Words that need to die already...

**scagooch** · 09-08-2008, 06:16 PM

enabler
Phat
wazz up (ok 2 words)

**RichGem** · 09-08-2008, 06:32 PM

Originally Posted by burnwood

what throw down piece, narc?

thank you Sue. Rich cant run from both of us. I will let Rap have the word music with it. Sometimes the music is good until the uhm, "rapping" goes on over it.

cr@p! now, I've got a southern cop and a soapmaker after me! time to head north and visit chip. yikes! penguins do migrate, don't they?

**Eagle** · 09-08-2008, 07:08 PM

Originally Posted by dpm802

One whole entire jargon I would like to see eliminated is what I call "Cop-Speak:"

"The individual was observed exiting a maroon, four-door vehicle, Nevada license plate XYZ-911. Communication with dispatch verified that said vehicle was in fact registered and licensed to said individual. The individual proceeded on foot in a southerly direction, arriving at the intersection of Broad Street and Main Avenue at approximately 09:45 hours."

When what they REALLY mean is:

"I saw him get out of his car and walk down the street to the corner."

Ahhh. Sorry. I must chime in and come the aid of my brothers in arms. LEO's were forced to use "cop speak" as you put it because tricky defense lawyers would get guilty clients off at trial due to every last, nit-picking, minute, obscure detail not being included in the officers report. A side benefit is the officer has copious notes to refresh his memory of an event that occured weeks or months before. Nothing worse than looking blank on the witness stand.

This is not a lawyer bash, but departments were forced to counteract the tactic.

**SobBill2** · 09-08-2008, 07:17 PM

Any and all nouns used as verbs. Tasked, gifted, etc.

**Shane** · 09-08-2008, 09:28 PM

L33t speak. Quit trying to be an android and go touch a girl's leg for God's sake.

**spinyeel** · 09-09-2008, 03:35 AM

At the end of the day I hate "AT THE END OF THE DAY",and sports commentators that call a batsman in cricket a batter. How primitive!!!

**Holton181** · 09-09-2008, 06:53 AM

Originally Posted by thirdeye

I vote for Phat!!!

Um, who says "phat" anymore? Is that word enjoying retirement in the suburbs or something?

**Holton181** · 09-09-2008, 07:00 AM

"like" or "all" used in the same context.

"What Not." I need to start carrying my grammar stick for times when this phrase comes out of somebody's mouth.

**texcattlerancher** · 09-09-2008, 07:06 AM

Originally Posted by Ookla The Mok

Yo bitches, you just need to be more dynamic with your next-gen globalization. E-commerce and podcasting are great ways to expand our paradigm shift toward the paperless office infastructure. Anyone afraid to think outside the box is going to find themselves on the wrong side of the digital divide of innovation.

That's all I have to say about it here. I'm off to blog about going forward and streamlining green energy.

I feel like I was just sold something, and I don't know what.

This is one of the best posts I have read on B&B in a long while.

**smoothjim** · 09-09-2008, 09:42 AM

I wish people would stop quoting percentages greater than 100.

Come to think of it, all ridiculous hyperbole in the absolute for the sake of cheap and easy emphasis, in place of "favorite".

**Ltltony** · 09-09-2008, 09:58 AM

Originally Posted by smoothjim

I wish people would stop quoting percentages greater than 100.

+1

I hate that!

**Doc4** · 09-09-2008, 10:01 AM

Originally Posted by Hobbesoxon

By odd coincidence, the title to this thread contains a verbal curiousity that I wouldn't miss if it disappeared: the use of the word "already" in an ungrammatical way, usually used redundantly. For example, the title of this thread could have been "Words that need to die..." or "Words that should have died already..."

It's just one that bothers me. :)

Toodlepip,

Hobbes

Already I agree with you.

Originally Posted by spinyeel

At the end of the day I hate "AT THE END OF THE DAY",and sports commentators that call a batsman in cricket a batter. How primitive!!!

Hah! A guy I work with is addicted to "at the end of the day" ...

Oh, can we please get rid of "impacted" and get back to talking about how things affect you?

And BTW, let's not try to "grow" the economy. It's not a freakin' plant!

**billybadger** · 09-09-2008, 02:32 PM

Chav, chavvy (chavvie?) and chavvish have all outlived their useful life span IMHO

**Gruder** · 09-09-2008, 04:33 PM

Originally Posted by billybadger

Chav, chavvy (chavvie?) and chavvish have all outlived their useful life span IMHO

Interesting. I haven't heard that one around here. Perhaps we could arrange some sort of international annoying word exchange...

**smoothshaver** · 09-09-2008, 04:56 PM

AS someone who, in the distant past, used the term "synergy" in a scientific context (we performed controlled experiments and even used equations(!) to test for the existence of synergistic interactions), I object to the wholesale elimination of this word.

Using "synergy" - and, for that matter, "proactive" - inappropriately should be banned.

Originally Posted by rawbrey

This is kind of a companion thread to Bob's thread about words that need to make a comeback. Let's here the words you think are done, past their prime, and should die a horrible death.

To get the ball rolling I submit:

Proactive
Synergy
Snap (as in "Oh snap...")

I nominate the use of the noun "quality" as an adjective, as in "quality education". Unfortunately, this usage is spreading to other fields, such as "quality healthcare"

. It strikes me as a deliberate obfuscation.

**dcnpaulk** · 09-09-2008, 05:36 PM

Using "plus" in a sentence to mean "and".

Using "aholic" as suffix to virtually anything to indicate obsession or addiction. If an "alcoholic" has an addiction to alcohol, the suffix "ic" must denote the adiction, right? So an addiction to work is NOT "workaholic" it is "workic"! Similarly, one addicted to chocolate is a "chocic"!

**Ironman06** · 09-09-2008, 06:39 PM

I've got two language peeves:

#1 "Legit". This little shortcut annoys me to no end. My particular ire is raised due to the irony that this sound is intended to invoke the sense of legitamacy... which is completely lost once someone uses this idiotic adjective-like thing. (note, I refuse to call this thing a 'legitimate' word). And yes, Rich, I saw that immediately... please don't do it again... please, for me. I find it especially irritating to hear professional news anchors etc using this sound when communicating professionally with an audiance. Nothing says "I'm not as professional as I think I am" than using stupid rap-like shortcuts in a professional setting.

#2 Not nearly as annoying as number 1, but I find it distracting and stupid sounding when players and coaches of professional and college sports answer nearly all of their interview questions starting with "like I said". Others use it too, and I completely understand that these folks have often been asked the same questions ad nauseum and often multiple time in a row for the same stupid reporter, but nevertheless, in print, being quoted with an answer that repeatedly says "like I said, like I said, like I said" ... It makes the whole interview sound a lot less genuine and completely scripted and a waste of my time to read/listen.

However,... generally, I am a happy person. I don't obsess about these sorts of things everyday... just most days.

**dcnpaulk** · 09-09-2008, 08:07 PM

How about:
y'know...y'know...y'know...y'know.....ad nauseam
which gets dragged out eventually to.....

"Y'KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN' MAN?"

NO I DON'T! AND COULD CARE LESS!