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Favourite Irritating Words of 2010

"dookie"... *Shakes Head*
You know, I have never heard that word before today, and yet, I know EXACTLY what it means!
Amazing...
 
When offering a compliment or in the state of being impressed, many younger folks use the term,"sick...."
.....As in,"Wow.....is that Corvette sick!!"

I'm sorry....I just can't get my head around it. Bugs me.
 
BAD... ... as in good....

My workmate told me: "Eli, man, you are bad"
He meant I rock, That I am good.... that whatever I looked like or what I did that day was bad as in good...

:bump: :bump: :bump:

Goodness, what happened to our vocabulary!
Confusing...


(and yes, like sick!)
 
magoo said:
When offering a compliment or in the state of being impressed, many younger folks use the term,"sick...."
.....As in,"Wow.....is that Corvette sick!!"

I'm sorry....I just can't get my head around it. Bugs me.
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Totally agree. When people say that, I think, they don't know the meaning of sick..........

(Interpret that in whichever ever way use "sick", in)
 
Changing Language

As part of my job, I ask people leaving with a rental car if they need any directions. About six months ago, people started replying " I'm good." Well that's nice. I suppose it's preferable to being evil; but what the hell does it have to do with a yes or no question ? Where did that one come from suddenly ?
Sue
 
I grew up in a world were proper english was required..
And today any "english" is accepted..

I now realize how my parents were not impressed in the 60's-70's when I grew up, that many New words or meanings were being used..

Our English is an everchanging language, not set in stone..
Knowing and realizing this, I try to adjust to the times..
And as in the past what was popular to use to describe something today
will change tomorrow..

One of the things today everything is a terrorist, or predator..
This does disturb me..

As I have noticed (we) tend to use words that best cause a sensation
without being honest to the intent or meaning of the word..
as they say, welcome to the New world order..

And all this Political Correctness, is just a way to hide the truth..
What happened to the truth???
when you change a meaning or word to hide the truth, what have you done??
Just to make a Bad thing into a good thing that is terrible to do..

Good is still good, and bad is still bad, No matter what sweet name you now call it..

Okay off my soap box...:a1451:
 
Chris H said:
The only thing I find rather irritating is people complaining that all of the wonderful and diverse nuances that creep into our lexicon each year are somehow irritating or wrong and the refusal to accept by many that they are not just the natural shifting evolution of verbal communication but are somehow an abrasive travesty. ;)
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Ah! the old `confluence of divergence` argument!

Surely the lexicon is only increased by increased verbosity, not by `natural shifting evolution`? The lexicon is only benefitted when evolution is not devolution. Otherwise we would all grunt at each other, monosyllabic languages would be the norm and the expression of complex theorems eruditely debated would be missing - or `texting` as it is more commonly known! :ernae:

Do you truly believe: "Wicked!" responded to by: "Whatever" benefits the lexicon or contributes to the understanding of the topic?

Degradation of language is a portent of disaster for any civilised society, not a sign of variance or advancement. There is also greater evidence language is NOT driven by any principle of evolution as we understand the concept. Rather it is a result of fashion, emphasis, laziness - and simple prevalence. Joseph Goebbels said it best:

"If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth."

So `wicked` means `extremely good` not through evolution, but through banal osmotic repetition by the stupid. And the absence of desire or ability to use any of the hundreds of other words to better describe the same feeling.

Wicked still means evil.

How does having the same word have two meanings in direct opposition benefit the lexicon?
 
HouseHobbit said:
I grew up in a world were proper english was required..
And today any "english" is accepted..

I now realize how my parents were not impressed in the 60's-70's when I grew up, that many New words or meanings were being used..

Our English is an everchanging language, not set in stone..
Knowing and realizing this, I try to adjust to the times..
And as in the past what was popular to use to describe something today
will change tomorrow..

One of the things today everything is a terrorist, or predator..
This does disturb me..

As I have noticed (we) tend to use words that best cause a sensation
without being honest to the intent or meaning of the word..
as they say, welcome to the New world order..

And all this Political Correctness, is just a way to hide the truth..
What happened to the truth???
when you change a meaning or word to hide the truth, what have you done??
Just to make a Bad thing into a good thing that is terrible to do..

Good is still good, and bad is still bad, No matter what sweet name you now call it..

Okay off my soap box...:a1451:
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Hey man, "It is what it is".
 
Anyone who encourages the censorship of language because they find a word somehow incorrect or irritating is wrong and understands very little about the evolution on language. The definition of what was once "proper" English changes with each generation, anything that resembles a de facto standard only ever exists for a very brief and transient period of time.

On a semi related note I'm very much with Stephen Fry on this:

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A well chosen video Chris.
My pet hate is the incorrect usage of the word "an" by many of our colonial ( US ) chums. Usually in forum postings. The word "an" should only be used before a word starting with a vowel and NOT before a word starting with a consonant. Back to school chaps.
Oh and another phrase. The " learning of lessons" by people who's job it is to ensure the safety of vulnerable children, Social Services mainly. They never seem to have learnt a lesson from the last abused child's death. Why are they still walking free?
 
PRB said:
. . . My favorite is "in terms of" just to sound important, in terms of more words in your sentence.
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Yeah, in a feeble attempt to indicate "regarding", et cetera.

And here I thought that I was the only one who developed a bad case of the worms, every time I hear that. I generally respond to such "word splatter" in terms of derision.

Clarke123 said:
Whenever my Mum rings up customer services she starts off with "What it is, is . . . ."
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Y'hear that more and more frequently, these days. Very clever, normally erudite speakers on TV will blat-out that (and it's verbal bretheren) bit, without batting an eye.
 
Most irritating words for me....

Economic downturn

IMF/EU Bailout

and ......



Female Bodybuilder (thanks to Panther)


:d
 
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