Forbidden Words and Phrases!

[kimo55]

it is now ILLEGAL!
to use any of the following!


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"You're so money and you don't even know it."
"Talk to the Hand"
"Who's your Daddy"
"Sucks to be You"
"see ya. wouldn't wanna be ya"
"You go Girl"
"Polynesian Pop"
"tastes like chicken"
She's all that and a bag of chips!
"take it up a notch"
"bam!"
"weapons of mass destruction"
"Show me the money!"
"try to think outside the box", obviously can't think outside the box themselves.
"off the chain",
"my bad"
"fo' shizzle my nizzle"
"Bee-atch"
"Xtreme" anything
"amplitude"

"you know what I'm sayin"
pronounced:
Gnome sane?!

"now that's what I'm talkin' about"
"Do the math"
"Whatever"
in sports... "We/He/They/She really stepped up tonight and took the game to a new level!"
"This is true."
"...but the fact of the matter is..."
"...sends a clear message..."
"...is a step in the right direction..."

bad script dialog:
"You just don't get it, do you?"
"In your face!"
"You want a piece of me?"
"Yes!!!
"24/7/365"
"proactive"
"my bad."
"It's not rocket science." * ** *
"like"
"Im all..."
paradigm
euro-anything
E-anything
in your face
to die for
hel-LOOO-ooow!?
end result
get with the program
"please hold; your call is very important to us.."
I will never understand people who use the term "literally" figuratively.
but then i don' wanna.
"cutting edge'
"bleeding edge"
"that's wacked!"
"that's wack!"
* "Shaweet!"
"Funky Fresh"
"Shabby Chic"
"he who dies with the most...."
"I need closure"
"Eames Era"
"L@@K!"
Pretentious business slogans and terms such as:
'solutions'. As in 'we offer a range of office solutions'
'logistics'
(The modern third party logistics provider (or 3PL) provides a seamless integrated solution to your supply chain management needs. The application of centralized management and control strengthens the continuity and consistency of our operations and our logistical processes, allowing us to provide consistent, quality service blablablaaahhh...)
from http://www.pacerglobal.com/satisfaction.jsp

"we are currently experiencing high call volumes"
"team member"
If you're not part of the solution, you are part of the problem
"Ask yourself - is it good for the company?"
"Yeaaah, baaaby!"
"world famous".
world class
sustainable.
that said
having said that
that having been said
arguably.
unarguably.
'synergy'
'Solutions',
'You Go Girl!!!'
"Bridezilla"
"And you can take that to the Bank"
"back in the day"
* "Its all good" *
"This is true."
"...but the fact of the matter is..."
"...sends a clear message..."
"Quite honestly...(insert lie here)"
"Bling Bling"
Its not the heat, its the humidity.
Right back at ya!
Its not the heat, its the humidity.
"on the same page"
"24-7"
"at the end of the day"
peeps
wassup
brothaz
happnin'
That really resonates with me.
"synergistic"
"nesting", "empty nesters" - any nest reference
"we need to grow our audience"
"grow your business"
"key"
"this is key"
"Fo shizzle my nizzle" or any word ending in izzle
"Bootylicious"
Metrosexual
Re-Inventing
Wellness
Athletisiciam
In Da House
"Thinking outside the box"
"Taking it to the next level"
"I'm so over it"
"Carbs"
"Taking it to the next level"
"Happy Camper",
PROACTIVE
"'Proactive?' Isn't that just a word that stupid people say to make themselves seem more important?"
"Potential red flag."
"Total Quality Management"
"Data rich and information poor."
And I'm all like...
Zero tolerance
And more!
Utilize
Award-winning
To conference
To leverage
Rink rage
Faith-based
Brainstorming
Bot
outsider art
Toon
The death of irony
So last year
Push the envelope
In denial
That's gotta hurt
Hooked on phonics
Reality TV
Eclectic
Homeland security
Keeping it real
Sassy
Hottie
Paradigm
Conventional wisdom
Classy
In your face!
To partner
To die for
Surgical strike
Neo [anything]
Credible threat
Celeb
It's all about [anything]
America strikes back!
Synergy
Impactful
On the same page
Guesstimate
Networking
Make no mistake about it
Must-have
[Any color] is the new black
No-brainer
Not over my dead body
Closure
XFL
Proactive
Win/Win
Take it to the next level
... then the terrorists will have won
So last year
Edgy
Women of cover
Of the moment
Yeah, baby
Cutting edge
Morph
The evil ones
Evil doers
Outré
Passé
Functionality
Tacky
Dysfunctional
Check it out
Thinking outside the box
Way cool
"Sweeet"
"XTREEEEM"
at the end of the day
value for money.
"Do you want fries with that?"
"puh-lease"
"YEAH BABY!"
"NOT!"
"Any-who..."
"yadda yadda yadda."
"No soup for you"
words that end in izzle that normally don't.
"pardon my French"
"...brings to the table..."
"I have too much on my plate"
"Are we on the same page?"
"Are we all on board?"
"Im not married to it" when discussing an idea
"Company X is IN BED WITH Company Y on the deal"
"literally"
"and things of that nature,"
Ear candy,
head candy,
brain candy,
arm candy.
Eye candy.
"You rock!"
Nothing succeeds like success!
So let's roll up our shirt sleeves, put our noses to the grind stone and get down to business.
Time is money.
'tones' or 'chimes' that accompany the Intel or Sprint ads.
"Do you know why I pulled you over?"
"Do you know why I pulled you over?"
"Yeah, do you know why I ran the stop sign?"
Eat me
bite me.
"No, I know"
"like, ya know."



Lincoln reminds us: "that is a political obfuscation, as opposed to an honest lie."

[Miulang]

Re: Forbidden Words and Phrases!

Aw, c'mon, Kimo. Why do you want people to have a bad day? Huh? You know some people's whole days revolve around a subset of what you listed above?
"Like, ya know?" NO, I DON'T KNOW. Sheesh, gimme a break.

One of the reasons I don't like Emeril is because he "bams" when he should shut up!

Miulang

[kamlost]

Re: Forbidden Words and Phrases!

why's it illegal?

[Mocha]

Re: Forbidden Words and Phrases!

The list is so long I'm sure I use at least three-ten of them each day...how will I speak or write from now? And I agree about Emeril "bamming" too often. That's the reason my hubby can't stand watching that cooking show.

[scrivener]

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"in regards to" (what's wrong with "regarding?")
"each and every" (is there a difference between "each" and "every?")
any political speech or ad using the word "change"
"express line: nine items or less" (it's fewer, not less)
(in sports) "takes it to the house"
(in sports) "he could...go...all...the...way" (unless spoken by Chris Berman)
"can I go back to my locker?" (unless spoken outside my classroom)

[pzarquon]

Re: Forbidden Words and Phrases!

Who could forget LSU's annual "Banished Words List"? You can look up forbidden words and phrases all the way back to 1976. From the most recent, 2004, list:

• Metrosexual
• Punked
• Bling-Bling
• LOL

Like Scrivener, I have lots of personal peeves. Irregardless, "intensive purposes" (its "intents and purposes"), nauseous (unless you're the one causing illness, you're nauseated), and on and on. Sadly, word nerds are generally dismissed and pitied, as perhaps we should be.

[Linkmeister]

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"at this point in time"

Er, "now?"

[craigwatanabe]

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Thank you for mentioning irregardless! Not even a word!

The one I hate is "close proximity" DUH!!!

How about "Near Miss" does that actually mean direct hit?

What about from your accident coordinator, "That accident was avoidable" Yeah right, it was an accident!

Or Worst Enemy. I presume that to mean that as an enemy they do it the worst, which makes them your best friend.

How about George Carlin's jokes on: Hot Water heaters...who wants to heat hot water? Or the weather report when they say the temperature at the Airport is 79 degrees...who lives at the airport?

Which begs the weather report itself..."Tonight's forcast calls for increasing darkness followed by scattered light in the morning"

Ho boy and thank you Guy Hagi's weather stinger..."Break out your umbrellas for tomorrow, I'll tell you why after the break" Geez because it's gonna rain?

But my best comeback to a debate is when your adversary says to you, "Well I don't know about that last remark..." my reply is, "That's correct, you don't know and thank you for being honest, checkmate game over."

[Glen Miyashiro]

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"Fairly unique". No brah, it's either unique or it's not. What you're probably trying to say is "fairly unusual".

[kimo55]

Re: Forbidden Words and Phrases!

"at this point in time"

Er, "now?"

redundancy:
at this point
OR
at this time.

why's it illegal?

why's it forbidden?

The list is so long I'm sure I use at least three-ten of them each day...how will I speak or write from now?

It just appears long.
(that's what SHE said)
.... there are a few accidentaly duplications.

Its a long list to those with a short vocabulary.
It actually is about one third the length I originally was going to post.

Which begs the weather report itself..."Tonight's forcast calls for increasing darkness followed by scattered light in the morning"

hohaaaa!

Ho boy and thank you Guy Hagi's weather stinger..."Break out your umbrellas for tomorrow, I'll tell you why after the break" Geez because it's gonna rain?

wait;
he said THAT!?

[Miulang]

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'nother one that drives me absolutely bonkers: "From whence they came..."
It's either "whence they came" or "from where they came" (if you want to be grammatically correct), or "where they came from" if you want to be colloquial.

Miulang

[kimo55]

Re: Forbidden Words and Phrases!

'nother one that drives me absolutely bonkers: "From whence they came..."
It's either "whence they came" or "from where they came" (if you want to be grammatically correct), or "where they came from" if you want to be colloquial.

Miulang

right. i whince when I wead that.

BUT...
unforntunately, through common widespread usage, this phrase now, according to Merry and Webster, it's acceptable.
Damn the proletariat!

witness:

Main Entry: 1whence
Pronunciation: 'hwen(t)s, 'wen(t)s
Function: adverb
Etymology: Middle English whennes, from whenne whence (from Old English hwanon) + -s, adverb suffix, from -s, genitive singular ending; akin to Old High German hwanAn whence, Old English hwA who
: from what place, source, or cause <then whence comes this paradox -- Changing Times>
- from whence : from what place, source, or cause <no one could tell me from whence the gold had come -- Graham

[Miulang]

Re: Forbidden Words and Phrases!

right. i whince when I wead that.

BUT...
unforntunately, through common widespread usage, this phrase now, according to Merry and Webster, it's acceptable.
Damn the proletariat!

It's us ugly Americans who probably bastardized the word, too (since you cite MW and not the OED)! I'll bet if you looked it up in the OED, you'd find our British cousins vainly trying to hold on to their mother tongue. From whence, I wince at!

Face it, we're all over the place with our Americanisms. Even the French say "French fries" instead of pomme frites, and they didn't even invent those things (I think the Belgians did). Almost every other language is now peppered with "Americanisms". No wonder they hate us all over the world.

Miulang

[kimo55]

Re: Forbidden Words and Phrases!

and don't forget where this all came from:

Modern English usage and its mentality!

Remember the rule of thumb; there are no rules dictated by any one or any tradition; YOU can make them up as you go!

After all wasn't it Mark Twain who is quoted as saying: "I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way." ... have fun and don't bother with silly spelling, grammar, usage or mannerism limitations and stupid rules!

So herewith some contemporary examples:

Exchange vowels willy nilly. Why be normal?
Definately for definitely
Consistant for consistent

Add quote marks to everything. Around just about every noun and verb, use them. As in this sign spotted the other day: Please "ring" bell for "service." Try it in written communication. It's fun! Everyone does it!

And perform the conversational equivalent to look clever; Use air quotes every eight seconds.

Add an apostrophe in front of every s. After all, the apostrophe now means; here comes an S!

Completely ignore and avoid the word "are" The word "is," is now used commonly for singular and plural! Convenient! "There is five cats in you're yard..."

Use; you are, you're, your and yore interchangably. In modern usage, they are all the same!

eg: "Your right; you're car definately looks real good their in yore driveway."

Use real instead of very. In fact ignore "very" completely. Although "real" is the opposite of false, it is not used thusly; "I think your real smart!"

Don't ever consult a thesarus! In fact it is now fashionable to appear as if you never knew they existed!: Use the same verbs and phrases often within the same paragraph when writing. This is the new modern with-it, hip way. It makes you appear "ghettofabulous"! Speaking of which, it also is fashionable for all other races to APPEAR African-Americanised: Toss this into your conversation often: "... know whudahm say-yun..."

Oh; And don't forget to assist in the proliferation of huge corporate logos and help make pornography common and acceptable in society: Put that big white swoosh logo (or other sports shoe or corporate logo) on your car and shirt. Wear pimpin and pornstar trademark cloths and car stickers. (Although both of these practices are considered equally sleazy, hey; everyone's doing it so it must be hip!)

But all seriousness aside, kids, here's my point; The dumbing down of societal communication standards is one of the most depressing things we face in America.

It desensitizes you to the subtleties, nuances and irony in intelligent communication. It forces the individual I.Q. to a number lower than the gutter and soon, your sole sensory input stimuli is the media junk food equivalent; watching reality TV, listening only to rap music and then, of course, your comprehension level drops. This dumbing down of personal language skills causes one to misconstrue and misinterpret everything, reducing all limited understanding and responses to any communication with others, down to the few basic coarse emotions, just as the in-duh-vidual's language and verbal communication level is reduced to swear words and basic thoughts and a few simple words.

You also find you can't and won't communicate fully at all, share ideas, express yourself, (not that you would want to), and although your body seems to be alive, mentally you are make loa, die, dead.

[Miulang]

Re: Forbidden Words and Phrases!

But all seriousness aside, kids, here's my point; The dumbing down of societal communication standards is one of the most depressing things we face in America.

It desensitizes you to the subtleties, nuances and irony in intelligent communication. It forces the individual I.Q. to a number lower than the gutter and soon, your sole sensory input stimuli is the media junk food equivalent; watching reality TV, listening only to rap music and then, of course, your comprehension level drops. This dumbing down of personal language skills causes one to misconstrue and misinterpret everything, reducing all limited understanding and responses to any communication with others, down to the few basic coarse emotions, just as the in-duh-vidual's language and verbal communication level is reduced to swear words and basic thoughts and a few simple words.

You also find you can't and won't communicate fully at all, share ideas, express yourself, (not that you would want to), and although your body seems to be alive, mentally you are make loa, die, dead.

Sigh . Kimo, my man, methinks you and I are of a generation which today is considered dinosaur-like. What I don't get is even with computer-assisted aids like spellcheck and grammar correction, why is our spelling getting more and more abysmal and basic communication reduced to a few monosyllabic grunts?

I haven't watched commercial TV except sometimes for the news in years now (although I do take a shine toward those true crime shows, and I'm a dyed-in-the-wool foodie fan except for Emeril and Bobby Flay). Hollywood is so morally bankrupt and devoid of creativity that I also haven't been to an American movie in at least 2 years, although I have been to some foreign screenings.

No one seems to care about others anymore. It's all about mememememe and I don't care if no one understands me; I'm just being "me". Take it or leave it and if you don't like it, talk to the hand.

And don't even get me started on the music that's now classified "Jawaiian" and Hawaiian hiphop (subgenres of Hawaiian music). Alfred Apaka and Kui Lee would be turning in their graves to hear this stuff being played. Lots of contemporary recording artists feel they have to do covers with that reggae beat (because that's what sells albums) but as a purist, I cringe when I hear that noise classified as Hawaiian music alongside music by artists like Genoa Keawe.

Miulang