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Krantzstone		2004-01-02 04:27:58 AM

I love all these words, I try to use them on a regular basis, with my tongue fully inbetween my own asscheeks.

Actually, I love words, and I'm not a language purist. I may try to stick to the Queen's English, but I won't diss (now is that spelled with two 's'es or one 's'? ;) ) Especially in this day and age where just about anyone can start a new word or phrase and popularize it over mass media, I think it's interesting. Only time will tell whether a certain word or phrase will last or will go out like flared trousers.

Sure, some pop cultural references and popular catchphrases are overused and become cliched, hackneyed or just plain old and outdated, but whatEVAH!

Like, gag me with a spoon, B-cuz it's grossitating, like totally!

/I'm a Valley Girl, I'm a Valley Girl

lordargent		2004-01-02 05:09:00 AM

scubabbl: Oh, and using misspelled foul language in message forums, like it`s so important to cuss that you`ll misspell a word just so you can use it.

What the fark do you mean? Trying to be funny and shiat?

jdlenke		2004-01-02 05:31:07 AM

I'll agree with mr bunny about the we is stuff. plus I hate when you say mail man or snowman and someone has to say "you mean snowperson".

facts		2004-01-02 05:38:01 AM

"winning the peace"

tetzy		2004-01-02 05:41:18 AM

Copay is not now; nor has it ever been a word anywhere but in an insurance commercial.

Mike_Bolton		2004-01-02 05:47:31 AM

What about "tweens"

stitics		2004-01-02 06:33:18 AM

what about "not going there"? I am not sure when this originated, but I know I don't like it.

whodatbeez		2004-01-02 08:04:09 AM

~~HILLARY CLINTON~~

/obvious

eddyatwork		2004-01-02 08:24:43 AM

My list:

Whatevah with that annoying head shake
Talk to the hand
Don't go there
Bling-bling
Weapons of mass destruction
War on (terror, drugs, poverty)
Any of the "netspeak" that people do, including not capitalizing letters, abbreviating the word "you" to "u" because it is so hard to type an extra two letters, or just sloppy grammar
Shock and awe
Homeland security (sounds like something straight from Orwell)
Level orange
Any sentence with the word "so" used improperly. "I am so going to drink tonight."
Swearing just for the sake of it. Stop it. You sound illiterate.
The word "like" used every other word, usually used by teens. "Like, I met this guy and like, he was soooo hot." The 80's called. They want their valley speak back.
Fa-shnizzle, whatever that means.

And my least favorite: Omitting the verb "to be" from sentences. "The computer needs fixed." "The car needs washed."

Diablo Trout		2004-01-02 08:28:18 AM

I was most entertained by the guys who enjoy loftily crapping on insipid pop music and the simpletons and kiddies who listen to it, and then proceeded to tell us how much they like generic, derivative, "indy" guitar music.

All art is subjective, that's why I masturbate dogs for artificial insemination.

SanchezSucio		2004-01-02 09:28:37 AM

scubabbl--->
Tool is old, they say it in Animal House. That was made in the 70s.
What's a better term for SellOut types?

the_pgoat		2004-01-02 09:33:07 AM

Mike_Bolton: I agree that 'tween was overlooked. That is the most irritating one, and it seemed to become widespread in just the past year, unlike bling-bling, which has been around for a long-arse time.

IceTitan		2004-01-02 10:22:27 AM

Old and busted: Saying 'Old and busted, the new hotness'.

NeoBad		2004-01-02 10:22:48 AM

"oh behave" as from Austin Powers.
"so" as in I am so not gay.
"so not" as In I am so gay.
Anything said by Snoop Dog, Eminim, Michael Jackson, Fred Drust, The Dixie CHickinshiats,

laid back w/bud light		2004-01-02 10:36:34 AM

If I hear "can I give a shout out" one more time I'm gonna' go Malvo on somebody.
Hard to believe "Munsoned" never caught on years ago from the movie Kingpin.

bu11durm		2004-01-02 10:57:02 AM

using the word 'literally' figuratively, except when obviously joking. Too many football announcers say dumb crap like "he literally ran right through him." Wow, that must have really hurt.

MooseBayou		2004-01-02 11:22:36 AM

Anything ending with a "Z" instead of the proper "S". Can't farking stand it any more.

Mode101		2004-01-02 11:45:14 AM

If we just ban ebonics, *most* of the corrupted English goes away.

Bye.

spaztacular		2004-01-02 12:11:34 PM

"That said." It just makes you sound pretentious. Yes, I'm so glad that "that" is so "said" that you have to comment on the saidness of it before moving on to whatever the hell else you're talking about. "That having been said" is even worse.

thel33tsexican		2004-01-02 12:15:24 PM

I've heard people actually say. I'm gonna go get my hair "did". instead of "done". why do these people live?

Rik01		2004-01-02 12:39:11 PM

(ruta: In case further proof was needed that Fox News operates on its own special level of stupid. )

That cracked me up! Great phrase!!

I always wondered what the heck teh stood for.

I don't know if any of you remember the big computer surge of the 80s, when MS came out and, suddenly, everyone could use compatible software in their systems. Corporate people forgot how to talk. Suddenly things like 'we're interfacing about that,' 'why don't we upgrade this plan,' 'run it through the hard drive and see what comes out,' were peppering conversation. Meetings were no longer meetings, but group 'interfacing.'

That about drove me nuts also.

I grew up with the 'Huntly and Brinkly News Report' on TV, the epitome of newsmen. The feel good news programs of today are annoying and when they use catch phrases, they are more annoying still.

I came up through the 60s and 70s and one word I'm glad that pretty well bit the dust is 'man.' Like 'hey man,' 'how you doin' man,' 'what's up man,' 'that's cool, man' and stuff like that.

Then there was that stupid commercial where this Black guy started the 'wuzzup' craze and I started to get homicidal all over again.

I can't believe it that women, especially Black women, in this day and age after the fight for feminine liberation and equal rights, put up with the current term, primarily used by street 'gangstas', of 'biatch.' Like 'yo muh biatch' and 'slappin biatches' and 'don't talk to muh biatch.'

mw451		2004-01-02 12:52:24 PM

"... and what-not." I HATE that word.

TheOtherGuyFromWham		2004-01-02 01:45:52 PM

quoting The Simpsons = funny
quoting Seinfeld = lame

QuackScience		2004-01-02 01:48:17 PM

"So" as an adverb has got to go.

SkepticalHeretic		2004-01-02 02:25:01 PM

ghey?

JohnnyontheSpot		2004-01-02 03:01:27 PM

There is so much bile on this thread I'm afraid my stomach lining won't be able to take it.

I like to say "irregardless." Informally of course, but it amuses me to say it for some reason.

Lightswitch Rave		2004-01-02 03:27:43 PM

My biggest gripe is people who end a statement with "nuff said."

Generally after saying something particularly stupid.

I agree..who is this nuff guy, and what did he say?

Things that also need to die:

Trump Card
Soccer Mom (I can't believe no one's mentioned this yet)