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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 01/01/2005 : 07:08:07
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And I do so agree! There's been even more linguistic crap than usual since the Republicans took over, it seems.quote:
DETROIT (AP) - From wardrobe malfunctions to erectile dysfunction, it's been a tough year all around for the guardians of English - language purists from blue, red and battleground states who long to say "You're fired!" to offensive words and phrases.
More than 2,000 nominations arrived in Michigan's far north, where a committee at Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie released its 2005 compilation of language irritants Friday.
Among the 22 expressions on the "List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-Use, Over-Use and General Uselessness" are "blog,""sale event,""body wash" and "zero percent APR financing."
To see the 2005 list and/or submit a pet word of your own, go here.
And to view the entire, useless wasteland of pathetic gibbers, from '92 to today........
Enjoy. It's a great way to kick off the intellectual New Year!
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Renae
SFN Regular
543 Posts |
 Posted - 01/01/2005 : 07:26:06 [Permalink]
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Loved this; thanks, filthy.
I'm glad they included "izzle", which is just annoying.
I also hate "hella" meaning, I guess, "very." |
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R.Wreck
SFN Regular
USA
1191 Posts |
Posted - 01/01/2005 : 08:28:56 [Permalink]
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Every time I hear one of our idiot "managers" tell us what we will do "going forward", I have to restrain myself from asking what other #$*&^# way we could possibly go!
I'd sure like to see that phrase disappear. |
The foundation of morality is to . . . give up pretending to believe that for which there is no evidence, and repeating unintelligible propositions about things beyond the possibliities of knowledge.
T. H. Huxley
The Cattle Prod of Enlightened Compassion
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26022 Posts |
Posted - 01/02/2005 : 21:01:34 [Permalink]
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What's funny about 'blog' being nominated for banishment in the 2005 list is that it was a candidate for "word of the year" in 2002.
And then there's the quoted complaint about the phrase "safe and effective." It is an FDA requirement. Sheesh. |
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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard
USA
3834 Posts |
Posted - 01/02/2005 : 23:54:23 [Permalink]
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I am personally sick of, "that said". It has drifted a bit into, "that being said" and maybe another version or two. The number of times I hear it said, mostly on news interviews or commentaries, is just too many. We know it was said folks, we just listened to you say it.
It is fascinating, though, how certain phrases creep insidiously into everyday speech all over the country in waves. I know the phrase, "that said" was not in everyone's interviews a few years ago. Yet once it began to be used, at some point it began to be used everywhere. |
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woolytoad
Skeptic Friend
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Posted - 01/03/2005 : 02:19:22 [Permalink]
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| Before we start complaining about phrases, I think we should get people to stop using things and making mistakes like: u, r, nething, b4, "your" when they mean "you're", "of" instead of "have", e.g "I could of done that myself.", "its" and "it's", coz, etc. |
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Siberia
SFN Addict
Brazil
2322 Posts |
Posted - 01/03/2005 : 12:17:17 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Ricky
I'm guilty of typing your instead of you're and its instead of it's, although I have been trying to cut it down. However, the worst is when people take things such as "jk" and actually say them out loud instead of "just kidding." I've seen people do that, I actually have a friend who always says "lol."
lol!
Yes, yes. I've seen many people confusing your and you're, usually putting you're where your is the correct one. It's quite annoying to me, as, english being my second language, sometimes I'm easily confused |
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"People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs."
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Wendy
SFN Regular
USA
614 Posts |
Posted - 01/03/2005 : 12:41:12 [Permalink]
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My pet peeve (and this is an old one I know) is "like". As in, "Well, he was like mad at me and stuff." Please add "and stuff" to that. 
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Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do on a rainy afternoon.
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26022 Posts |
Posted - 01/03/2005 : 14:12:08 [Permalink]
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While we're at this, I'd like to see people use "lion's share" (the lion's share is however much the lion wants, often 100%, not a synonym for "majority"), "sea change" (tides change slowly, not suddenly), "quantum leap" (they're really, really tiny, not huge), and "light year" (a measure of distance, not time) correctly.
I'm sure I'll think of others...
Oh, yeah: I'd like more people to use ellipses correctly. And the abuse of the friggin' possessive apostrophe-S has got to stop. I've actually seen a sign which read something like "Come in for library fun day's." Argh! |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 01/03/2005 : 15:04:36 [Permalink]
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Words like "irregardless" and phrases such as "could care less" often cause me to consider murder most foul. 
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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