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Re: Words and Phrases You Hate

Postby Burnt Hill » Mon May 01, 2017 10:26 pm

identity » Mon May 01, 2017 9:16 pm wrote:


That's a new one! I must be getting old...


It is what my son has been calling me.

Its worn a bit thin. :wink

There is a whole Bro thing going on,maybe its just local...
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Re: Words and Phrases You Hate

Postby divideandconquer » Tue May 02, 2017 9:11 am

The constant use of the word “like” in a sentence where it, like, doesn’t belong. Today, every other word is "like". It's especially prevalent in the younger,post literate, thanks to Common Core and the dumbing down of America generations, but I catch myself using this slang interjection. It drives me crazy! People over 65 seem immune.

Can you imagine:
" Like four score and like seven years ago our fathers like brought forth on like this continent a new like nation, conceived in like liberty, and like dedicated to the like proposition that all men are created like equal."

This "like" phenomenon will never end because, today, I'm sure teachers use it as much as their students, parents as much as their kids, etc...

Since when did everyone transform into valley girls?

Other words or phrases I hate:

"baby daddy"

"as if"
'I see clearly that man in this world deceives himself by admiring and esteeming things which are not, and neither sees nor esteems the things which are.' — St. Catherine of Genoa
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Re: Words and Phrases You Hate

Postby 82_28 » Tue May 02, 2017 10:32 am

"Like" is actually a helpful word in that it is understood. But where did it come from? Like, you know what I mean? I think "like" is kinda like when you could still smoke in bars. You would take a drag and gather your thoughts and continue with what you were saying and the person you were talking to would pause. But I don't know.
There is no me. There is no you. There is all. There is no you. There is no me. And that is all. A profound acceptance of an enormous pageantry. A haunting certainty that the unifying principle of this universe is love. -- Propagandhi
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Re: Words and Phrases You Hate

Postby NeonLX » Tue May 02, 2017 11:23 am

Yeah. "I was, like, 'dude! Pass the blunt, wouldja?'"
America is a fucked society because there is no room for essential human dignity. Its all about what you have, not who you are.--Joe Hillshoist
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Re: Words and Phrases You Hate

Postby yathrib » Tue May 02, 2017 5:02 pm

Making any traditionally or conventionally feminine thing masculine by starting it with M for Man. There are a few, but the only one I can think of right now is meggings. Always delivered with a degree of snark, subtly or not so subtly shaming straight male persons for not striving to be a Neanderthal stereotype and avoiding all things not totally conventionally masculine. Related: "bro" used in a similar way, like broga (yoga for dudes). Have we as a culture totally given up on Free to Be You and Me?
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Re: Words and Phrases You Hate

Postby identity » Tue May 02, 2017 5:40 pm

^
"Moobs" (for man-boobs) has to be the root of all such evil.
We should never forget Galileo being put before the Inquisition.
It would be even worse if we allowed scientific orthodoxy to become the Inquisition.

Richard Smith, Editor in Chief of the British Medical Journal 1991-2004,
in a published letter to Nature
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Re: Words and Phrases You Hate

Postby norton ash » Tue May 02, 2017 9:51 pm

"Stop resisting."
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Re: Words and Phrases You Hate

Postby Cordelia » Wed May 03, 2017 7:44 am

'Closure'

"You're overreacting."

"You're too sensitive."

Unsolicited advice ........"You should; You shouldn't.""
The greatest sin is to be unconscious. ~ Carl Jung

We may not choose the parameters of our destiny. But we give it its content. ~ Dag Hammarskjold 'Waymarks'
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Re: Words and Phrases You Hate

Postby Searcher08 » Wed May 03, 2017 10:15 am

Intersectionalality
"Equality of outcome"

Daily Mail Speak:
"Kendall Jenner is seen getting cosy with new boyfriend A$AP Rocky as she rests on his lap inside the Met Gala... before dancing up a storm with fellow..."

<Head hits desk>
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Re: Words and Phrases You Hate

Postby Iamwhomiam » Thu May 04, 2017 1:09 pm

Hyperbole. Not the word, but what it is. (Not "it," hyperbole in general, generally.)
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Re: Words and Phrases You Hate

Postby Cordelia » Thu May 04, 2017 4:17 pm

Hate
The greatest sin is to be unconscious. ~ Carl Jung

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Re: Words and Phrases You Hate

Postby Cordelia » Thu May 04, 2017 4:19 pm

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Re: Words and Phrases You Hate

Postby Burnt Hill » Thu May 04, 2017 5:54 pm

access to health care
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Re: Words and Phrases You Hate

Postby liminalOyster » Thu May 04, 2017 7:08 pm

Reference to resources in general as capital ala "social capital" and/or the term "capitalize" as ideologically neutral

Also, with the announcement of HRC's "Resistance" PAC, any use of the phrase "The Resistance."
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Re: Words and Phrases You Hate

Postby Burnt Hill » Thu May 04, 2017 8:30 pm

have a nice day now
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