What is a common word (or phrase) you'd like to see shoved into the arcane?

[bluesbassman]

Mine would be "my bad". Too often this phrase is used with no remorse or contrition at all. It's as if the mere utterance of "my bad" makes everything alright. :puke:

[rurallib]

1. Much of the Orwellian lingo developed by the bushians to sell his war

like 'enemy combatants' 'islamo-fascism' etc.

[bluesbassman]

2. Couldn't agree more. n/t

[Gormy Cuss]

3. whatever.

x(

[bluesbassman]

4. Screeeeeee!!! (nails on chalk board)

One has not lived until one has heard that word delivered by a 12 to 13yr old girl. (I have one, I have heard it!)

[FloridaJudy]

5. "Homeland Security"

In fact, "homeland". Period. I don't have a homeland. Large, muscular, blond people wearing jackboots have one of those, and my ancestors spent a lot of time hiding from them. I have a country, and I want it back!

[bluesbassman]

8. True, and where's the security?

:shrug:

[sammythecat]

15. Yes, there's too much creepiness attached to that word.

My only assocciations with that word are Bush and the Nazis. I haven't heard them use "Fatherland" yet, but who knows...maybe in private among themselves.

[Kutjara]

23. Well, the new USAF tag line is...

..."Above All," which neatly translates to "Uber Alles" in German. So "Fatherland" can't be far behind.

[sammythecat]

42. That makes me think of another word, warrior,

everybody's a freakin' warrior now. We've become an aggressive nation of warriors. Instead of Athens, we want to be Sparta. It all seems immature to me.

BTW, I noticed your sig line. I've been a big fan of Brian Eno and space music for several years now. That's a perfect thing for him to say, and just as thought provoking as his music.

[Kutjara]

45. I hate that crap too.

The glorification of special forces, commandos, "shadow warriors", and "ninja-type" soldiers of all kinds points to an unhealthy worship of the trappings of clandestine militarism. A hundred years ago, the British Army refused to establish a "secret army" that would operate behind enemy lines, because to do so would be "ungentlemanly." Such qualms seem almost impossibly quaint in our cynical and jades times.

I love the Eno quote. It really sums up how I feel about life. I keep waiting for that great future I was promised as a child to get here.

[Left Is Write]

I have a homeland. It's Minnesota.

:D

I know what you mean, though. "Homeland Security" sounds anything but secure. And definitely creepy.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

6. President Bush

and a big second to Homeland Security

[bluesbassman]

9. To the dustbin of history for that one!

I think even the rethugs are going to want to see that name fade away. I just hope it's not till after the Hague!

[Orrex]

7. It is what it is.

What an idiotic piece of corporate buzzspeak. When I hear some mid-level asshole say "It is what it is," I want to say "no, you asshole, that's the last thing it is."

[bluesbassman]

11. It's "whatever" for suits! n/t

[apocalypsehow]

14. That silly, moronic refuge of the semi-literate is my #2 in phrases that should be retired

from further use/service in the English-speaking world. :thumbsup:

[sammythecat]

17. Really, what's the use of it anyway?

Hell, seems to me that can be said about every single thing in the universe. It's a waste of time and breath, and it's irritating as hell.

[Orrex]

20. I usually see it as shorthand for "I can't explain this, so I won't entertain questions about it"

It typically functions as a way to excuse the speaker from responsibility for what she's speaking.

[sammythecat]

44. Yep, the original long form

was "It is what it is, DAMMIT !

[DarkTirade]

10. The pejorative use of words like 'gay' and 'fag' that's all too common these days.

[bluesbassman]

13. Absolutely.

"Gay" should conjur up visions of a lively gathering where a "fag" is thrown on the fire giving everyone warmth.

[DarkTirade]

24. Oh, I'm not saying they shouldn't be used to describe homosexuals

although there are plenty of people who shouldn't be allowed to use the word fag for that anyway... that's like the N word, only we can use it. :P

I'm just tired of the whole 'that's so gay' type phrase being thrown around.

[bluesbassman]

26. Good point.

I have a teenager, and I've heard it being used by his crowd in regard to issues that were most certainly not homosexual in nature. It's been desensitized to them.

[apocalypsehow]

12. "M'kay" - it is truly the one-liner common word/phrase of the intellectually deficient. n/t.

:thumbsdown:

[bluesbassman]

16. Agreed. This word has to be the result of abject laziness.

For the folks who are just too lazy to open their mouth to form and O!

[AccessGranted]

18. Bling-bling, Bootylicious and Badunkadunk

And I can think of a lot more.

[AlCzervik]

19. "____________Gate" unless it pertains to Watergate.

done to death.

[Left Is Write]

22. Agreed.

[flvegan]

33. YESSS!! Because, seriously, it is stupid on it's face.

First of all, if one is going to add "-gate" to a scandal, it sacks the basics of the term. The original scandal should then have been "WatergateGate" right? So like, if there was a scandal about water today, wtf would it be? Right, Watergate.

I stole that idea from somebody, and I don't recall who it was.

[AlCzervik]

34. "WatergateGate" indeed, that sums it up perfectly.

[bluesbassman]

37. Sadly, that sounds exactly like something b*sh would say.

edit: got to keep telling myself: Spellcheck is your friend, Spellcheck is your friend....:banghead:

[old mark]

49. You mean like "wordgate" ?

Whatever, dude. It is what it is. Straight up.
I mean, ya know what I mean.
Ya know?

mark

[latebloomer]

21. "at the end of the day"

Heard ad nauseum from political "pundits".

[bluesbassman]

27. That is so funny.

I was at a meeting the other day, and we started playing "buzzword bingo" to stay awake. "at the end of the day" won by a landslide!

[latebloomer]

32. What is "buzzword bingo?"

[bluesbassman]

36. Just like regular bingo,

except instead of numbers, you use words or phrases like "at the end of the day", "no brainer", "synergy, etc. As the meeting speakers are plowing through their materiel, you mark off a spot on you "bingo" card until someone has a complete line. When that happens, the lucky winner gets to jump up and yell "BULLSHIT"! Alternate rules (to keep from getting canned) are to just keep track of the words, placing side bets on which one will be used the most.

Try it, you'll never be bored at a meeting again!:thumbsup:

[latebloomer]

38. I like it!!!

[Generic Brad]

25. Ho

I want my garden tools back.

[bluesbassman]

29. Totally tasteless word.

In the same catagory as the "c" word.

[ThomCat]

28. Bitch, and any other gender based slur.

Slurs in general. x(

[ElsewheresDaughter]

30. compassionate conservative

[bluesbassman]

31. Ding Ding! you win a prize!

I was waiting for that one!:applause: :toast:

[otherlander]

35. redirected

[TK421]

39. "It is what it is" really fucking pisses me off...and we all know that doesn't take much

What is "it" exactly? And because it "is" does that make it completely acceptable by any terms of reason? That's like saying " I ran over a little girl with an RV....but hey, it happens"!

[Lil Missy]

40. paradigm

[woo me with science]

41. Recent ones...

"Congress critters"

"speaking truth to power"

"I just threw up in my mouth a little"

"toxic" (as applied to people and relationships)

"dissociative identity disorder"

[bluesbassman]

43. "Congress Critters" Blech!!

Sounds all cute and cuddly like this:


It should be "Congress Rats" and make you think of this:

[FloridaJudy]

46. "under the bus"

That damned bus's wheel wells must be clogged with body parts by now.

Oh and "jumped the shark" has definitely jumped the shark, and needs to be bundled off to the Old Clichés' Home.

[1Hippiechick]

47. words that aren't words: "irregardless"; and misquotes: "Have my cake & eat it, too" (backward)

"Irregardless" is not a word - ppl confuse it with irrespective

Have my cake and eat it too is a misquote of "Eat my cake and have it too."
(You can have your cake and then eat it; but you can't eat your cake and then have it)

"I could care less" when ppl are trying to express how little they care. Yes, you COULD care less, but if you are trying to say that you couldn't care less the phrase is "I couldn't care less."

The list goes on and on........

[YankeyMCC]

48. "Can I be honest with you."

or any of the variations of this. "I'll be honest with you." "To be frank."

What you mean otherwise the speaker would not be speaking honestly with me??

Drives me nuts

[Mendocino]

50. Literally and basically,

used much too often and usually incorrectly.

OMG-especially when drawn out like "OH.......MY.......GOD."