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The Best Show on WFMU => Show Discussion => Topic started by: Emily on March 21, 2007, 12:40:08 PM
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i know this game is over, but i really can't stand it when people use the word "hijack" as a metaphor. like when they use it to describe any instance that does not include the overtaking of a vehicle.
some out-of context examples (i cant give the whole article b/c they're proprietary 'times select', but just to illustrate the point):
..have tried to hijack science classrooms with creationist dogma..
..also threatened to hijack the traditional independence day celebration..
..the right to hijack the body of another for ...
..Yankee manipulations to hijack the city's attention and..
..thinks he can hijack the Democratic Senate nomination from..
..are trying to hijack intelligent design for their own...
...You can easily hijack the attention of the press...
its everywhere and its annoying. i call for a stop to all hijackings of the word hijack.
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I don't know, the dictionary says -
hijack
• verb 1 illegally seize control of (an aircraft, ship, etc.) while it is in transit. 2 take over (something) and use it for a different purpose.
so it's ok by me.
Also I really like this band -
http://www.myspace.com/pictih
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i know technically its correct, but i just feel like its over-used.
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Phrases I hate:
Conservatives complaining about "activist judges."
Also, "think outside the box." Really, did you do any thinking before you said that?
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Eating breakfast the other day at an International House of Pancakes, I ordered coffee saying "sure I'd like some creamer"...waitress brought me the creamers, several of which were flavored, suggesting that the variety would "get me out of my box"...
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______ on drugs
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i know technically its correct, but i just feel like its over-used.
Sorry, I wasn't trying to be a smart arse.
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dont be silly. you make a valid point, its a second definition, not a metaphor.
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"Questionable" - passive-aggressive stand-in for "bullshit."
~EmD
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Not to be a party pooper, but I've heard people from "the ghetto" use the word "ghetto" to describe things. But I hate that too.
Oh yeah and I hate the word "tummy". And I was pretty against the word "panties" for awhile, but I'm pretty much over it by now. Especially because of that awesome new ska band Laurie's starting.
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What about Sean Hannity's annoying "politicizing the war" as if war was somehow separate from politics?
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Not to be a party pooper, but I've heard people from "the ghetto" use the word "ghetto" to describe things. But I hate that too.
Oh yeah and I hate the word "tummy". And I was pretty against the word "panties" for awhile, but I'm pretty much over it by now. Especially because of that awesome new ska band Laurie's starting.
I can't say the word panties without giggling.
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I hate (hate) saying the word "quarter" or "quart". It is pushing me towards bonkers just thinking of it. Can't intellectually justify this, just a visceral reaction to the way the phonics combination make my mouth feel.
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Is it just me or are people saying "at the end of the day" all the time now? It drives me bonkers when I hear it.
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I hate when people say "pee" ....
like "I have to go pee"
JP
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"wax poetic"
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"...and the noted possibility that he suffers from Reverse Stockholm Syndrome.
Stockholm Syndrome is a psychological phenomenon in which hostages develop a bond with their captors."
or
"Psychologists quoted by Austrian media say they believe the woman suffered from "Stockholm Syndrome" - a psychological condition in which captives begin to sympathise with their kidnappers."
Journalists seem incapable of using the term Stockholm Syndrome without explaining what it is
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Well, you've got to remember, "no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people." Tedious though it may be to those in the know, such constant definition may be necessary.
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I hate when people say "pee" ....
like "I have to go pee"
That falls under the wide category, "Things You Never Said Before You Had Kids," all of which I find horrifying.
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"diarrhea".
The only time it's acceptable to say "diarrhea" out loud is when you're playing Scrabble. 'Cause it's worth an s hitload of points.
(the above content is courtesy Zach "Beardo" Galifianakis)
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"...and the noted possibility that he suffers from Reverse Stockholm Syndrome.
Stockholm Syndrome is a psychological phenomenon in which hostages develop a bond with their captors."
or
"Psychologists quoted by Austrian media say they believe the woman suffered from "Stockholm Syndrome" - a psychological condition in which captives begin to sympathise with their kidnappers."
Journalists seem incapable of using the term Stockholm Syndrome without explaining what it is
What's the matter with that?
I'll believe what I want to believe.
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"...and the noted possibility that he suffers from Reverse Stockholm Syndrome.
Stockholm Syndrome is a psychological phenomenon in which hostages develop a bond with their captors."
or
"Psychologists quoted by Austrian media say they believe the woman suffered from "Stockholm Syndrome" - a psychological condition in which captives begin to sympathise with their kidnappers."
Journalists seem incapable of using the term Stockholm Syndrome without explaining what it is
What's the matter with that?
I'll believe what I want to believe.
Well firstly, what's the point of something having a name if you have to explain it every time you mention it and secondly, it's lazy page-filling journalism that turns a sentence into a paragraph.
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"...and the noted possibility that he suffers from Reverse Stockholm Syndrome.
Stockholm Syndrome is a psychological phenomenon in which hostages develop a bond with their captors."
i find those internal definitions useful, for instance i still don't know what Reverse Stockholm Syndrome is...
:-)
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My sister taught me to hate this word combination:
"nourishing meal."
It sounds like something Donnie Darko's evil teacher would say to describe some horrible foodstuff she concocted.
Eat that, Donnie. It's a nourishing meal.
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PowerPoint Proposal Words That Should Be Launched Into Eternity
Leverage our position
Facilitate change
Also, some words are OK to read, but not OK to say. "Splooge" being one of them.
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"...and the noted possibility that he suffers from Reverse Stockholm Syndrome.
Stockholm Syndrome is a psychological phenomenon in which hostages develop a bond with their captors."
or
"Psychologists quoted by Austrian media say they believe the woman suffered from "Stockholm Syndrome" - a psychological condition in which captives begin to sympathise with their kidnappers."
Journalists seem incapable of using the term Stockholm Syndrome without explaining what it is
What's the matter with that?
I'll believe what I want to believe.
Well firstly, what's the point of something having a name if you have to explain it every time you mention it and secondly, it's lazy page-filling journalism that turns a sentence into a paragraph.
pssst. yo la tengo "stockholm syndrome" reference.
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PowerPoint Proposal Words That Should Be Launched Into Eternity
Leverage our position
Facilitate change
Also, some words are OK to read, but not OK to say. "Splooge" being one of them.
Synergy is another
also, it's weird to read snooze.
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I hate when people say "Nutricious" just becuase it rhymes with "delicious"
When someone says someone else is "on crack"
When people say "just kidding" right after being proven wrong for something.
"Lunch" when it's said suggestively (with up and down eyebrows especially)
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When my clients say Squash instead of Quash.
"A Motion to Squash Service of Process"
That bugs the hell out of me.
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"thanks SO much"
a simple "thanks" was fine before about 2005.
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I hate when people say "Nutricious" just becuase it rhymes with "delicious"
When someone says someone else is "on crack"
When people say "just kidding" right after being proven wrong for something.
"Lunch" when it's said suggestively (with up and down eyebrows especially)
I was at Whole Foods the other day. I just got my wisdom teeth removed and I had to eat soft foods, and I was like "Screw it, I know it's overpriced, but I'm having a bunch of hot mashed potatoes and macaroni and cheese from whole foods cause they'll actually use potatoes and I'm hungry." Well, I didn't expect that they'd raised the hot food price to effing 7.95 per pound, so those two items plus some mushroom casserole thing in the little box plus a water equaled 18 dollars and I was like "jesus!" and the checkout guy was relatively sympathetic and then some unsuspecting bag-girl came over and was like "You want that in a bag" and I had just told the dude I was eating it here (restaurant tax in CA for that, btw!) and I was just like "uh, No." in this sort of half-infuriated tone and she said, in the quietest voice ever, "just kidding". And I thought "That's a weird thing to say". And then out loud the clerk said "Yeah, we charge you for the bag too!" Ah, he's a mensch.
Oh yeah, how about "And things like this" where it used to be fine to say "and things like that" or, even more pleeb!--"and stuff like that". I feel like this "...things like this" is some weird attempt at Eurofying regular Ameri-talk. Like I always hear upscale arty types saying this and it's like they're emulating the speach patterns of a Frenchman who hasn't mastered the art of the English language yet, and whose overcompensating by fancifying it. I would also venture to say that saying "...and things like that" when referring to a number of different things is more grammatically correct than saying "...and things like this" in that instance. It's like:
We ate popcorn, peanuts, walnuts, and things like that.
vs.
We ate caviar, lobster tail, foie gras, and things like this.
That second one is like... what thing? Like they list things they ate and then they must have another thing in their hand that they're not letting you see. Like they should say "And things like THIS" and pull out a Boar's Head or a white bunny rabbit or something.
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No disrespect. It's an amazing city in many ways. But y'all Angelenos hear more annoying speech per hour than most of us hear in a lifetime.
I don't know the origins of the any-noun-will-make-a-perfectly-good-verb theory, but I'm looking westward.
~EmD
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describing an item's design as being "sexy" pisses me off. that, and "Pilates".
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"guesstimate" is terrible.
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No disrespect. It's an amazing city in many ways. But y'all Angelenos hear more annoying speech per hour than most of us hear in a lifetime.
~EmD
To that end you may appreciate/hate the word "gnar" which is the abbreviated version of "gnarley", as in: "That movie Pan's Labyrinth got pretty gnar when the housemaid gave the fascist a Chelsea smile."
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When my clients say Squash instead of Quash.
"A Motion to Squash Service of Process"
That bugs the hell out of me.
Squash is pretty funny in that context. It's so wrong that it's funny.
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I hate the term "post-rock." I don't necessarily hate all of what is touted as "post-rock", but I hate the implication that rock is a dead genre. There is at least one deejay in this area who has a show dedicated to the questionable (no, wait, I meant to say "bullshit") sub-genre, and the day he does more than play Mogwai records every week is the day that I start to believe that there might be something to be said for the validity of the sub-genre.
I hate the term "musics." So fucking pretentious.
"Seminal" creeps me out. It just does.
I had one more, but I lost it.
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soulmate
empowerment
grassroots
activist
"speaking truth to power"
net crusader
carbon footprint
"doing my part"
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buzzwords suck it :o :o :o :o :o
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"Seminal" creeps me out. It just does.
What, like, seminal fluid?
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I totally agree with all of these things you people are adding. For example sexy only means one thing to me and it isn't going to result in my wanting to perform intimate acts with a car that is shiny and has the ability to go fast or with something made by the Apple Corporation.
I hate when people say they googled something or any technology words like blogosphere or garbage like that. i had a subscription to wired magazine i got with frequent flier miles and it was the worst and it had a whole column on these words that it was trying to keep its readers up to date on.
I wish there were a better word for podcast.
In fact grimlock's words that he hates are all these new words; we were doing fine without these words.
I think it's funny/agitating when left wing radio hosts say "so called" before everything too.
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I hate when people say they googled something or any technology words like blogosphere or garbage like that. i had a subscription to wired magazine i got with frequent flier miles and it was the worst and it had a whole column on these words that it was trying to keep its readers up to date on.
It's a corporate/political co-option of language, the introduction of virii and memes into the popular consciousness, and an attempt to brainfuck everybody with catchy word symbols.
I hate having my brain raped by PR demons.
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I hate having my brain raped by PR demons.
I hate having my brain raped by the Hand Banana episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
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No disrespect. It's an amazing city in many ways. But y'all Angelenos hear more annoying speech per hour than most of us hear in a lifetime.
~EmD
To that end you may appreciate/hate the word "gnar" which is the abbreviated version of "gnarley", as in: "That movie Pan's Labyrinth got pretty gnar when the housemaid gave the fascist a Chelsea smile."
I don't know how far this one spread but the Laguna varation of that was "nar nar". As in: Woah, dude, that was like soo nar nar".
As for my own:
While they totally have the right to be complete geeks, it pains me to see non-Japanese-speaking Anime fans using Japanese. Kawaii かわいい, the word for cute, is the most common. The saddest thing is that most of these offending speakers say it more like kowai こわい which means scary.
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to everyone in Miami: stop ending every sentence with ", no?"!!!!!! It doesn't make you sound smart or foreign, just conceited!
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I hate when people say 'random'
. . .as in "that's so random"
(this is my first post)
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"What can I do you for?"
What makes people say this?
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dyslexia?
at least, it took me a few reads to realize what you wrote.
if its not that, then maybe they're just trying to spice up their service job by switching some words around. sales can be pretty dull..
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at least, it took me a few reads to realize what you wrote.
I always thought this is what they call dyslexia. :D
I guess what I was asking is what makes people think that saying "What can I do you for?" is cool/funny/acceptable?
if it's not that, then maybe they're just trying to spice up their service job by switching some words around. sales can be pretty dull..
Funny that you mention that. The reason I posted this here is that I was recently reminded of this awfully clumsy expression when I saw Kurt Russell utter it in the movie "USED CARS".
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Is it just me or is the term "politically correct" misused quite a bit?
I guess it depends on your perspective but I have had a few idiot friends in high school who insisted that I was "too politically correct" because I was offended by some pretty blatantly hateful stuff they'd say. I thought political correctness was saying "African Americans" instead of black people or "mentally ill" as opposed to retarded? Or just generally trying to avoid offending people/talking openly about taboos? I never really have had the term properly explained to me so maybe I'm the one who's off base but to me, they are racist and David Cross, for example, is politically incorrect.
And then some people just blatantly misuse it, like "Yea, it's not politically correct but I like reality shows." Like equating it with a guilty pleasure. Or even "Yea, I steal from Wal-Mart, I'm not exactly Mr. PC, dude." Something that isn't merely politically incorrect, but against the law. Anyone else know what I mean?
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Is it just me or is the term "politically correct" misused quite a bit?
I guess it depends on your perspective but I have had a few idiot friends in high school who insisted that I was "too politically correct" because I was offended by some pretty blatantly hateful stuff they'd say. I thought political correctness was saying "African Americans" instead of black people or "mentally ill" as opposed to retarded? Or just generally trying to avoid offending people/talking openly about taboos? I never really have had the term properly explained to me so maybe I'm the one who's off base but to me, they are racist and David Cross, for example, is politically incorrect.
And then some people just blatantly misuse it, like "Yea, it's not politically correct but I like reality shows." Like equating it with a guilty pleasure. Or even "Yea, I steal from Wal-Mart, I'm not exactly Mr. PC, dude." Something that isn't merely politically incorrect, but against the law. Anyone else know what I mean?
that's hilarious. and i only had to read it once!
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I get weird hearing, saying, and especially writing the words "could" and "should". Nails on a blackboard for me. No clever reason - it's just a visceral thing.
Words...
Those two need to go, though I mean no offense to whoever originated them. (Scotland?)
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Is it just me or is the term "politically correct" misused quite a bit?
It's not just you.
Here's my own story: My sister and I started using "politically correct" jokingly in 1992 to refer to anything that we happened to agree with on the political front. I was quite annoyed when the phrase was adopted generally (I'm aware it's been around since the seventies, but it wasn't widely used till considerably later), but even then it seemed to mean nothing more than reasonable attention to one's word choices. Soon, though, it came to be used almost exclusively to dismiss anything even vaguely leftish that conservatives wished to discredit. At this point, I became even more annoyed.
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Listen. I beat my wife. It's a part of our relationship. I never claimed to be the most politically correct guy out there.
or...
Look, you can be all politically correct and claim that slavery is bad and that the Holocaust happened, but personally, I don't see it.
or...
Don't give me your politically correct bullshit about "litter". If God wanted me to put this half-eaten Big Mac in the trash he wouldn't have invented gutters.
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"PC" is, like, the modern equivalent of slavery. Until I can get drunk and badmouth Puerto Ricans without upsetting Berkeley professors, none of us is truly free.
~EmD
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Being exposed to both the music industry and the corporate/advertising world, I come across words/phrases that I hate almost daily.
I hate when someone tells me they're going to "shoot" someone an email.
I hate when someone tells me they're going to "blow a call in" to someone.
I hate "best practices."
I hate uber-anything.
I hate "spins" and "adds" and "units".
I hate the whole concept of "phones" in the music business (as in "Top 10 phones"... if you don't know what this is consider yourself lucky)
I would add more but I'm getting angry just thinking about this stuff.
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who says "blow a call in"?
i've never heard that before. the only image i come up with is someone using a conch shell.
please elaborate (if it won't anger you)
thanks!
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Yeah, "blow a call in" mystifies me. I guess some people may call a phone "the horn," but I've never heard that outside of a Twin Peaks episode. Who knows.
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I've heard "get him/her on the blower" in place of "get him/her on the phone" but never "blow a call in."
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It's not just you.
Here's my own story: My sister and I started using "politically correct" jokingly in 1992 to refer to anything that we happened to agree with on the political front. I was quite annoyed when the phrase was adopted generally (I'm aware it's been around since the seventies, but it wasn't widely used till considerably later), but even then it seemed to mean nothing more than reasonable attention to one's word choices. Soon, though, it came to be used almost exclusively to dismiss anything even vaguely leftish that conservatives wished to discredit. At this point, I became even more annoyed.
Listen. I beat my wife. It's a part of our relationship. I never claimed to be the most politically correct guy out there.
or...
Look, you can be all politically correct and claim that slavery is bad and that the Holocaust happened, but personally, I don't see it.
or...
Don't give me your politically correct bullshit about "litter". If God wanted me to put this half-eaten Big Mac in the trash he wouldn't have invented gutters.
"PC" is, like, the modern equivalent of slavery. Until I can get drunk and badmouth Puerto Ricans without upsetting Berkeley professors, none of us is truly free.
~EmD
Brilliant.
This sincerely put my mind at ease, guys, I thank you.
And Emily - provided you weren't being sarcastic - thank you.
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i dislike it when people talk about "dingleberries."
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i dislike it when people talk about "dingleberries."
Phil Rizzuto often used this term to describe unruly fans when doing Yankees games on WPIX.
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Looking at the news today, I remembered Fox News used to (still?) call suicide bombers "homicide bombers," which is ridiculous even for them.
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Looking at the news today, I remembered Fox News used to (still?) call suicide bombers "homicide bombers," which is ridiculous even for them.
I thought the preferred right-wing term was "cowards"?
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The phrase "War on Terror" has always seemed massively paradoxical. Are we talking about a specific kind of terror, or terror in general? And isn't "scaring the shit out of people who threaten or disagree with us" basically the whole point of "war"?
That aside, we must not question our Leaders, for to do so can only weaken us all. Of course, the minute GWB is laid up with kidney stones, he becomes fair game.
~EmD
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Looking at the news today, I remembered Fox News used to (still?) call suicide bombers "homicide bombers," which is ridiculous even for them.
I thought the preferred right-wing term was "cowards"?
How 'bout we make a new one: kamikowards.
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I just wanna touch base.
on a scale of 1 to 10
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Looking at the news today, I remembered Fox News used to (still?) call suicide bombers "homicide bombers," which is ridiculous even for them.
I thought the preferred right-wing term was "cowards"?
How 'bout we make a new one: kamikowards.
I like it. I forwarded it to a guy Spike calls Sean Stannity.
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Text me.
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The following are not single words, but phrases I hear (or have heard) in business settings that I dislike very much. I work in management consulting, so I hear these sorts of things more than I would like.
Hearing someone's "take" on a subject
Describing being unreachable as "out of pocket" -- where did this come from and why in the world is it used?
"Reach out to so-and-so", meaning to contact someone
"Getting calibrated" meaning, I suppose, reaching a mutual agreement or understanding of some sort
"Giving back to the community" -- meaning volunteering or donating one's time or resources -- more or less, doing anything more than lifting a finger to help further some social or community goal. I agree with the spirit of "giving back" completely, but the phrase implies, to me, that something has been taken away in the first place, which may not be a good thing
Describing someone or something as the "real deal", meaning that it is authentic or genuine in some way
"The 800 pound gorilla" and "the elephant in the room", which I hear A LOT from television commentators or pundits, not so much in the business world. These would be fine with me if they were not such overused cliches.
I could go on. I could probably think of dozens more if given enough time.
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"halve your cake and eat it too."
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The following are not single words, but phrases I hear (or have heard) in business settings that I dislike very much. I work in management consulting, so I hear these sorts of things more than I would like.
Hearing someone's "take" on a subject
Describing being unreachable as "out of pocket" -- where did this come from and why in the world is it used?
"Reach out to so-and-so", meaning to contact someone
"Getting calibrated" meaning, I suppose, reaching a mutual agreement or understanding of some sort
"Giving back to the community" -- meaning volunteering or donating one's time or resources -- more or less, doing anything more than lifting a finger to help further some social or community goal. I agree with the spirit of "giving back" completely, but the phrase implies, to me, that something has been taken away in the first place, which may not be a good thing
Describing someone or something as the "real deal", meaning that it is authentic or genuine in some way
"The 800 pound gorilla" and "the elephant in the room", which I hear A LOT from television commentators or pundits, not so much in the business world. These would be fine with me if they were not such overused cliches.
I could go on. I could probably think of dozens more if given enough time.
"We need to have that conversation."
"Didn't we have that conversation already?"
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who says "blow a call in"?
i've never heard that before. the only image i come up with is someone using a conch shell.
please elaborate (if it won't anger you)
thanks!
Well, to be honest I've only heard a few people say it, but I had to hear it a lot so it really started to get on my nerves. I guess I assumed it was more widespread. These were all music industry guys though (A&R, managers, marketing, etc) so maybe it's limited to that area.
As far as the meaning of it goes... I think it's just a tough guy way of saying "I'll give him a call."
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That "What What" video reminded me how much I hate the phrase "chocolate starfish." Is it a euphemism if it conjures worse imagery than the, uh, impolite word "asshole"? No, I don't think so.
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I heard a word/term for the first time today and I recoiled immediately:
Man-suit
As in: "Rather than take a shower, I'm just going to marinate my man-suit in Axe Bodywash."
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I heard a word/term for the first time today and I recoiled immediately:
Man-suit
As in: "Rather than take a shower, I'm just going to marinate my man-suit in Axe Bodywash."
I sat on the bus one day next to a guy who had taken this approach and he smelled like a turd wrapped in fabric softener.
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Northwestern
University
Medill
School
Of
Journalism
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When people say ralph to mean vomit. Also, ballsy.
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This is my own fault for reading fashion magazines like "Lucky" and the NY Times "Style" section, but I've noticed writers using the term "fashiony" a lot recently. Isn't that lazy?
Like, "Adding a belt to this tunic and leggings makes the ensemble much more fashiony."
I have no idea what it's supposed to mean--stylish? Trendy? Glamorous? Hip? Aren't there real words that can convey the same idea? I realize criticizing fashion writers is pointless, but it bugs me.
Also, I hate it when people send e-mails that start with "FYI," or start conversations that way. It just makes me flinch.
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Ew. Leggings.
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Right, that goes without saying...
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Aren't there real words that can convey the same idea?
Yeah, like "fashionable" works. Oh, but that's 3 extra letters. Too unmanagey!
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I don't know if this has been mentioned but it really annoys me when people do that long "oooooo...kay", ugh.
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Also, I hate it when people send e-mails that start with "FYI," or start conversations that way. It just makes me flinch.
A friend of mine insists on using the abbreviation BTW in conversation even after I pointed out that it was one syllable longer than saying 'by the way'. It's disheartening.
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Too unmanagey!
I loved this.
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Uttering stock conversation fillers like "this is true" or "such is life" is enough to make me hate you forever.
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Uttering stock conversation fillers like "this is true" or "such is life" is enough to make me hate you forever.
I hear ya!
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More of a phrase than a word, but anyway:
"I did a double take!" or "Wow, I almost did a double take there!"
Thankfully I don't hear this very often, but when I do, it's upsetting...
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"Only in New York!"
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"step up to the plate"
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"at the end of the day..."
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"at the end of the day..."
I said this today: "I didn't feel so cranky after a good night's rest." Then I realized it wasn't the rest that helped. It was totally that landlady video on YouTube. That Pearl is TROUBLE.
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"Your guys's"
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bibliographic essay
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Has anyone mentioned the word "junk" in place of "genitals" or my preference: "groin area"? Not a big fan of "package" either.
It's not very flattering to John Junk either.
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Can we talk about "eye candy"? Wait, let's not, because I fucking hate that term. AAAARRRRRRRGGGHH.
Also, the FOT who just visited my last.fm profile listens to music on his Grado cans. He doesn't call them cans in his profile, mind you, but I do. That word is slowly growing on me. CANS!
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Sr-60's? 80's? 120's? I needs to know!
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I am John Junk and, as you can see, I have shed the moniker on the board. I always make vague plans to officially de-junk my name when I call in the show, but it's right there in quotes on my listener info when I pledge because I put it there three years ago and because it's easier to remember than a real person's name. Still, it was an extremely off-the-cuff, not-very-thought-out nickname I made up in like December 2001 when I was 23 years old and I didn't really even think about genitals or dirty hypodermic needles at the time. I just thought of like a garage full of nick-nacks and stuff. Or like Sanford and Son's house.
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From Junk to H to avoid a drug reference?
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Wait now you change it to Horse!!!!
You gotta be kiddin' me.
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It's a native american thing. Why?
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It's a native american thing. Why?
It's a death omen. The Log Lady just predicted your demise.
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It's a native american thing. Why?
You never watched an episode of Starsky & Hutch, mister?
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It's a native american thing. Why?
I'm getting behind this, who's with me?
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It's a native american thing. Why?
I'm getting behind this, who's with me?
here's some help. you can use these names for yourself, or your dog, cat, horse, pet, or child.
http://lowchensaustralia.com/names/nativeam.htm (http://lowchensaustralia.com/names/nativeam.htm)
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Sr-60's? 80's? 120's? I needs to know!
SR-80.
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I'm getting behind this, who's with me?
Of course, I will dutifully follow in my admin's footsteps.
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I was tempted to take Spider Woman At Middle Age but this one has a better ring to it.
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I almost chose "Beautiful Badger Going Over the Hill" but in the end opted for accuracy.
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sometimes i chase butterflys.
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I think I might change mine to "Animal Running into the Ground."
And just to stay on topic, I hate the word snack and all of its cognates. The worst is when it is spelled "Snak" and when it is rhymed with other words in an ad or cheap junk-food title like "Snak Attak!"
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It's a native american thing. Why?
I'm getting behind this, who's with me?
I'm in.
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me too
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:-\
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yeah
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I'm in, assuming you guys have mixed feelings about this bit, too.
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Hell, yeah. Terribly, terribly non-PC of us. To which circle of hell will we be consigned, I wonder?
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Hell, yeah. Terribly, terribly non-PC of us. To which circle of hell will we be consigned, I wonder?
Hell is a total paleface construct.
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I have a book about Red Power that is pretty nice. This is a good time for Tom's chant: Raaaacist, raaaaacist.
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I'm in, assuming you guys have mixed feelings about this bit, too.
Well, I have my reservations.
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Jason Crazy Foot, there is a single tear falling down my face for that pun.
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Yeah, Jason, that pun killed me like a blanket loaded with small pox. (too soon?)
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I just reached for the firewater, hoping for some retroactive amnesia.
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Yeah, Jason, that pun killed me like a blanket loaded with small pox. (too soon?)
Stupid fucking whiteman.
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two words I refuse to say: patty, as in hamburger patty. and the word tissue when meaning kleenex.
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I would never say "Kleenex" unless I were referring to that specific brand of tissue (much the same way I refuse to say "Xerox" unless I'm photocopying using a machine manufactured by that company). In any case, I prefer a handkerchief.
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I would never say "Kleenex" unless I were referring to that specific brand of tissue (much the same way I refuse to say "Xerox" unless I'm photocopying using a machine manufactured by that company). In any case, I prefer a handkerchief.
Band-Aid or "adhesive strip"?
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I would never say "Kleenex" unless I were referring to that specific brand of tissue (much the same way I refuse to say "Xerox" unless I'm photocopying using a machine manufactured by that company). In any case, I prefer a handkerchief.
Band-Aid or "adhesive strip"?
I use the phrase 'band-aid' for all manner of things.
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Band-Aid or "adhesive strip"?
Well, I actually use Band-Aids, but I'll 'fess up: I do use that trademark name generically. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, right? Got to keep 'em guessing, after all.
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I don't like the word group. I just don't like the way it sounds.
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monetize!
immanentize the eschaton!
don't like!
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nice name, I'll take it
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"indie"
As in, "Oasis is my favorite indie band"
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Edgy. When used to describe something out-of-the-mainstream, not when used to describe someone who feels troubled or uneasy
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"indie"
As in, "Oasis is my favorite indie band"
Awww, but I love indie pop. I don't think Oasis is indie pop.
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someone used the phrase "finer things in life" on me today.. ughhhh..
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"indie"
As in, "Oasis is my favorite indie band"
my friend is in a pretty bad folk/jam band and he was telling me that his new record is going to have "some yelling, electric guitars, it's going to be pretty indie sounding"
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In the 1990's, I used to hate when glossy publications would refer to indie rock as "Indy rock," correcting our typographical non-error.
Don't get me wrong, The Bobby Rahals and Guided by Rear Spoilers had some good singles. And I kind of liked Minor Foyt.
I also hate when people use "cache" in place of "cachet."
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In the 1990's, I used to hate when glossy publications would refer to indie rock as "Indy rock," correcting our typographical non-error.
Don't get me wrong, The Bobby Rahals and Guided by Rear Spoilers had some good singles. And I kind of liked Minor Foyt.
And let's not forget Al Unser Jr's Driving All Over You record on SST.
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"indie"
As in, "Oasis is my favorite indie band"
my friend is in a pretty bad folk/jam band and he was telling me that his new record is going to have "some yelling, electric guitars, it's going to be pretty indie sounding"
Maybe you should introduce this friend of yours to Susannah.
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In the 1990's, I used to hate when glossy publications would refer to indie rock as "Indy rock," correcting our typographical non-error.
Don't get me wrong, The Bobby Rahals and Guided by Rear Spoilers had some good singles. And I kind of liked Minor Foyt.
And let's not forget Al Unser Jr's Driving All Over You record on SST.
Two Dollars Fifty on the Dime 2xLP
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Wait, I thought I was in a relationship with all of the members of Dr. Dog. I'm confused.
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Wait, I thought I was in a relationship with all of the members of Dr. Dog. I'm confused.
I'm just joshin' ya!
Okay, another word I hate. "Joshing." I like Josh, though.
Also, "moisten." Ew.
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Wait, I thought I was in a relationship with all of the members of Dr. Dog. I'm confused.
Word on the street is that you moved on to the drummer for The Minions. Admit it, Susannah -- you're a Wawa Records groupie!
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Philly Boy Roy's pronunciation of "dog" is well worth the price of listening to the entire archives.
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I like Josh, though.
Thanks!
I hate the phrase "I'm just saying".
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Wait, I thought I was in a relationship with all of the members of Dr. Dog. I'm confused.
Worst. Band. Ever.
I don't get it. It's like the Dead at their tuneless worst. Tom probably covered this issue, but I haven't had the chance to listen to this week's show.
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Diva, when applied to anyone other than an opera singer and especially Mariah Carey.
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"Body butter" is borderline gross.
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Krunk
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Crump
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When used to describe anything sexual, the noun or verb form of the word "play".
Gross.
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Totally, when used to get me to do something that I could not do partially. i.e. "You should totally come to the party this saturday", as though I'd only send my left arm and my nose, and hope things worked out for the best.
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There are many things I'd like to be able to do partially at most, going to parties among them.
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I hate eating synonyms such as "dig in" or "chow down". It is repulsive.
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The word morsel is horrible. Want to make chocolate chip cookies? You may be forced into purchasing a bag of "chocolate chip morsels." Ugh.
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morsel is pretty bad.
the words 'dumpling' and 'brouhaha' make me cringe
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i had something ive been wanting to add to this for weeks and i cant think of it now. gaaaah.
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When used to describe anything sexual, the noun or verb form of the word "play".
Gross.
I couldn't agree more, that is super creepy.
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I know someone who says "hoo-ha" a lot and it makes my skin crawl. As in: "Yeah, when you go to the movies you've gotta get your popcorn and your soda and all that other hoo-ha." Or, "I hate that philosopher and all his deconstructionist hoo-ha." Shut up!
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I know someone who says "hoo-ha" a lot and it makes my skin crawl. As in: "Yeah, when you go to the movies you've gotta get your popcorn and your soda and all that other hoo-ha." Or, "I hate that philosopher and all his deconstructionist hoo-ha." Shut up!
Is he blind?
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That's more "hoo-AH," right?
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It's a she and she's not blind. Was that a joke? I didn't get it. I also didn't get the buffcoat hoo-AH thing. Is that a joke? Or a real question? It's very Hoo - Ha and not Hoo-Ah, nor is it hooey (though I suppose it's related).
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It's a she and she's not blind. Was that a joke? I didn't get it. I also didn't get the buffcoat hoo-AH thing. Is that a joke? Or a real question? It's very Hoo - Ha and not Hoo-Ah, nor is it hooey (though I suppose it's related).
Al Pacino plays a blind dude who constantly says "hoo-Ah" in Scent of a Woman. Buffcoat was right about the "hoo-ha"/"hoo-ah" distinction, but my original quip is still hilarious.
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I got it, Omar, and it caused me to roll on the floor laughing my ass off, Omar.
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I got it, Omar, and it caused me to roll on the floor laughing my ass off, Omar.
Thanks!
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Yeah, I didn't mean to fussbudget on your parade, Omar. That's just the sort of cracked quip that I enjoy.
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I can't help feeling that there's a wee bit of misogyny going on when a guy reports having "banged" a member of the fairer sex. This is most apparent when the fellow uses the term "that" (as in 'Bro, I totally banged/hit/pounded THAT last night!'), to describe the receiver. I had a coworker that used "pounded" in such a way, and it drove me nuts.
On the other hand, if a person were to say "We Banged", that'd be ok.
another below-the-belt annoyance: a dude I work with says "dead balls" to refer to an exact measurement. It really grosses me out because I can't help but thinking of two rotting/atrophied testes rattling around inside an otherwise healthy scrotum.
I just thought I'd share that.
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On the other hand, if a person were to say "We Banged", that'd be ok.
What about "she bangs"?
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On the other hand, if a person were to say "We Banged", that'd be ok.
So if two of your buddies said "We banged your girlfriend", that'd be ok?
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This reminds me of my trip to Vegas last weekend (which I will be sure to summarize on the "Las Vegas" thread) wherein a very drunk Jersey dude I hadn't seen since 1997 had to be dissuaded from sleeping with one of the prostitutes being kicked out of our hotel at 4 am. His reasoning? "I never banged a black chick." Yay! :-X
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John H. you seem to have forgotten the Cardinal Rule of any trip to Vegas, "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas."
But since you've already broken it, I whole heartedly look forward to your recap of the trip.
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On the other hand, if a person were to say "We Banged", that'd be ok.
So if two of your buddies said "We banged your girlfriend", that'd be ok?
I guess that would be appropriate usage.
I'll tell ya, the 5-hour drive from Burlington to Providence gets really, really awkward after someone lets THAT phrase slip. Especially when the tape deck has a Voice of the Beehive cassingle stuck in it. Good Times
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Especially when the tape deck has a Voice of the Beehive cassingle stuck in it. Good Times
Ew boy. I had one of those cassingles.
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i dislike the word 'pamper'. as in, 'come to our day spa and experience the ultimate in luxury and pampering'
gross.
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Yay! Susie's here!!!
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WARNING: If you say the word mustard too many times, it becomes incredibly irritating.
(some friends and I were discussing our mustard preferences over the weekend and it got outta hand. We all started hating the WORD, as much as we enjoy the condiment...)
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"Chick-Lit" sounds like it's probably not a great thing for women or for literature.
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Hate this is the saddest word of all. Lets love everyone ;D
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FISTULA
:-[
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FISTULA
:-[
I don't even know what that is. Sounds like a Filthy Laurie entry to me. But this is Erika. What's going on here?!
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They're nasty, but not in a Filthy Laurie kind of way: "an abnormal passage that leads from an abscess or hollow organ or part to the body surface or from one hollow or part to another and that may be surgically created to permit passage of fluids or secretions." A friend of mine developed one in his nether regions several years ago. Apparently it had been secretly growing since he was formed but waited to burst through to the surface till he was in his twenties. He was not allowed to sit or bathe for many weeks after the surgery. Most unpleasant.
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They're nasty, but not in a Filthy Laurie kind of way: "an abnormal passage that leads from an abscess or hollow organ or part to the body surface or from one hollow or part to another and that may be surgically created to permit passage of fluids or secretions." A friend of mine developed one in his nether regions several years ago. Apparently it had been secretly growing since he was formed but waited to burst through to the surface till he was in his twenties. He was not allowed to sit or bathe for many weeks after the surgery. Most unpleasant.
GROSS!
(i will show some restraint, for once)
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Ew, there goes my pitch to Dark Alley. I was hoping for a vampire-themed fisting extravaganza.
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Ew, there goes my pitch to Dark Alley. I was hoping for a vampire-themed fisting extravaganza.
Yess! Bump. Set. Spike. That's my girl.
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Ew, there goes my pitch to Dark Alley. I was hoping for a vampire-themed fisting extravaganza.
Yess! Bump. Set. Spike. That's my girl.
words i dislike:
"fisting extravaganza" and "Spike" in the same post.
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I had an Anal Fistula a couple of years ago.
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My friend Greg shares your pain, Jason.
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super duper
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"no-brainer"
dear god do i hate that one.
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FISTULA
:-[
I don't even know what that is. Sounds like a Filthy Laurie entry to me. But this is Erika. What's going on here?!
Oh I do indeed have a toilet mouth :) but I try to keep it clean here just for the sake of the Best Show.
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"Area," in constructions such as "David Bowie's area."
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caucus and Secaucus.
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caucus and Secaucus.
Also, Saugus.
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Quagmire.
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I REALLY hate the word "pecker". When I hear it I picture a guy with teeth missing and a trucker hat saying it.
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caucus and Secaucus.
Also, Saugus.
Man, you said it. Easily the worst, vacant, soul-sucking part of Massachusetts ever (barring Hilltop Steak House/Produce, of course).
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"Rocker" as in a rock n roll guy.
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caucus and Secaucus.
Also, Saugus.
Man, you said it. Easily the worst, vacant, soul-sucking part of Massachusetts ever (barring Hilltop Steak House/Produce, of course).
How dare you?! Saugus isn't a great town sure , it's hardly a town at all, it doesn't even have a downtown really. But route one isn't all that bad. OK, it's pretty bad, but I grew up there. The worst part of mass is obviously the south shore. It is truly the vapid vancant terrible awful terrible horrible uninhabital part of mass.
North Shore Forever!
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How dare you?! Saugus isn't a great town sure , it's hardly a town at all, it doesn't even have a downtown really. But route one isn't all that bad. OK, it's pretty bad, but I grew up there. The worst part of mass is obviously everything between Newburyport and Seekonk. It is truly the vapid vancant terrible awful terrible horrible uninhabital part of mass.
North Shore Forever!
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No offense, Sploops (for the record, I'm not a real big fan of my own hometown), but Saugus always creeped me out. Chelsea (where I lived for a couple of years afterwards) seemed warm and hospitable by comparison. The big Saugus Blanchards adjacent to the dinosaur golf course was excellent, I admit. And I never spent enough time on the South Shore to judge it one way or another.
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I hate the words webinar and yank.
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Pumpkinninny!
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Baby Back Ribs.
I mean, I don't know about you, but is that supposed to me make me hungry?
Ew, gross.
Am I right, ladies?
Don't get me started.
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Don't even get me started.
(http://barney.gonzaga.edu/~tlarson1/JeannieDarcy.jpg)
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How dare you?! Saugus isn't a great town sure , it's hardly a town at all, it doesn't even have a downtown really. But route one isn't all that bad. OK, it's pretty bad, but I grew up there. The worst part of mass is obviously the south shore. It is truly the vapid vancant terrible awful terrible horrible uninhabital part of mass.
North Shore Forever!
that is so bizarre... i grew up in metro west and then the nicer side of dorchester and spent a lot of time on the south shore and thought the exact same thing about the north shore.
the south shore's worst city was obviously quincy... when compared to lynn, it looks like hyannisport. the south shore has hull and nantasket beach, and the north shore had revere and its hellhole of a beach. the south shore has serene plymouth and the north shore has salem (half gorgeous, half tacky witch inspired tourist trap). and route one in saugus was like going to some weird drive through freak show. of course the south shore can't boast the beauty of marblehead or winthrop. now that im older and with a good friend of mine living in swampscott i can see the relative merits of both shores. that said... my least favorite word is 'kelly's roast beef'
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Lynn, Lynn, City of Sin
You don't come out the way you went in
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I hate the words webinar and yank.
Arrgrhgrhg... webinar drives me insane!
Another one that seems to be growing in popularity: calling yourself a cineaste. C'mon guys.
Also, has anyone suggested heady? That's one for the books (of stuff that I hate).
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The term "jerry-rigged" really bothers me. I always think that deep down these people really want to say the racist version of this term instead. This is especially infuriating when used by "superiors" at work.
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You know, I never heard the racist version of "jerry-rigged" till I moved here, eleven years ago.
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The term "jerry-rigged" really bothers me. I always think that deep down these people really want to say the racist version of this term instead. This is especially infuriating when used by "superiors" at work.
You mean "kraut-rigged"? Because I thought the cabbage lobby had put an end to that sort of talk years ago.
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words i dislike:
"patty" - as in handburger patty. I can barley stand to type it.
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Pumpkinninny!
(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g113/bankey1976/pumpkinninny.jpg)
Do you hate this word? 'Cause I LOVE it!! I just wish I could master that amazing dance...
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Lynn, Lynn, City of Sin
You don't come out the way you went in
I had a temp job in Lynn a number of years ago that, were it not for the commute from JP, might well have turned out to have been the best job ever (for a temp job that you're not interested in anything about but the paycheck). It was a printing company that printed bank statements for the entire north east, and all I had to do was check the print orders against the receipts for the actual print jobs, once they were done, to make sure they matched up, but since the jobs were so massive, it would take all day to print one, so I'd have at MOST 2 orders come across my desk in a day. I read so many books, wrote so much stuff down, made decent money (for those days and that age), AND my hours were 3 PM - 11 PM, so I could have a full half day to do whatever I needed to (including sleep), and STILL be able to go out for a couple of hours after work. But oh - the horros of Weylu and Kowloon rising up on the hill, and the steady stream of Walt's Roast Beefs, Papa Ginos, and Christmas Tree Shops... Ugh!
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Pumpkinninny!
(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g113/bankey1976/pumpkinninny.jpg)
Do you hate this word? 'Cause I LOVE it!! I just wish I could master that amazing dance...
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"Poultry pad" is one that I hate. You know, those tampon-looking things you find in packaged meat? First time I heard it I was covering a shift in the WF meat department and pre-packing a bunch of chicken parts, and the supervisor said, "If you need more poultry pads, there are more of them in dry stock." I almost threw up in my mouth.
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Pumpkinninny!
(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g113/bankey1976/pumpkinninny.jpg)
Do you hate this word? 'Cause I LOVE it!! I just wish I could master that amazing dance...
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The very one!!!
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"Dropped crotch." Also, "dhoti."
When will designers stop this madness?