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Username: Ravine
Post Number: 2809
Registered: 01-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - 12:26 am: |    |
Hey Cheddar_bob, you're my dawg, and all, but I disagree. I tend to dislike using exclamation points, but they're not the written equivalent of yelling. Sometimes, degrees of emphasis are worthwhile.
Speaking of which, and regarding Crystal's point, I prefer to avoid using caps in non-cap situations, but when italics are unavailable, caps are Plan B for expressing a certain change in intonation.
But then, I sweat this stuff MUCH more than necessary. |
Terridarlin
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Username: Terridarlin
Post Number: 83
Registered: 02-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - 8:34 am: | |
Like why are people using the word like like so much?
Duh
Heads up |
Lodgedodger
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Username: Lodgedodger
Post Number: 746
Registered: 05-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 - 3:58 pm: | |
A new one, "Clawback". |
Lodgedodger
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Username: Lodgedodger
Post Number: 747
Registered: 05-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 - 4:02 pm: | |
Mainstreet
Misuse of the word, verbiage--a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content.
Nouns used as verbs--email. "I'll email this to you."
Only noun that qualifies as a verb? Ralph... My apologies to all the Ralphs out there. |
Jimaz
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Username: Jimaz
Post Number: 6637
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 - 6:25 pm: | |
"This page has been intentionally left blank."
It's a self-confessed lie.  |
Crystal
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Username: Crystal
Post Number: 303
Registered: 05-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 8:52 am: | |
"give it up for..." I think this is a request for applause. Every time I hear it, there follows applause. |
Rb336
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Username: Rb336
Post Number: 7871
Registered: 02-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 10:23 am: | |
"my fellow prisoners"
and YES jimaz. that always cracks me up |
Goat
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Username: Goat
Post Number: 10442
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 10:48 am: | |
The word "thunk". How about a big fuck yoiu to those who use that stupid word. |
Goat
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Username: Goat
Post Number: 10443
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 10:52 am: | |
Two more than irritate me.
"..and what?" As in someone talking about a specific subject and the other responds. "And what?" It drives me bat-shit.
The other one is "Greatness". As in someone states there is a party on Saturday and the idiot replies "Greatness".
What the fuck is that all about?
(Message edited by GOAT on October 16, 2008) |
Lodgedodger
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Username: Lodgedodger
Post Number: 763
Registered: 05-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 11:01 am: | |
My bad |
Crystal
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Username: Crystal
Post Number: 305
Registered: 05-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 11:12 am: | |
Goat's post has reminded me about "sunk" and "sank".
I was at at golf outing at which the other three in my foursome kept referring to how good the putt was that they just sunk. Here I was trying to concentrate on my golf swing, and I was preoccupied with sink, sank, sunk...
Afterwards at the picnic and consumption of beer, there was more talk of the sunk putts. Not usually a beer drinker, I made an exception that afternoon. |
Chuckjav
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Username: Chuckjav
Post Number: 973
Registered: 09-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 2:56 pm: | |
Sorry in-advance, if these are repeats:
"Fixed-Income"...WTF?
I work for a living - work hard too; my income is firmly fixed...wait, check that - thanks to inflation, it is going down.
"Drive-By Media" - what precisely does that mean? |
Ravine
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Username: Ravine
Post Number: 2819
Registered: 01-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 3:58 pm: | |
Ooh!... I got, that is I have, another one...
Over-use of the word "amazing," as in the phrase, "you look amazing!"
What, are tendrils of gold growing out of her scalp? Are the irises in his eyes bright orange?
I think it is turning into a replacement-part used by folks who, at last, have become too embarrassed to continue using "awesome" 50-60 times per day.
Different word; same stupid. |
Lodgedodger
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Username: Lodgedodger
Post Number: 774
Registered: 05-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 4:27 pm: | |
ABSOLUTELY! |
Crystal
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Username: Crystal
Post Number: 308
Registered: 05-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 5:07 pm: | |
Dang, every time I think I'm done, another one pops into my small brain.
Misuse of "enormity". It is not a synonym for large. It means both large and bad at the same time.
Appropriate uses would include describing the sinking of the Titanic, 9/11 destruction, or Hurricane Katrina damage.
An inappropriate use would be reporting on the big come-from-behind win that sends the high school football team to the playoffs for the first time in twenty years. "This team is just now coming to grips with the enormity of their feat." |
Ravine
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Username: Ravine
Post Number: 2822
Registered: 01-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 5:50 pm: | |
Cripes. A reporter on News4 just pronounced "sparingly" (as in, "use...sparingly") like it has two "r"s.
A bit of a thread-jack, but I had to whine somewhere. |
Lodgedodger
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Username: Lodgedodger
Post Number: 788
Registered: 05-2008
| | Posted on Friday, October 17, 2008 - 12:25 am: | |
Net-Net |
Detroitnerd
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Username: Detroitnerd
Post Number: 3429
Registered: 07-2004
| | Posted on Friday, October 17, 2008 - 3:20 pm: | |
The Internets
That was cute for a New York heartbeat, but give it up. Twee joking about "the Internets" has become the new lampshade-as-a-hat joke for those who think they're funny. You suck! |
Ravine
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Username: Ravine
Post Number: 2867
Registered: 01-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 10:10 pm: | |
Starting a statement with "Worst-case scenario, ..."
"Surreal." Terribly over-used, and frequently inappropriate. Guilty parties usually under 30. |
Larryinflorida
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Username: Larryinflorida
Post Number: 3280
Registered: 02-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 11:10 pm: | |
The time window for using "the" in front of a common internet term to imply an un-hip GOP politician, while still open, is weeks from losing efficacy. Just a heads up. |
Sstashmoo
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Username: Sstashmoo
Post Number: 2795
Registered: 02-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 11:46 pm: | |
"End of the day" I know it's been mentioned already, but I've heard it several times in the last few weeks on the news as they are interviewing different people. Man, give it up. It's reaching critical mass, and achieving the same level of annoyance as "shits and giggles". |
Lodgedodger
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Username: Lodgedodger
Post Number: 864
Registered: 05-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 11:54 pm: | |
Main Street |
Larryinflorida
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Username: Larryinflorida
Post Number: 3283
Registered: 02-2007
| | Posted on Friday, October 31, 2008 - 12:41 am: | |
I had to word-search 3 pages before I posted.
"Bring to the Table"!
argh! |
Mike
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Username: Mike
Post Number: 1514
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Friday, October 31, 2008 - 1:06 am: | |
new thread should be titled "words/phrases I like" it would be much shorter.
i hate when people use that phrase to describe the tedious nature of a list.
other than that and others mentioned, I am very tired of "blog"
it really sounds like an STD |
Larryinflorida
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Username: Larryinflorida
Post Number: 3284
Registered: 02-2007
| | Posted on Friday, October 31, 2008 - 1:19 am: | |
I used to make a sound similar to "blog" from Mohawk Blackberry Brandy.
You may have, also.
Quite common. |
Bongman
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Username: Bongman
Post Number: 1625
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Friday, October 31, 2008 - 8:17 am: | |
"The fact of the matter is......" |
Rb336
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Username: Rb336
Post Number: 8011
Registered: 02-2007
| | Posted on Friday, October 31, 2008 - 8:50 am: | |
EVERY combo word - ginomous, absotively, etc |
Cheddar_bob
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Username: Cheddar_bob
Post Number: 2133
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Friday, October 31, 2008 - 3:05 pm: | |
"Broad daylight"
Is there any other kind? |
Johnlodge
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Username: Johnlodge
Post Number: 8993
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Friday, October 31, 2008 - 3:17 pm: | |
quote: used to make a sound similar to "blog" from Mohawk Blackberry Brandy.
You may have, also.
Quite common.
Was Mohawk blackberry brandy produced at the Mohawk Plant off I-96 in Novi, which became the Novi Expo Center? |
Sstashmoo
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Username: Sstashmoo
Post Number: 2800
Registered: 02-2007
| | Posted on Friday, October 31, 2008 - 3:18 pm: | |
"The fact of the matter is......"
Contrary to the normal bullshit... |