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jimmy
= Cult of Ray =
USA
876 Posts |
 Posted - 04/07/2006 : 19:29:49
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Every year there's a newspaper story about one of the dictionaries, I think Merriam/ Webster, and the new words they're including in the latest edition. For a few inches of publicity they announce that they've lowered their standards and let in some new slang or computer term. "Bling" "Blog", you know what I mean. I doesn't bother me, but what I'd like to see is for certain words to be dropped and for no one to ever use them again.
Are there any words or phrases you'd like to see go away?
I've selected the following for elimination:
pet peeve
the haves and the have-nots
big box (as in Home Depot or WalMart)
Joe Six Pack
baby bump (as in US Weekly saying "Sources say Catherine Zeta Jones is wearing tight clothes to show off her baby bump.")
"Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you." JOHN 15:14 |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2006 : 19:33:33
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Knock yourself out, jimmy:
www.m-w.com/info/new_words.htm
www.buzzwhack.com
I’m the only one who can say that this light is mine
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soundofataris
= Cult of Ray =
USA
715 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2006 : 21:11:35
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not the whole word, but the way people pronounce 'oxymoron', like its too seperate words. God that pisses me off. Its ox-im-er-ron. I had an english teacher who would flip when people pronounced this the standard way, and its a pet peeve (sorry jimmy) I've adopted. I'm feeling kind of tetchy right now.
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i try to be mallory but i'm still skippy |
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2006 : 21:24:34
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I would like to permanently retire the phrase "throw [someone] under the bus," as in:
How many games will it take for Terrell Owens to throw Drew Bledsoe under the bus?
It has become a cliche and I want it gone for good, as in "forever" -- never to be heard ever again for eternity. |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2006 : 23:04:47
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There was an article in yesterday's Times supplement about the demise of the 'Metrosexual'-now we have 'Ubersexuals' and 'Hetropolitans'.
I think I could actually kill a lot of journalists without feeling any remorse. ;)
 pas de dutchie! |
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jimmy
= Cult of Ray =
USA
876 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2006 : 15:46:55
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Blt, I don't even pay attention to sports or sports coverage and even I've noticed that phrase used a lot.
I think, like Carl said, a lot of this comes from journalists. Entertainment journalists are the worst, and music journalists are the worst of the worst, but they all do it.
When "Dog In The Sand" came out, even Vanity Fair used the headline Back in Black.
It's all lazy writing, predictable and cliche.
How many times have you read a story about Frank Black or the Pixies, and you can tell that the writer just picked up some information on the internet and slapped it all together under a lame headline?
"Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you." JOHN 15:14 |
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5455 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2006 : 17:16:23
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I think sports announcers should quit saying:
"That's an 8 point differential"
"Player X is going to the bench to get a blow." |
Edited by - darwin on 04/08/2006 17:20:07 |
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Erebus
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1834 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2006 : 20:35:04
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| I recently experienced an interview with a chair of a dept of social work where I was asked about my commitment to "social justice". I could do with a little less of that, whatever it is. |
Edited by - Erebus on 04/09/2006 00:11:37 |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2006 : 20:54:35
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quote:
Originally posted by darwin
I think sports announcers should quit saying:
"That's an 8 point differential"
"Player X is going to the bench to get a blow."
no one can replace Chick Hearn
"the eggs are cooling, the butter's getting hard and the Jell-O is jiggling"
that's announcing
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 04/09/2006 : 11:06:40
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quote:
Originally posted by floop
no one can replace Chick Hearn
I have a VHS tape full of TV specials after Chick died. Jerry West's eulogy was great. Time to watch it again. |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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Posted - 04/09/2006 : 15:22:23
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quote:
Originally posted by Erebus
I recently experienced an interview with a chair of a dept of social work where I was asked about my commitment to "social justice". I could do with a little less of that, whatever it is.
You want less social justice, so you vote Republican.
Ach, someone was going to say it. At least I know what the hell you're talking about, and therefore why my own joke isn't funny. Social justice is a big buzz word over here at the mo.
 I have joined the Cult Of Frank/And I have dearly paid |
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Erebus
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1834 Posts |
Posted - 04/09/2006 : 15:51:30
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quote:
Originally posted by Cheeseman1000
quote:
Originally posted by Erebus
I recently experienced an interview with a chair of a dept of social work where I was asked about my commitment to "social justice". I could do with a little less of that, whatever it is.
You want less social justice, so you vote Republican.
Ach, someone was going to say it. At least I know what the hell you're talking about, and therefore why my own joke isn't funny. Social justice is a big buzz word over here at the mo.
I see the phrase as the latest Orwellian newspeak. Funny how leftwing "justice" for party A usually involves committing an injustice against party B. |
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jimmy
= Cult of Ray =
USA
876 Posts |
Posted - 04/09/2006 : 17:07:54
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Exactly, erebus, it's funny when they use that phrase and then you read a little further and see what they mean by it.
"Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you." JOHN 15:14 |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 04/10/2006 : 09:58:30
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Originally posted by Carl
There was an article in yesterday's Times supplement about the demise of the 'Metrosexual'-now we have 'Ubersexuals' and 'Hetropolitans'.
I think I could actually kill a lot of journalists without feeling any remorse. ;)
pas de dutchie!
I would have to say get rid of metrosexual.
 I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 04/10/2006 : 14:21:59
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Usernames that link imaginatively to the site they are on.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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chineselover
= Cult of Ray =
Ireland
348 Posts |
Posted - 04/10/2006 : 16:25:33
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| Deleted post wasn't intended to be offensive Homer |
Edited by - chineselover on 04/10/2006 16:32:37 |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 04/10/2006 : 16:31:13
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Somewhat off topic:
I would like to eliminate from my young daughter's vocabulary the oft-used term "bootyhead."
I’m the only one who can say that this light is mine
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jimmy
= Cult of Ray =
USA
876 Posts |
Posted - 04/10/2006 : 17:01:00
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I've never even heard "bootyhead"- is that an Irish thing?
By the way, a friend of mine is going to be spending a year in Dublin counceling heroin addicts.
I've never been there, but I have heard there's a big drug problem in Dublin. Have you been there? Is it a nice place to live? Is the dope any good there?
"Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you." JOHN 15:14 |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 04/10/2006 : 17:38:24
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quote:
Originally posted by jimmy
I've never even heard "bootyhead"- is that an Irish thing?
It's a "I'm almost 5" thing.
I’m the only one who can say that this light is mine
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chineselover
= Cult of Ray =
Ireland
348 Posts |
Posted - 04/10/2006 : 19:16:26
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Dublin has got a big enough heroin problem. but the major problem at the moment is drug gangs and the cocaine ...the country is a wash with coke at the moment and the different gangs are fighting it out - typical scenario in other places obviously... but at the moment there seems to be huge turf wars going on... with people turing up shot pretty frequently at the moment... fairly steady pace of one a week there at the start of the year... the heroin trade is caught up with it... but in gereral the violence is part and parcel with the middle class coke trade.. but still significant heroin problems in most cities and towns..
pretty average dope available anywhere |
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Stevio10
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1130 Posts |
Posted - 04/10/2006 : 21:50:29
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2 things id eradicate...
the greatly useless comeback "whatever"
and the phrase "that's soooooo rock and roll!"
or anything that puts "rock and roll" as an adjective!!!
That really grinds my gears. hehe. Whatever dude. ;) |
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lonely persuader
= Cult of Ray =
Ireland
488 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2006 : 04:35:00
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The Marsist
= Cult of Ray =
Ireland
730 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2006 : 04:41:29
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i could do with nobody ever saying, or rather typing "lol" again
Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude.
-Beck
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fbc
-= Modulator =-
United Kingdom
4903 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2006 : 05:03:19
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| the word 'band' being used to describe pop acts lacking instruments |
Edited by - fbc on 04/11/2006 05:04:27 |
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
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Posted - 04/11/2006 : 05:09:26
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quote:
Originally posted by The Marsist
i could do with nobody ever saying, or rather typing "lol" again
Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude.
-Beck
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2006 : 05:14:34
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quote:
Originally posted by chineselover
Deleted post wasn't intended to be offensive Homer
Haha, I know I was only kidding. If I meant that, I'd be insulting nearly everyone on here. The only reason I didn't myself was probably because I couldn't think of one that hadn't already been taken.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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chineselover
= Cult of Ray =
Ireland
348 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2006 : 07:37:18
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2006 : 09:23:58
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"Stop being a post-whore, Carl." I'm really sick of that.
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2009 : 16:04:39
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quote:
Originally posted by kathryn
quote:
Originally posted by jimmy
I've never even heard "bootyhead"- is that an Irish thing?
It's a "I'm almost 5" thing.
I’m the only one who can say that this light is mine
I would say it's a pirate thing.
The waxworks were an immensely eloquent dissertation on the wonderful ordinariness of mankind.
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2009 : 16:08:38
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Coog.
as in "check out the coog! would you?"
The waxworks were an immensely eloquent dissertation on the wonderful ordinariness of mankind. |
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What words or phrase would You eliminate
