Words that Should be Taken Out and Shot

[Phillip Allen]

Naively he offers: awesome.
In a Craig's List ad, a suggestion that the seller has an awesome Honda is immediate grounds for not following up.

apparently 'gnarly' self-distructed

[B_B]

It may also be racist considering I first heard it from James Baskett when he played 'Uncle Remus' in 'Song of the South', an animated move deemed to be racist by the (left leaning) PC police... a movie which is apparently banned in the US

Let me disabuse you of that notion: http://www.youtube.com/results?searc....0._sjn-b7YBsA

[Ron Williamson]

Supposably,as opposed to supposedly.
With regard(s) to, instead of regarding.

Looking at the use of awesome from a different point of view,it's my opinion that you may be missing some opportunities to get good deals from idiots.
R

[pcford]

That's a whole nuther subject.

Their, they're, there.
Were, we're, where.
Your, you're.
Then, than.

Or "it's" used as a possessive...our friend donnnn occasionally does it. Right donnnn?

[Phillip Allen]

Let me disabuse you of that notion: http://www.youtube.com/results?searc....0._sjn-b7YBsA

My daughter has tried, unsuccessfully, for several years to purchase a copy. She has discovered it can only be purchased in Europe

[Steve McMahon]

Bio,
Usually used to attempt to make something distasteful acceptable to the public in an effort to greenwash it.

Biosolids: what they call dried human waste when they want to spread it on fields next to your house.
Biomass: What they call every part of a tree when they want to strip the forest and burn everything to produce electricity.

[johnw]

My daughter has tried, unsuccessfully, for several years to purchase a copy. She has discovered it can only be purchased in Europe

Or, she could just buy it on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Song-South-Rut...g+of+the+south

[Phillip Allen]

Or, she could just buy it on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Song-South-Rut...g+of+the+south

I"ll tell her... thanks

[Monkey Butler]

Oh I dunno... mybe "closure"?


News at 11:00PM

[Nicholas Scheuer]

Hey, Romney said "broken" today, Donnn.

[Monkey Butler]

And WTF is a "Tall Ship"?

[johnw]

I"ll tell her... thanks

de nada.

[JMAC]

The new head of NPR used the word "robust" 13 times in a 40 minute interview with Dianne R. We were listening in the shop and started keeping a tally....I wouldn't want to kill it, but maybe just tie it up and lock it in a closet for a while...

[johnw]

The new head of NPR used the word "robust" 13 times in a 40 minute interview with Dianne R. We were listening in the shop and started keeping a tally....I wouldn't want to kill it, but maybe just tie it up and lock it in a closet for a while...

Kinky.

[Andrew Craig-Bennett]

We must address this issue in a robust and sustainable way, if we are to achieve closure...

[Steve McMahon]

Can we include phrases?
At the end of the day...
Right size....

[The Bigfella]

"Creamer" It - the word and the concept is just wrong.

[purri]

Stop it now! DO you folk realise that you're deconstructing modern american "Englishes"?

[bobbys]

This post is "organic'

[Phillip Allen]

Stop it now! DO you folk realise that you're deconstructing modern american "Englishes"?

don't you wish the medical profession would let Greek and Latin float on popular jargon created by young people without an adequate competence in their language?

[L.W. Baxter]

"call me maybe!"

[CalebD]

I don't know. You dudes must have, like, some plan to kelpto a few of our most choicest words. You know what I'm saying? What did I just say?
There is no prison big enough to hold all the words I'd like locked up or shot at.

[Phillip Allen]

I don't know. You dudes must have, like, some plan to kelpto a few of our most choicest words. You know what I'm saying? What did I just say?
There is no prison big enough to hold all the words I'd like locked up or shot at.

yep, if you consider the prison might be some of the small minds around here

[B_B]

I"ll tell her... thanks

A retraction then on your 'banned' accusation, or is being factual a difficulty

[B_B]

Or "it's" used as a possessive...our friend donnnn occasionally does it. Right donnnn?

I use it too, so does Mirriam Webster. Go tell them it's not acceptable.

it's

\ˈits, əts\




Definition of IT'S

: it is : it has


First Known Use of IT'S

circa 1555

so does the freedictionary

[Phillip Allen]

A retraction then on your 'banned' accusation, or is being factual a difficulty

pat your hair back down and take a pill... retraction??? what leverage you imagine you have over other people it was never worth your angst

[Lew Barrett]

apparently 'gnarly' self-distructed

As should "anyways."

[Phillip Allen]

As should "anyways."

that reminds me, my SIL is forever saying "Alls I was saying..."

[pcford]

I use it too, so does Mirriam Webster. Go tell them it's not acceptable.


so does the freedictionary

Well, read carefully, please.
"It's" is a contraction: It's the truth.
As I said, it's is not a possessive.
Not "The kitten washed it's paws." rather: "The kitten washed its paws."

If you don't believe me: http://garyes.stormloader.com/its.html
It's on the internet; it must be true.

[BrianY]

These shouldn't be totally eliminated, but their use should be severly restricted:

Patriot (commonly used these days to describe anyone whose politics agree with those of the one using the term)

Hero (commonly used these days to describe anyone employed in any kind of non-governmental public service work or the military regardless of the person's actual conduct)

[BrianY]

There are so many...I can't help myself....

"Ax" - i.e "ask"

"nukuler" - i.e "nuclear"

[epoxyboy]

Burglarised. After a visit from a burglar, your premises have been burgled.
And +1 for "closure".

Pete

[2MeterTroll]

syllogism, synergistic
paradigm, modernized, monitized,

All whores that would do anything to be used.

[Dave Gray]

trivialize

[johnw]

Burglarised. After a visit from a burglar, your premises have been burgled.
And +1 for "closure".

Pete

Nonsense! After you've been murdered, you've been murdelized, after all.

[P.I. Stazzer-Newt]

Two please:
"on a daily basis" - or indeed on any other basis.

and "technical" - when applied to any article of clothing.

[skuthorp]

There are so many...I can't help myself....

"Ax" - i.e "ask"

"nukuler" - i.e "nuclear"

As an example of evolving language Ax and Ask are a good example

[B_B]

uptick

[Phillip Allen]

uptick

dog tick, pillow tick, facial tick, lunatick...

[purri]

romantick?
chick lit
clitlit aka wimmins inyafacelit (50 shades of grey etc)

[epoxyboy]

Architected. The word previously known as designed :-)

[Mcjim]

As an example of evolving language Ax and Ask are a good example

Ax and Ask are also a great example of plain wrong.

[Nicholas Scheuer]

Walter Cronkite went a long way toward popularizing "Tall Ships" back when they assembled in NY Harbor in 1976. One would think he (a well-known sailor) would've known better.

[Bob Adams]

Nonsense! After you've been murdered, you've been murdelized, after all.

Yo damn skippy.

[PeterSibley]

[QUOTE=ripley699;3457127]Disenfranchised[/QUOTE

]http://www.merriam-webster.com/dicti...disenfranchise

dis·en·fran·chise

verb \ˌdis-in-ˈfran-ˌchīz\




Definition of DISENFRANCHISE

transitive verb
: to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity; especially : to deprive of the right to vote

— dis·en·fran·chise·ment noun

See disenfranchise defined for English-language learners »

See disenfranchise defined for kids »

Examples of DISENFRANCHISE

• They disenfranchised poor people by making property ownership a requirement for registering to vote.

First Known Use of DISENFRANCHISE

1664

[David W Pratt]

Awesome
Sweet
impact (when one means affect)
That, instead of who, as in 'people that...'
Any word the speaker uses to excess, eg basically

[Donn]

Castigate.

[Chris Woodward]

Here are two from todays modern media

"Like, what I mean is..." before they've said anything.

Anything-gate has got to be the laziest use of language that the media uses.

[David W Pratt]

Surveilled

[John Smith]

Correct: I am talking about words that should *terminated with extreme prejudice* even when they're used properly

I know this is two words, but my vote is for "job creators"