List of Words That Should Be 'Banned' Wed Dec 31, 1:03 PM ET By The Associated Press The 2004 list of words that should be banished for "misuse, overuse and general uselessness," according to Lake Superior State University: _Metrosexual: An urban male who pays a great deal of attention to appearance. _X: As in "X-Files," Xtreme, Windows XP (news - web sites) and X-Box. _Punked: To dupe, popularized by the MTV show "Punk'd." _Place Stamp Here: Printed on return envelopes. _Companion animals: Also known as pets. _Bling or Bling-Bling: Flashy jewelry. _LOL: E-mail speak for "laugh out loud." _Embedded Journalist. _Smoking Gun. _Shock and Awe. _Captured Alive. _Shots Rang Out. _Ripped From the Headlines. _Sweat Like a Pig: The problem is pigs don't sweat. _In Harm's Way. _Hand-Crafted Latte. _Sanitary Landfill: Also known as a dump. -------------------------------------------------------- Anyone care to add their favorites? A few of mine would include: Armed gunman (ever see a "gunman" who was not armed?) Saddam Hussein (okay to say "Saddam" or "Hussein" but not one after the other) and so on and so forth (or any Ahnold-ism) Rod Blagojevich (hey, I live in Illinois.....nuff said)
My least favorite phrase is "whatever." It might have something to do with being a middle school teacher and hearing it way too much. I would also like to see "like" removed as part of a sentence as in, "You know, it's like, so cool." Jeff
Hello!! Let's add "Hello!" to that list... "Like, hello!" My mom, a 7th grade teacher in her 60's has picked it up, it's quite annoying.
How about WMD (weapons of mass destruction)? Oh wait, GW already banished that one when he didn't find any. How short our collective memory is.......
Wow....the politics have already started in the new year, and I was going to be good and not go there this year. Oh, well, the charge has been lifted, so the gloves are off. :roll: Words I would like to see banned: Ben Afflick and JLo Micheal Jackson Bill Clinton Al Gore Al Sharpton Madona Jessie Jackson diss dat dope booty fronting Britney Spears phat
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Dave @ Jan 1 2004, 06:10 AM) [snapback]1002[/snapback]</div> Irregardless of your feeling about it, it IS a word. <_< http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book...va=irregardless And Merry Christmas to all of those who will not get upset with the utterance of those words - and wish them banned too.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Sufferin' Prius Envy @ Dec 15 2006, 08:03 PM) [snapback]362982[/snapback]</div> Read the definition. It supports the original poster's theory--one should say "regardless," not "irregardless." It shows ignorance every time someone uses it. Another huge business-speak word that is not a word is "impactful." I hear it in every meeting I have...and would like to have it banned. Also: fantabulous (sorry Van Morrison) ginormous (me, too) intelligent design coo' (instead of "cool." I hate that!) And Merry Christmas right back at'cha! (from an agnostic, btw)
What's wrong with this picture? So many overused expressions start out as the flavor of the month and we think they'll go away after their 15 minutes of fame. But you know the drill ... they stick around. Ya know what I'm sayin? Let me cut to the chase: Bottom line ... we need to get with program and take no prisoners in getting these phrases out of popular usage. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that this is no brainer. Sounds like a plan. Of course, at the end of the day it won't really matter. What will happen is none of the above and we're just going to have to deal with it. You gotta love it.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Proco @ Dec 15 2006, 08:49 PM) [snapback]362990[/snapback]</div> Oh...you said the other phrase I HATE..."at the end of the day..." We play business buzz bingo in meetings. We'll put all the business buzz words/phrases in graph form, laid out like a bingo card. As we sit in meetings and listen to the "buzz" words, we give ourselves an "x" on the word/phrase that was said. The first person to get five x's in a row wins the game. The biggies? "At the end of the day..." (I once counted a speaker who said that five times in two minutes.) "Impactful" "Solution" "Team" "Partner with" "Feedback" "RASI"
"Can you hear me now?" "It's all good" Britney Paris Nicole K-Fed O.J. Bragelina (hmmm....actually maybe it's just that I wish they'd go away) "WHATEVER"
While Lake Superior State's idea is good, a visit to their website on the subject reveals a simplemindedness and lack of discrimination in their "selections". In fact, they list almost all suggestions made to them, which amounts to a mishmash of annoying buzzwords, cliches and seemingly anomalous instructions ("place stamp here"). I, for one, have found "embedded journalist" quite useful. "Smoking gun", too, which I think will be around forever. I'm tired of "thinking outside the box", which, to begin with, was only slightly edgier than "creative thinking". "Irregardless" is just wrong. One of my pet peeves has always been "normalcy". Yes, it's in dictionaries, but only because Warren Gameliel Harding wrongly used it, intending to say "normality", and others picked up on it (many derisively). I'd also like to do away with "preventative", which gained currency as a misused variation on "preventive". Lake Superior State should stick to producing NCAA hockey champions. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Proco @ Dec 15 2006, 06:49 PM) [snapback]362990[/snapback]</div> Bravo, Proco!
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Dave @ Jan 1 2004, 06:10 AM) [snapback]1002[/snapback]</div> <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Sufferin' Prius Envy @ Dec 15 2006, 05:03 PM) [snapback]362982[/snapback]</div> <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(livelychick @ Dec 15 2006, 05:13 PM) [snapback]362985[/snapback]</div> The original poster's theory that “irregardless†isn't a word? :huh: Merriam-Webster says, “The most frequently repeated remark about it is that "there is no such word." There is such a word, however.†Is it ignorant to incorrectly say that a word isn't a word, rightfully point out that a word IS a word, or to call someone ignorant for using said word?
No Problem if stated by someone serving you as a customer. I want to reply, "Well, it better not be a problem, since that is your job".
I know what you mean. I was a fan of The X-Files, and at the time I used to listen to books on tape in the car. When I found an X-Files book narrated by Gillian Anderson, I naturally bought it. It was set, for a large part, in a nuclear power plant, and she kept reading it as "Noo-cue-ler". I couldn't finish the book, lost all respect for her, and shook my head sadly thinking, "Why didn't they correct her?"
