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01 Jan 2008 12:59:03 AM |
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"Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list |
Well, isn't this an organic pop surge!
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"Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list
By Andrew SternMon Dec 31, 6:19 AM ET
A "surge" of overused words and phrases formed a "perfect storm" of
"post-9/11" cliches in 2007, according to a U.S. university's annual
list of words and phrases that deserve to be banned.
Choosing from among 2,000 submissions, the public relations department
at Michigan's Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie
targeted 19 affronts to the English language in its well-known jab at
the worlds of media, sports, advertising and politics.
The contributors gave first prize to the phrase "a perfect storm,"
saying it was numbingly applied to virtually any notable coincidence.
"Webinar" made the list as a tiresome non-word combining Web and seminar
that a contributor said "belongs in the same school of non-thought that
brought us e-anything and i-anything."
Similarly, the list-makers complained about the absurd comparisons
commonly phrased "x is the new y," as in "(age) 70 is the new 50" or
"chocolate is the new sex." "Fallacy is the new truth," commented one
contributor.
Some words and phrases sagged under the weight of overuse, contributors
said, citing the application of "organic" to everything from computer
software to dog food.
In the same vein, decorators offering to add "pop" with a touch of color
need new words, the list-makers said.
Such phrases as "post 9/11" and "surge" have also outlived their
usefulness, they said. Surge emerged in reference to adding U.S. troops
in Iraq but has come to explain the expansion of anything.
Other contributors took umbrage at the phrase to "give back" as applied
to charitable gestures, usually by celebrities.
"The notion has arisen that as one's life progresses, one accumulates a
sort of deficit balance with society which must be neutralized by
charitable works or financial outlays," one said.
"Back in the day" raised hackles for being applied to recent trends
rather than historical events.
Other teenage linguistic indiscretions such as the often meaningless use
of "random" and "sweet" raised the ire of list-makers, as did the
pointless "it is what it is."
Reporters were chided for skipping out on detail by describing an event
or parting as "emotional," and for misapplying "decimate" when they mean
annihilate or destroy, not the word's true meaning of to lose a fraction.
Sports announcers were urged to drop "throw under the bus" when
assigning blame to a player. "It is a call for the media to start
issuing a thesaurus to everyone in front of a camera," a contributor
said.
And finally, any self-respecting writer would groan at being labeled a
"wordsmith" who engages in "wordsmithing," the list-makers said.
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http://tinyurl.com/2zhlzh
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John #1782
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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03 Jan 2008 05:37:47 AM |
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On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:59:03 -0800, johac wrote:
"Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list
Found the actual list over here:
http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current.php
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Mark K. Bilbo a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
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Oh honey, I have a fake laugh with your name written all over it.
-- Karen Walker
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| Title: Re: "Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list |
03 Jan 2008 11:51:53 PM |
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In article <b1uu45-ne5.ln1@eac.exists.not>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:59:03 -0800, johac wrote:
"Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list
Found the actual list over here:
http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current.php
Thanks. "Back in the day" is another one of my least favored expressions.
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John #1782
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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04 Jan 2008 09:41:01 AM |
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"johac" <jhachmann@remove.sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:jhachmann-C197CE.21515303012008@news.giganews.com...
In article <b1uu45-ne5.ln1@eac.exists.not>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:59:03 -0800, johac wrote:
"Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list
Found the actual list over here:
http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current.php
Thanks. "Back in the day" is another one of my least favored expressions.
My husband in the only person I know that uses that - I thought it was a
Bayonne thing ;)
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
BAAWA Knight!
#1557
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05 Jan 2008 01:23:27 AM |
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In article <5u727iF1g2ittU1@mid.individual.net>,
"Robibnikoff" <witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote:
"johac" <jhachmann@remove.sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:jhachmann-C197CE.21515303012008@news.giganews.com...
In article <b1uu45-ne5.ln1@eac.exists.not>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:59:03 -0800, johac wrote:
"Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list
Found the actual list over here:
http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current.php
Thanks. "Back in the day" is another one of my least favored expressions.
My husband in the only person I know that uses that - I thought it was a
Bayonne thing ;)
It's often used by old fogeys...like me. :-)
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John #1782
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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04 Jan 2008 10:37:52 AM |
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On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:41:01 -0500, Robibnikoff wrote:
"johac" <jhachmann@remove.sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:jhachmann-C197CE.21515303012008@news.giganews.com...
In article <b1uu45-ne5.ln1@eac.exists.not>, "Mark K. Bilbo"
<gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:59:03 -0800, johac wrote:
"Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list
Found the actual list over here:
http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current.php
Thanks. "Back in the day" is another one of my least favored
expressions.
My husband in the only person I know that uses that - I thought it was a
Bayonne thing ;)
I use it to be all post-modern ironic myself.
I *believe* it's a black, Southern thing. It was *very* common in
Louisiana. Heard it all the time...
--
Mark K. Bilbo a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
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“A metaphysician is one who, when you remark
that twice two makes four, demands to know what
you mean by twice, what by two, what by makes,
and what by four. For asking such questions
metaphysicians are supported in oriental luxury
in the universities, and respected as educated
and intelligent men. ”
- H. L. Mencken
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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04 Jan 2008 11:16:23 AM |
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"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote in message
news:004255-ttd.ln1@eac.exists.not...
On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:41:01 -0500, Robibnikoff wrote:
"johac" <jhachmann@remove.sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:jhachmann-C197CE.21515303012008@news.giganews.com...
In article <b1uu45-ne5.ln1@eac.exists.not>, "Mark K. Bilbo"
<gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:59:03 -0800, johac wrote:
"Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list
Found the actual list over here:
http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current.php
Thanks. "Back in the day" is another one of my least favored
expressions.
My husband in the only person I know that uses that - I thought it was a
Bayonne thing ;)
I use it to be all post-modern ironic myself.
I *believe* it's a black, Southern thing. It was *very* common in
Louisiana. Heard it all the time...
Interesting.
Whenever I use it, it means "Back in the late 70s when I was in high school
and stoned most of the time" ;)
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
BAAWA Knight!
#1557
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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04 Jan 2008 07:34:34 AM |
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On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:51:53 -0800, johac wrote:
In article <b1uu45-ne5.ln1@eac.exists.not>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:59:03 -0800, johac wrote:
"Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list
Found the actual list over here:
http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current.php
Thanks. "Back in the day" is another one of my least favored
expressions.
I thought the same, back in the day...
--
Mark K. Bilbo a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
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“Democracy is the theory that the common people
know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.”
- H. L. Mencken
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05 Jan 2008 01:25:22 AM |
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In article <a8p155-g1c.ln1@eac.exists.not>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:51:53 -0800, johac wrote:
In article <b1uu45-ne5.ln1@eac.exists.not>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:59:03 -0800, johac wrote:
"Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list
Found the actual list over here:
http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current.php
Thanks. "Back in the day" is another one of my least favored
expressions.
I thought the same, back in the day...
I first heard that expression back in the day...
--
John #1782
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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05 Jan 2008 08:38:26 AM |
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On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:25:22 -0800, johac wrote:
In article <a8p155-g1c.ln1@eac.exists.not>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:51:53 -0800, johac wrote:
In article <b1uu45-ne5.ln1@eac.exists.not>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:59:03 -0800, johac wrote:
"Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list
Found the actual list over here:
http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current.php
Thanks. "Back in the day" is another one of my least favored
expressions.
I thought the same, back in the day...
I first heard that expression back in the day...
I used to use it back in the day...
--
Mark K. Bilbo a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
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“Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his
country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.”
- H. L. Mencken
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06 Jan 2008 01:46:15 AM |
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In article <2ch455-oti.ln1@eac.exists.not>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:25:22 -0800, johac wrote:
In article <a8p155-g1c.ln1@eac.exists.not>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:51:53 -0800, johac wrote:
In article <b1uu45-ne5.ln1@eac.exists.not>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:59:03 -0800, johac wrote:
"Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list
Found the actual list over here:
http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current.php
Thanks. "Back in the day" is another one of my least favored
expressions.
I thought the same, back in the day...
I first heard that expression back in the day...
I used to use it back in the day...
Well, back in the day, when I used back in the day...
--
John #1782
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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06 Jan 2008 08:40:57 AM |
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On Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:46:15 -0800, johac wrote:
In article <2ch455-oti.ln1@eac.exists.not>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:25:22 -0800, johac wrote:
In article <a8p155-g1c.ln1@eac.exists.not>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:51:53 -0800, johac wrote:
In article <b1uu45-ne5.ln1@eac.exists.not>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:59:03 -0800, johac wrote:
"Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list
Found the actual list over here:
http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current.php
Thanks. "Back in the day" is another one of my least favored
expressions.
I thought the same, back in the day...
I first heard that expression back in the day...
I used to use it back in the day...
Well, back in the day, when I used back in the day...
Yeah but back in the day, everybody used back in the day...
--
Mark K. Bilbo a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
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Explaining the unknown by means of the unobservable is always
a perilous business.
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06 Jan 2008 11:23:44 PM |
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In article <ps5755-r1u.ln1@eac.exists.not>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:46:15 -0800, johac wrote:
In article <2ch455-oti.ln1@eac.exists.not>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:25:22 -0800, johac wrote:
In article <a8p155-g1c.ln1@eac.exists.not>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:51:53 -0800, johac wrote:
In article <b1uu45-ne5.ln1@eac.exists.not>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:59:03 -0800, johac wrote:
"Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list
Found the actual list over here:
http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current.php
Thanks. "Back in the day" is another one of my least favored
expressions.
I thought the same, back in the day...
I first heard that expression back in the day...
I used to use it back in the day...
Well, back in the day, when I used back in the day...
Yeah but back in the day, everybody used back in the day...
But they were talking about back in another day.
--
John #1782
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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07 Jan 2008 09:19:35 AM |
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"johac" <jhachmann@remove.sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:jhachmann-C630C6.21234406012008@news.giganews.com...
In article <ps5755-r1u.ln1@eac.exists.not>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:46:15 -0800, johac wrote:
In article <2ch455-oti.ln1@eac.exists.not>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:25:22 -0800, johac wrote:
In article <a8p155-g1c.ln1@eac.exists.not>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:51:53 -0800, johac wrote:
In article <b1uu45-ne5.ln1@eac.exists.not>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:59:03 -0800, johac wrote:
"Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list
Found the actual list over here:
http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current.php
Thanks. "Back in the day" is another one of my least favored
expressions.
I thought the same, back in the day...
I first heard that expression back in the day...
I used to use it back in the day...
Well, back in the day, when I used back in the day...
Yeah but back in the day, everybody used back in the day...
But they were talking about back in another day.
Back in the day, I would have punched your lights out for this ridiculous
conversation!
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
BAAWA Knight!
#1557
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08 Jan 2008 02:18:28 AM |
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In article <5ueu3aF1gvv09U1@mid.individual.net>,
"Robibnikoff" <witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote:
"johac" <jhachmann@remove.sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:jhachmann-C630C6.21234406012008@news.giganews.com...
In article <ps5755-r1u.ln1@eac.exists.not>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:46:15 -0800, johac wrote:
In article <2ch455-oti.ln1@eac.exists.not>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:25:22 -0800, johac wrote:
In article <a8p155-g1c.ln1@eac.exists.not>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:51:53 -0800, johac wrote:
In article <b1uu45-ne5.ln1@eac.exists.not>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:59:03 -0800, johac wrote:
"Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list
Found the actual list over here:
http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current.php
Thanks. "Back in the day" is another one of my least favored
expressions.
I thought the same, back in the day...
I first heard that expression back in the day...
I used to use it back in the day...
Well, back in the day, when I used back in the day...
Yeah but back in the day, everybody used back in the day...
But they were talking about back in another day.
Back in the day, I would have punched your lights out for this ridiculous
conversation!
Back in the day, I would have run so fast the I'd end up Back in another
day! :-P
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John #1782
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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07 Jan 2008 11:29:01 PM |
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On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 10:19:35 -0500, "Robibnikoff"
<witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote:
"johac" <jhachmann@remove.sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:jhachmann-C630C6.21234406012008@news.giganews.com...
In article <ps5755-r1u.ln1@eac.exists.not>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:46:15 -0800, johac wrote:
In article <2ch455-oti.ln1@eac.exists.not>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:25:22 -0800, johac wrote:
In article <a8p155-g1c.ln1@eac.exists.not>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:51:53 -0800, johac wrote:
In article <b1uu45-ne5.ln1@eac.exists.not>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:59:03 -0800, johac wrote:
"Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list
Found the actual list over here:
http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current.php
Thanks. "Back in the day" is another one of my least favored
expressions.
I thought the same, back in the day...
I first heard that expression back in the day...
I used to use it back in the day...
Well, back in the day, when I used back in the day...
Yeah but back in the day, everybody used back in the day...
But they were talking about back in another day.
Back in the day, I would have punched your lights out for this ridiculous
conversation!
Lost your pugilistic spark, eh?
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08 Jan 2008 08:14:47 AM |
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"Michael Gray" <mikegray@newsguy.com> wrote in message
news:bg26o3t95fu8hkuc1145irqh98hc2ukn0v@4ax.com...
On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 10:19:35 -0500, "Robibnikoff"
<witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote:
"johac" <jhachmann@remove.sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:jhachmann-C630C6.21234406012008@news.giganews.com...
In article <ps5755-r1u.ln1@eac.exists.not>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:46:15 -0800, johac wrote:
In article <2ch455-oti.ln1@eac.exists.not>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:25:22 -0800, johac wrote:
In article <a8p155-g1c.ln1@eac.exists.not>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:51:53 -0800, johac wrote:
In article <b1uu45-ne5.ln1@eac.exists.not>,
"Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@com.mkbilbo> wrote:
On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:59:03 -0800, johac wrote:
"Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list
Found the actual list over here:
http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current.php
Thanks. "Back in the day" is another one of my least favored
expressions.
I thought the same, back in the day...
I first heard that expression back in the day...
I used to use it back in the day...
Well, back in the day, when I used back in the day...
Yeah but back in the day, everybody used back in the day...
But they were talking about back in another day.
Back in the day, I would have punched your lights out for this ridiculous
conversation!
Lost your pugilistic spark, eh?
Perish the thought! ;)
Now I would just smack you around a bit ;)
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
BAAWA Knight!
#1557
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01 Jan 2008 02:38:03 PM |
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johac <jhachmann@remove.sbcglobal.net> wrote in news:jhachmann-
487226.22590331122007@news.giganews.com:
Well, isn't this an organic pop surge!
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"Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list
By Andrew SternMon Dec 31, 6:19 AM ET
A "surge" of overused words and phrases formed a "perfect storm" of
"post-9/11" cliches in 2007, according to a U.S. university's annual
list of words and phrases that deserve to be banned.
Choosing from among 2,000 submissions, the public relations department
at Michigan's Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie
targeted 19 affronts to the English language in its well-known jab at
the worlds of media, sports, advertising and politics.
<snip>
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http://tinyurl.com/2zhlzh
One that REALLY needs to go:
"Diva"
Pop diva, fashion diva, don't care, make it go away.
--
Doc Smartass, BAAWA Knight of Heckling
aa # 1939
"Whenever preachers appeal to hellfire as a way
of reinforcing injunctions, you can bet they have
failed to make a persuasive moral argument."
- James Carroll (Boston Globe)
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01 Jan 2008 03:10:30 PM |
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Doc Smartass wrote:
johac <jhachmann@remove.sbcglobal.net> wrote in news:jhachmann-
487226.22590331122007@news.giganews.com:
Well, isn't this an organic pop surge!
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"Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list
By Andrew SternMon Dec 31, 6:19 AM ET
A "surge" of overused words and phrases formed a "perfect storm" of
"post-9/11" cliches in 2007, according to a U.S. university's annual
list of words and phrases that deserve to be banned.
Choosing from among 2,000 submissions, the public relations department
at Michigan's Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie
targeted 19 affronts to the English language in its well-known jab at
the worlds of media, sports, advertising and politics.
<snip>
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http://tinyurl.com/2zhlzh
One that REALLY needs to go:
"Diva"
Pop diva, fashion diva, don't care, make it go away.
I like how "Wordsmith" made the list, considering our current poster by
that name.
The one I wanted to see however was "embolden" or any derivative there of.
I swear, one more time about how the "democrats are emboldening the
terrorist" and I'm gonna be emboldened to hurt someone.
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There are none more ignorant and useless,
than they that seek answers on their knees,
with their eyes closed.
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A.A #1143 http://azhotops.blogspot.com/
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| User: "L. Raymond" |
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| Title: Re: "Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list |
01 Jan 2008 02:49:35 PM |
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Doc Smartass wrote:
wrote
"Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list
By Andrew SternMon Dec 31, 6:19 AM ET
A "surge" of overused words and phrases formed a "perfect storm" of
"post-9/11" cliches in 2007, according to a U.S. university's annual
list of words and phrases that deserve to be banned.
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http://tinyurl.com/2zhlzh
One that REALLY needs to go:
"Diva"
Pop diva, fashion diva, don't care, make it go away.
They got one of my two most hated, "give back". I am so very sick and
tired of hearing people trot that out. The article even gave the same
reason for hating it that I do. They left off "went missing", though.
I feel like I'm going to scream if I hear that stupid phrase one more
time.
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L. Raymond
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| User: "johac" |
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02 Jan 2008 02:19:23 AM |
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In article <y7w6kq2233jq.98uowsn25d7s$.dlg@40tude.net>,
"L. Raymond" <badaddress@....com> wrote:
Doc Smartass wrote:
wrote
"Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list
By Andrew SternMon Dec 31, 6:19 AM ET
A "surge" of overused words and phrases formed a "perfect storm" of
"post-9/11" cliches in 2007, according to a U.S. university's annual
list of words and phrases that deserve to be banned.
...
http://tinyurl.com/2zhlzh
One that REALLY needs to go:
"Diva"
Pop diva, fashion diva, don't care, make it go away.
They got one of my two most hated, "give back". I am so very sick and
tired of hearing people trot that out. The article even gave the same
reason for hating it that I do. They left off "went missing", though.
I feel like I'm going to scream if I hear that stupid phrase one more
time.
"Went missing" is another of my least favorite too.
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John #1782
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| User: "Apostate" |
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| Title: Re: "Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list |
02 Jan 2008 10:56:22 AM |
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On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:19:23 -0800, johac <jhachmann@remove.sbcglobal.net> wrote:
In article <y7w6kq2233jq.98uowsn25d7s$.dlg@40tude.net>,
"L. Raymond" <badaddress@....com> wrote:
Doc Smartass wrote:
wrote
"Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list
By Andrew SternMon Dec 31, 6:19 AM ET
A "surge" of overused words and phrases formed a "perfect storm" of
"post-9/11" cliches in 2007, according to a U.S. university's annual
list of words and phrases that deserve to be banned.
...
http://tinyurl.com/2zhlzh
One that REALLY needs to go:
"Diva"
Pop diva, fashion diva, don't care, make it go away.
They got one of my two most hated, "give back". I am so very sick and
tired of hearing people trot that out. The article even gave the same
reason for hating it that I do. They left off "went missing", though.
I feel like I'm going to scream if I hear that stupid phrase one more
time.
"Went missing" is another of my least favorite too.
I offer you "exponentially" in place of "a whole lot".
I want to know what bloody base the speaker has in mind!
Of course, "tempacher" is a whole different thread and subject, but there's a tempacher-shaped
hole in my stomach lining.
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Apostate a.a. #1931
..sig currently undergoing maintenance
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Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: "Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list |
03 Jan 2008 12:08:29 AM |
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In article <vbgnn3p3hbhpjelj0lqubjv0e2soro3ud2@4ax.com>,
Apostate <godless.*****@yeehaw.org.invalid> wrote:
On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:19:23 -0800, johac <jhachmann@remove.sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
In article <y7w6kq2233jq.98uowsn25d7s$.dlg@40tude.net>,
"L. Raymond" <badaddress@....com> wrote:
Doc Smartass wrote:
wrote
"Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list
By Andrew SternMon Dec 31, 6:19 AM ET
A "surge" of overused words and phrases formed a "perfect storm" of
"post-9/11" cliches in 2007, according to a U.S. university's annual
list of words and phrases that deserve to be banned.
...
http://tinyurl.com/2zhlzh
One that REALLY needs to go:
"Diva"
Pop diva, fashion diva, don't care, make it go away.
They got one of my two most hated, "give back". I am so very sick and
tired of hearing people trot that out. The article even gave the same
reason for hating it that I do. They left off "went missing", though.
I feel like I'm going to scream if I hear that stupid phrase one more
time.
"Went missing" is another of my least favorite too.
I offer you "exponentially" in place of "a whole lot".
I want to know what bloody base the speaker has in mind!
True. I doubt that those who use it outside of math or science have any
idea what it means.
Of course, "tempacher" is a whole different thread and subject, but there's a
tempacher-shaped
hole in my stomach lining.
"Tempacher" and "Liberry".
--
Apostate a.a. #1931
.sig currently undergoing maintenance
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John #1782
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| User: "DanielSan" |
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03 Jan 2008 12:20:55 AM |
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johac wrote:
<...>
"Tempacher" and "Liberry".
I don't know if anyone already mentioned this, but there is a troll on
AA by the moniker: "Wordsmith". From the article:
And finally, any self-respecting writer would groan at being labeled a
"wordsmith" who engages in "wordsmithing," the list-makers said.
;-)
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* DanielSan -- alt.atheism #2226 *
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* "I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act *
* of the whole American people which declared that *
* their legislature should make no law respecting *
* an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the *
* free exercise thereof, thus building a wall of *
* separation between church and state." *
* --Thomas Jefferson, 1802 *
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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03 Jan 2008 08:26:25 AM |
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"DanielSan" <petersonj07@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:bs-dnbxVy_TO4-HanZ2dnUVZ_rfinZ2d@comcast.com...
johac wrote:
<...>
"Tempacher" and "Liberry".
I don't know if anyone already mentioned this, but there is a troll on AA
by the moniker: "Wordsmith". From the article:
And finally, any self-respecting writer would groan at being labeled a
"wordsmith" who engages in "wordsmithing," the list-makers said.
LOL - Perhaps that's why john "porno boy" weatherly of arcb likes to refer
to himself as a "master wordsmith" ;)
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
BAAWA Knight!
#1557
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: "Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list |
03 Jan 2008 11:59:49 PM |
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In article <5u49fmF1gb1d7U1@mid.individual.net>,
"Robibnikoff" <witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote:
"DanielSan" <petersonj07@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:bs-dnbxVy_TO4-HanZ2dnUVZ_rfinZ2d@comcast.com...
johac wrote:
<...>
"Tempacher" and "Liberry".
I don't know if anyone already mentioned this, but there is a troll on AA
by the moniker: "Wordsmith". From the article:
And finally, any self-respecting writer would groan at being labeled a
"wordsmith" who engages in "wordsmithing," the list-makers said.
LOL - Perhaps that's why john "porno boy" weatherly of arcb likes to refer
to himself as a "master wordsmith" ;)
He's a 'master' something else, since he's always 'baiting' us. ;-)
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John #1782
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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| Title: Re: "Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list |
04 Jan 2008 09:41:46 AM |
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"johac" <jhachmann@remove.sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:jhachmann-1F6361.21594903012008@news.giganews.com...
In article <5u49fmF1gb1d7U1@mid.individual.net>,
"Robibnikoff" <witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote:
"DanielSan" <petersonj07@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:bs-dnbxVy_TO4-HanZ2dnUVZ_rfinZ2d@comcast.com...
johac wrote:
<...>
"Tempacher" and "Liberry".
I don't know if anyone already mentioned this, but there is a troll on
AA
by the moniker: "Wordsmith". From the article:
And finally, any self-respecting writer would groan at being labeled a
"wordsmith" who engages in "wordsmithing," the list-makers said.
LOL - Perhaps that's why john "porno boy" weatherly of arcb likes to
refer
to himself as a "master wordsmith" ;)
He's a 'master' something else, since he's always 'baiting' us. ;-)
*rimshot!*
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
BAAWA Knight!
#1557
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: "Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list |
05 Jan 2008 01:37:06 AM |
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In article <5u728uF1ga8l0U1@mid.individual.net>,
"Robibnikoff" <witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote:
"johac" <jhachmann@remove.sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:jhachmann-1F6361.21594903012008@news.giganews.com...
In article <5u49fmF1gb1d7U1@mid.individual.net>,
"Robibnikoff" <witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote:
"DanielSan" <petersonj07@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:bs-dnbxVy_TO4-HanZ2dnUVZ_rfinZ2d@comcast.com...
johac wrote:
<...>
"Tempacher" and "Liberry".
I don't know if anyone already mentioned this, but there is a troll on
AA
by the moniker: "Wordsmith". From the article:
And finally, any self-respecting writer would groan at being labeled a
"wordsmith" who engages in "wordsmithing," the list-makers said.
LOL - Perhaps that's why john "porno boy" weatherly of arcb likes to
refer
to himself as a "master wordsmith" ;)
He's a 'master' something else, since he's always 'baiting' us. ;-)
*rimshot!*
LOL! :-)
--
John #1782
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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| Title: Re: "Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list |
04 Jan 2008 04:44:16 AM |
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On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:20:55 -0800, DanielSan
<petersonj07@comcast.net> wrote:
johac wrote:
<...>
"Tempacher" and "Liberry".
I don't know if anyone already mentioned this, but there is a troll on
AA by the moniker: "Wordsmith". From the article:
And finally, any self-respecting writer would groan at being labeled a
"wordsmith" who engages in "wordsmithing," the list-makers said.
It resonates with the habit of ignorant loonies labeling themselves
for the attribute that they most lack, but most crave.
Perhaps in a kind of attempt at sympathetic magic?
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| User: "Savageduck" |
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02 Jan 2008 08:32:32 PM |
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On 2008-01-02 08:56:22 -0800, Apostate
<godless.*****@yeehaw.org.invalid> said:
On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:19:23 -0800, johac
<jhachmann@remove.sbcglobal.net> wrote:
In article <y7w6kq2233jq.98uowsn25d7s$.dlg@40tude.net>,
"L. Raymond" <badaddress@....com> wrote:
Doc Smartass wrote:
wrote
"Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list
By Andrew SternMon Dec 31, 6:19 AM ET
A "surge" of overused words and phrases formed a "perfect storm" of
"post-9/11" cliches in 2007, according to a U.S. university's annual
list of words and phrases that deserve to be banned.
...
http://tinyurl.com/2zhlzh
One that REALLY needs to go:
"Diva"
Pop diva, fashion diva, don't care, make it go away.
They got one of my two most hated, "give back". I am so very sick and
tired of hearing people trot that out. The article even gave the same
reason for hating it that I do. They left off "went missing", though.
I feel like I'm going to scream if I hear that stupid phrase one more
time.
"Went missing" is another of my least favorite too.
I offer you "exponentially" in place of "a whole lot".
I want to know what bloody base the speaker has in mind!
Of course, "tempacher" is a whole different thread and subject, but
there's a tempacher-shaped
hole in my stomach lining.
Aah, shades of Germanic organic chemistry prof. who came up with;
"Esters have a pear shaped smell."
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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| Title: Re: "Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list |
04 Jan 2008 04:40:22 AM |
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On Wed, 2 Jan 2008 18:32:32 -0800, Savageduck <savageduck@savage.net>
wrote:
On 2008-01-02 08:56:22 -0800, Apostate
<godless.*****@yeehaw.org.invalid> said:
On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:19:23 -0800, johac
<jhachmann@remove.sbcglobal.net> wrote:
In article <y7w6kq2233jq.98uowsn25d7s$.dlg@40tude.net>,
"L. Raymond" <badaddress@....com> wrote:
Doc Smartass wrote:
wrote
"Perfect storm" of cliches make bad English list
By Andrew SternMon Dec 31, 6:19 AM ET
A "surge" of overused words and phrases formed a "perfect storm" of
"post-9/11" cliches in 2007, according to a U.S. university's annual
list of words and phrases that deserve to be banned.
...
http://tinyurl.com/2zhlzh
One that REALLY needs to go:
"Diva"
Pop diva, fashion diva, don't care, make it go away.
They got one of my two most hated, "give back". I am so very sick and
tired of hearing people trot that out. The article even gave the same
reason for hating it that I do. They left off "went missing", though.
I feel like I'm going to scream if I hear that stupid phrase one more
time.
"Went missing" is another of my least favorite too.
I offer you "exponentially" in place of "a whole lot".
I want to know what bloody base the speaker has in mind!
Of course, "tempacher" is a whole different thread and subject, but
there's a tempacher-shaped
hole in my stomach lining.
Aah, shades of Germanic organic chemistry prof. who came up with;
"Esters have a pear shaped smell."
But the octanoate esters and below, DO!
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