  Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd Post Number: 3653 Registered: 07-2004 |
pwned | ||
Rb336 Member Username: Rb336 Post Number: 8126 Registered: 02-2007 |
"It is an obvious but simple distinction--though rarely made--that there are some things that we can do because we are humanity, and some things that we can do because we are persons, and that there is some radical and absolute difference between the two classes of things. They do not overlap. A person can no more invade Normandy than an army can play the violin." - Richard Mitchell. one of the most quotable people of recent years | ||
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd Post Number: 3657 Registered: 07-2004 |
Hear, hear, Rb. In a time when edumacators burble about creativity and classes endlessly workshop about writing, Mitchell's refreshing talent was bringing the logic and reason of language to life for us to enjoy. | ||
Ravine Member Username: Ravine Post Number: 2904 Registered: 01-2006 |
Does he have any quotes which do not phleboniate with obviousillation? | ||
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd Post Number: 3663 Registered: 07-2004 |
Damn you, Ravine! Made me actually look through my dictionary for naught!  | ||
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd Post Number: 3664 Registered: 07-2004 |
indie godhead über | ||
Grumpyoldlady Member Username: Grumpyoldlady Post Number: 277 Registered: 06-2005 |
"gone missing" and "went missing" Where the heck did those come from? | ||
Eriedearie Member Username: Eriedearie Post Number: 4020 Registered: 08-2007 |
Grumpy - those drive me crazy - I've often wondered if anyone else picked up on those terms! | ||
Rb336 Member Username: Rb336 Post Number: 8159 Registered: 02-2007 |
"grow the ..." "right size the ..." oh and the gone & went crap -- yeah, i hate those too. probably some misguided anti-passive voice thing. also, impact is not a verb (Message edited by rb336 on November 19, 2008) | ||
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd Post Number: 3694 Registered: 07-2004 |
"step foot" | ||
Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger Post Number: 924 Registered: 05-2008 |
Ted Stevens | ||
Mauser765 Member Username: Mauser765 Post Number: 3538 Registered: 01-2004 |
"slippery slope" | ||
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd Post Number: 3699 Registered: 07-2004 |
In the case of "grow" and "right-size" -- they remind me that people in business and government either have no idea how the world works or are actively obfuscating how it does work. To think that you can "grow" business (perhaps the same way you grow corn or wheat) displays a complete lack of understanding of what makes businesses grow. In the case of "right-size," that's CLEARLY obfuscation. In the 1970s, people were FIRED. In the 1990s, they were LAID OFF. In the 1990s, they were DOWNSIZED. Now, in the '00s, they are RIGHT-SIZED. Orwell would laugh bitterly.  | ||
Rb336 Member Username: Rb336 Post Number: 8169 Registered: 02-2007 |
on slippery slope - it is ok ONLY if using it to explain the logical fallacy. | ||
Ravine Member Username: Ravine Post Number: 2910 Registered: 01-2006 |
Grumpyoldlady, it is apparent that you have struck a raw DetroitYes! nerve, with your mention of "gone/went missing," and you can add my "Amen!" to the others. The TV show, "Without A Trace," which my wife watches and I occasionally sit in on (please excuse my clumsy sentence,) is partly to blame for those terms finding their way into ever-more-frequent usage. They use them all of the time, on that show. Some folks go fishing, and some folks went jogging. I suppose if one's least-favorite in-law drops in for an unforeseen visit, one might feel moved to "go missing." "Step foot." Har! Now that Detroitnerd mentions it, that is pretty foolish, but I wonder if it may be one of those "regional dialect" items. My mother's Pennsylvanian family used that one. | ||
Chuckjav Member Username: Chuckjav Post Number: 1140 Registered: 09-2007 |
Here's one I hope will go bye-bye: "Thank You, So Much" I just don't like it. I mean, come on..."You're Welcome, So Much"? | ||
Gibran Member Username: Gibran Post Number: 4264 Registered: 02-2007 |
war | ||
Chuckjav Member Username: Chuckjav Post Number: 1149 Registered: 09-2007 |
Jiminy Christmas! Say goodbye to "Thrown Under the Bus"....I'd like you to meet: Thrown Under the Train...Good Lord! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27 821172/ (Message edited by chuckjav on November 20, 2008) | ||
Cheddar_bob Member Username: Cheddar_bob Post Number: 2182 Registered: 10-2003 |
quote: What? | ||
Ravine Member Username: Ravine Post Number: 2911 Registered: 01-2006 |
C'mon, Cheddar, you know the deal; folks are getting in the habit of saying things like this: (Subject) "impacts on" (object.) Or, "is impacting on." It sounds stupid to me, and I don't use it that way, but I hate to tell Rb that yes, actually, using it as a transitive verb is considered to be acceptable. But then, throughout Modern American Life there are all manner of things which are "considered to be acceptable" even though sober-minded, sensible paragons of civilized behavior, like the two of us, recognize the knuckle-dragging cretinism of many of those things. | ||
Alley Member Username: Alley Post Number: 799 Registered: 02-2008 |
RB, "v" as in verb Definition of Impact Im`pact´ v. t. 1. To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place. [imp. & p. p. Impacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Impacting.] 2. To affect or influence, especially in a significant or undesirable manner; as, budget cuts impacted the entire research program; the fish populations were adversely impacted by pollution. 3. To collide forcefully with; to strike. n. 1. Contact or impression by touch; collision; forcible contact; force communicated. The quarrel, by that impact driven. | ||
Thames Member Username: Thames Post Number: 312 Registered: 02-2007 |
"Bailout" | ||
Ravine Member Username: Ravine Post Number: 2912 Registered: 01-2006 |
"It's a beautiful thing." | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 9236 Registered: 10-2003 |
"got" | ||
Rb336 Member Username: Rb336 Post Number: 8191 Registered: 02-2007 |
"get your _________ on" | ||
Chuckjav Member Username: Chuckjav Post Number: 1157 Registered: 09-2007 |
Rb336....I am glad you mentioned that one; it reminded me of the current & ridiculous multi-media public service campaign for "Smokey Bear" and related forest fire danger/awareness. On the internet and during the radio and TV PSA...folks are told: "Get Your Smokey On"....as a clever word-play on the phrase "get your smoke on" - which just about everyone knows, is in reference to smoking marijuana. http://www.smokeybear.com/ Excellent research & due-diligence there....Washington DC Idiots Postscript: I just sent a hotly-worded letter of concern/complaint to the Federal Advertisement Council. (Message edited by chuckjav on November 21, 2008) | ||
Chuckjav Member Username: Chuckjav Post Number: 1159 Registered: 09-2007 |
Can't say for sure if this one has already been nominated; my lard-laden ass is is too lazy for research: "Positive Gains" Go ahead, google it....people actually use it !! | ||
Rb336 Member Username: Rb336 Post Number: 8193 Registered: 02-2007 |
gaining weight might be a negative gain | ||
Chuckjav Member Username: Chuckjav Post Number: 1160 Registered: 09-2007 |
Rb336...that much is certain. Great...now, all I can think of is cake & icing; this is going to be a rough weekend | ||
Ravine Member Username: Ravine Post Number: 2915 Registered: 01-2006 |
"Shoot me an e-mail." How about we just shoot you, if you use that phrase again? |
