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2011 List of Banished Words
« on: December 31, 2010, 10:08:33 AM »
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Re: 2011 List of Banished Words
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2010, 10:40:53 AM »
That's it?  Is that the best they can do?

Did they even consider any of the current management buzz-words?  I read one today: actionable. Not only should that word be banned, people who use it should be banned.
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Re: 2011 List of Banished Words
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2010, 10:48:01 AM »
Good thing your preferences aren't actionable as a paradgm shift to repurpose language.  ;)
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Re: 2011 List of Banished Words
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2010, 10:56:43 AM »
I don't see what the fuss is about, refudiate is a perfectly cromulent word.
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Re: 2011 List of Banished Words
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2010, 12:37:50 PM »
What about "IED"? It seems to have lost all meaning.
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Re: 2011 List of Banished Words
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2010, 12:47:59 PM »
Quote from: Fly320s on December 31, 2010, 10:40:53 AM
I read one today: actionable. Not only should that word be banned, people who use it should be banned.

He said actionable!  Stone him!!!  [/Monty Python deliberate misquote]
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Re: 2011 List of Banished Words
« Reply #6 on: December 31, 2010, 01:33:12 PM »
I'm surprised "Big Boy Rules" didn't make the list.
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Re: 2011 List of Banished Words
« Reply #7 on: December 31, 2010, 02:34:06 PM »
It wuld be epic if that list went viral but I think it is full of fail.
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Re: 2011 List of Banished Words
« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2010, 02:45:04 PM »
I got beat by about ten minutes.

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Re: 2011 List of Banished Words
« Reply #9 on: December 31, 2010, 03:54:26 PM »
Quote from: Devonai on December 31, 2010, 01:33:12 PM
I'm surprised "Big Boy Rules" didn't make the list.

I had to google that one, and didn't get much. Who uses that, and how?
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Re: 2011 List of Banished Words
« Reply #10 on: December 31, 2010, 04:01:41 PM »
Quote from: Fistful on December 31, 2010, 03:54:26 PM
I had to google that one, and didn't get much. Who uses that, and how?


http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2010/10/words-can-kill.html

That's the only context I've ever seen it used in.
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Re: 2011 List of Banished Words
« Reply #11 on: December 31, 2010, 04:13:28 PM »
Yup, and used so often in my Guard unit that our XO told the whole company to knock it off.
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Re: 2011 List of Banished Words
« Reply #12 on: December 31, 2010, 04:16:58 PM »
Dis lihst iz de lolz.

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Re: 2011 List of Banished Words
« Reply #13 on: December 31, 2010, 04:29:28 PM »
That's awesomely stupid.  Fail.
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Re: 2011 List of Banished Words
« Reply #14 on: December 31, 2010, 05:43:53 PM »
Quote from: Regolith on December 31, 2010, 04:01:41 PM

http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2010/10/words-can-kill.html

That's the only context I've ever seen it used in.

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Translation: You're going to spend the weekend getting guns pointed at you by any IT guy who could swing the entry fee, all while under the casual supervision of an instructor who spent three years repairing trucks in the Air National Guard and had two years experience as a reserve deputy before discovering that some training DVDs plus an NRA Instructor certificate equals a lucrative side income.
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Re: 2011 List of Banished Words
« Reply #15 on: December 31, 2010, 07:56:08 PM »
Tamara's blog is daily must read.
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Re: 2011 List of Banished Words
« Reply #16 on: December 31, 2010, 09:09:29 PM »
I've got used to so many language and semantic shifts and neologisms over the decades, that nothing bothers me anymore.

Serenity rules.

The only real problem I have is trying to keep up with all of them, as well as acronyms, so I can use them correctly and make everybody think I'm the cat's pajamas.

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Re: 2011 List of Banished Words
« Reply #17 on: January 01, 2011, 10:29:41 PM »
I'd like to ban "literally."

It's a perfectly useful word that most people don't seem to understand.

It's used to emphasize when you aren't speaking metaphorically. It's NOT used when you want to emphasize your metaphor.

For example:

"He LITERALLY flew off the handle!"

So he was sitting on the handle and got flung across the room? That must have been a sight.

"Dude, my head LITERALLY exploded!!!"

If only that were the case.
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Re: 2011 List of Banished Words
« Reply #18 on: January 02, 2011, 12:19:56 AM »
If I could nominate a phrase...
 
"At the end of the day..."
 
My bud Arne has started going off every time he hears it on the news... Which is interesting, because it gets a lot of use...
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Re: 2011 List of Banished Words
« Reply #19 on: January 02, 2011, 12:30:50 AM »
Quote from: 230RN on December 31, 2010, 09:09:29 PM
Serenity rules.

SERENITY NOW!!!

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Re: 2011 List of Banished Words
« Reply #20 on: January 02, 2011, 01:30:50 AM »
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If I could nominate a phrase...
 
"At the end of the day..."

+1eleventypound!!92# yeah!  I'm just about done with that one.  When I hear it, I want to bring the speaker to the end of HIS days!!

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grrrrrrrrr.  I'm signing this so Terry will know that I can rant too.
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Re: 2011 List of Banished Words
« Reply #21 on: January 02, 2011, 10:53:09 AM »
that list is so full of fail I'm surprised they didn't have facepalm on it. . .  :facepalm:
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