun, that cracks me up.

That's the idea.

BEST

Warm sounding 
Tube Watts 
Listening to wires and entertainment stands

End Game - Who are they kidding?

Musical
Analytical
Fast
Lush
Warm
Airy
Presence
Delicate
Sparkle
Speed
Texture
Veiled

All terms with non-specific meanings that are open to wide interpretation or are mythical (like a 'fast' subwoofer), and therefore useless. I'm sure there are many more I've forgotten.

Snake Oil... If it works for you, it's the greatest thing in the world. 
"Try it you'll like it"  (you older folks will remember this one although nothing to do with audio).

A term I don’t like, but doesn’t squarely fall under “useless” is “high end” audio. I much prefer “high fidelity” audio because I can tell that to those not in our hobby “high end” is interpreted as we are more concerned about price and bling than what is most important - the pursuit of high fidelity sound. I for one am certainly not seeking out “high end” audio when looking through this perception lens.

Natural Sound

Full loom
Unequivocally

I am not a native English speaker, so I pay attention to different things than native speakers. These words constantly pop up in audio related articles and discussions.

The first one is a strange expression and almost exclusively used in audio talk. 
The second is a word which should be banned. 

fynnegan,

I don't understand your comment. Unequivocally is a perfectly useful word in the right context, and has nothing to do specifically with audio. Why should it be banned?
Full loom refers to using one brand of wires exclusively for interconnects speaker cables power cords etc. What's so strange about that? 

“ I was God Smacked “. The last time I had this experience resulted in 4 fractured vertebrae and 2 broken ribs . 

"parentheses" - or brackets,  my use of these on the words "Audio World" was and is the sarcasm I meant 

Tube watts, unequivocally "the best" in high end, are not warm sounding but natural as scientifically determined in a God smackingly double-blind testing shootout. Try it you'll like it. With a full loom. 

I am clearly on a roll here and so-

It seems on ebay, here, craigslist and others a current pet of Sellers is taking something to "the next level" 

Pretty sure Sellers pet is a parrot. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFKJuzrCGj4   

Yes. Definitely a parrot.   
https://youtu.be/CARc1uUq1lA?t=15

 "I would much rather they compare the velocity of a tweeter's diaphragm with an unladen swallow."

Would that be an African swallow or a European swallow?

My fear is that the Swallow being referred to is the common Barn Swallow.....what an "8-track" of birds.......

barn swallow - Google Search

Don’t be silly. Everyone knows its an unladen swallow. The only question is African or European?   
https://youtu.be/0D7hFHfLEyk?t=165

buellrider97,
I think that you mean gobsmacked.

JS Smith, I think you forgot one... grainy.

  It use to be that an 18" subwoofer could not delineate the upper bass very good because it was to big (hence slow)-- it couldn't come back to it's starting point 'fast' enough to transduce the next note.
Because of that 'pitch definition' was lacking.  Seems fast is ok...

Yes , gobsmacked. Thanks Roxy54 

"Trust me..."  Following a load of nothing but highly perfumed manure masquerading as perceptive, personal insights.

"You'll thank me..." Following another load of manure dressed up as an authoritative statement negating any contrary facts or opinions.

oldhvymec, Where do you live?