What linguistic constructions do you hate that no one else seems to mind?
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So the first thing is definitely pulled from corporatespeak, so you sound very professional like you know what you're doing.
As for a washer specifically, there isn't really a known etymological origin, that's just what they've been called since the 1300s. The thing about English is that it's like 5 languages stack on top of each other and eating parts of other languages for sustenance.