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Posted: 1/5/2006 6:55:08 AM EDT
Banned words and phrases for 2006
December 31, 2005 http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2005/12/31/banned_words_and_phrases_for_2006?mode=PF Lake Superior State University's 2006 list of words banished "for mis-use, over-use and general uselessness": --Surreal --Hunker down --Person of interest --Community of learners --Up-or-down vote --Breaking news --Designer breed --FEMA --First-time caller --Pass the savings on to you! --97 percent fat-free --An accident that didn't have to happen --Junk science --Git-r-done --Dawg --Talking points --Holiday tree ....................... Any others, ARFCOMmers?  |
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Posted: 1/5/2006 6:59:11 AM EDT
[#1]
A perfect storm
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Posted: 1/5/2006 7:00:05 AM EDT
[#2]
Don't know about the US, but here the phrase, "At the end of the day"...which people regularly use in TV interviews just gets my blood boiling....
"At the end of the day, the best team won" "At the end of the day, blah blah blah...". 
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Posted: 1/5/2006 7:00:57 AM EDT
[#3]
I don't get the FEMA one. The others are overused, but how else is one to talk about that particular federal agency?
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Posted: 1/5/2006 7:02:48 AM EDT
[#4]
I'd like to see "Undocumented Immigrant" added to that list.
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Posted: 1/5/2006 7:27:27 AM EDT
[#5]
And instead of "looters", let's call 'em "undocumented shoppers", ummmkay? 
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Posted: 1/5/2006 7:28:22 AM EDT
[#6]
Christianmas.
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Posted: 1/5/2006 7:29:10 AM EDT
[#7]
Thank God. |
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Posted: 1/5/2006 7:29:54 AM EDT
[#8]
Hollywood and media types here use it a lot, hoi polloi in America do not. To use it is a sign of being elite, I guess.... 
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Posted: 1/5/2006 7:35:09 AM EDT
[#9]
Hey! They forgot...
Now, what are those little yellow trucks boys play with called again? I can't remember, exactly, but it sounds similar to that, I think.  (goes something like this)
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Posted: 1/5/2006 7:39:47 AM EDT
[#10]
OMG!! I TOTALLY AGREE! I HATE THAT FUCKING PHRASE. |
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Posted: 1/5/2006 7:41:31 AM EDT
[#11]
 
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Posted: 1/5/2006 7:45:08 AM EDT
[#12]
that's hot
alternative lifestyle know what i'm sayin'? metrosexual I don't hate ya tru dat |
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Posted: 1/5/2006 7:48:05 AM EDT
[#13]
moving forward.
That one pops up every other sentence in meetings. Makes me cringe every time. |
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Posted: 1/5/2006 7:52:52 AM EDT
[#14]
Tru dat! I know what you sayin...  "gettin my fuck on" should be banned. 
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Posted: 1/5/2006 7:56:16 AM EDT
[#15]
At the end of the day, the only real way we can compile a list of all the words that we should ban is if we hunker down and form a synergistic alliance with the community of lerners that we have on this website. Then, maybe we can finally give an up-or-down vote on what words should and shouldn't be on the banned list.
I have several persons of intrest that would be good candidates for this project. I need to go over some talking points with them, but once that's finished they should be on board. Yo dawg, let's go git-r done!
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Posted: 1/5/2006 7:57:51 AM EDT
[#16]
I was thinking more like this...
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Posted: 1/5/2006 7:58:51 AM EDT
[#17]
+1 & What about: Don't go there You go girl/boy Those two should have been outlawed years ago. |
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Posted: 1/5/2006 8:00:59 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/5/2006 8:02:04 AM EDT
[#19]
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Posted: 1/5/2006 8:07:00 AM EDT
[#20]
Please ban "Justification for war"
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Posted: 1/5/2006 9:47:28 AM EDT
[#21]
"due dilligence"
I don't know why but that phrase irritates the piss out of me. "Thinking outside of the box" needs to go away as well. |
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Posted: 1/5/2006 9:50:55 AM EDT
[#22]
We should just all Git-r-dun!  Can't we just all get along? BigDozer66 |
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Posted: 1/5/2006 9:51:11 AM EDT
[#23]
Trans fat!........ because I hear it at the gym 20 times a day.
Where the hell did trans fat come from anyway? What happened to plain old FAT? |
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Posted: 1/5/2006 9:59:13 AM EDT
[#24]
Dupe
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Posted: 1/5/2006 10:00:18 AM EDT
[#25]
"How does that make you feel", the catch-all question employed by all reporters. Ban it! Do it for the chillen!
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Posted: 1/5/2006 10:07:06 AM EDT
[#26]
Well, since 2003 didn't ge the message... BLING
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Posted: 1/5/2006 10:10:10 AM EDT
[#27]
Allow me to add:
ANYTHING PARIS HILTON SAYS The word "like". I have heard it used LIKE every other word and LIKE I am so LIKE tired of LIKE hearing stupid people LIKE say it, that LIKE I am ready to LIKE shoot myself in LIKE the head so I can LIKE make the pain LIKE go away...... |
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Posted: 1/5/2006 10:14:21 AM EDT
[#28]
MARPAT
Tonk Tactical |
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Posted: 1/5/2006 10:37:50 AM EDT
[#29]
Anyone who says the word "carbs" needs to have their nipples energetically twisted.
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Posted: 1/5/2006 10:53:34 AM EDT
[#30]
Oh baby, would you? 
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Posted: 1/5/2006 11:08:12 AM EDT
[#31]
"lifestyle"
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Posted: 1/5/2006 11:17:27 AM EDT
[#32]
"traction". This is the current buzzword in my company, used by high level manager's when speaking about a new project. As in, "In order for the new project to get traction, it will require alot of support from the field". At a recent meeting I was caught laughing by my RVP. When she approached me later she asked me what was so funny, I told her that I had a bet with another person attending the meeting, I bet $20 that the word "traction" would be used more than 5 times. I won. She didn't think it was as funny as I did.......
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Posted: 1/5/2006 11:20:05 AM EDT
[#33]
HIVEMIND
so ghey |
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Posted: 1/5/2006 11:39:33 AM EDT
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"no-brainer"
I get this funny urge to punch anyone who says that. Not sure why... |
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Posted: 1/5/2006 11:48:20 AM EDT
[#35]
Fat has been around for eons. Transfat is a fairly recent thing. It's a chemical modification of fats that gives them a much longer shelf life, but there is a lot of mounting evidence that they are very bad for you. Watch for (partially) hydrogenated oils in ingredient lists. I'm not sure if all are transfats, but I think so. Avoid them if possible. As of last week, all nutrition labels are required to list trans-fat, but if there is less than half a gram per serving, they can round down and claim zero. But the ingredient list can't leave it out. |
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Posted: 1/5/2006 11:56:52 AM EDT
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Homicide Bomber. If you set off a bomb from a remote location, in order to kill people, you are a homicide bomber.
If you blow up yourself in order to kill people, you are a Suicide Bomber who took other people along with you. |
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Posted: 1/5/2006 11:59:37 AM EDT
[#37]
ghey
god i hate that word. just say stupid, or lame or moronic, etc etc. |
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Posted: 1/5/2006 12:06:55 PM EDT
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It pisses me off when I hear our youth START and END every phrase with "YO!"
Yo whats up yo. Yo Charles yo , etc etc |
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Posted: 1/5/2006 12:10:51 PM EDT
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Yes! The word "Tactical" needs to be taken away from firearms and firearms accessory manufacturers and retailers. They have misused this word to the point that there should be a penalty for it's utterance. I once counted that damned word eleven times in a Kimber ad. There was about one paragraph of writing, and they sqeezed tactical in there eleven times! NO more! Also the word "tolerances". This word gets used and abused so often it makes me want to puke. I would like to start by having an education booth at every gun show across America, where the word tolerance is explained along with the word clearance. Every gun dealer will have to pass a written(or verbal if they can't read) test in order to use this word. The term "sniper rifle" will also get a serious revamp. Just because a rifle is used to shoot someone from a distance of more than 10 feet doesn't make it a sniper rifle. This really chaps my ass. The word assault weapon needs to diappear altogether as well, considering that it is a made up term. The term "hi-cap" should be restricted for use by all persons living in a state that allows the purchase of standard cap magazines. That goes for retailers as well. That is all, my daughter is awake. |
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Posted: 1/5/2006 12:13:15 PM EDT
[#40]
"Premium."
Every thing is premium these days, even if it's shit.
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Posted: 1/5/2006 12:14:35 PM EDT
[#41]
"sports hernia"
WTF was wrong with just plain hernia, that's all it is anyway. |
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Posted: 1/5/2006 12:17:26 PM EDT
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prolly
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Posted: 1/5/2006 12:26:39 PM EDT
[#43]
"free gift"
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Posted: 1/5/2006 12:28:09 PM EDT
[#44]
Democrats
Liberals Libtards Howard Dean Ted Kennedy Chuck Schumer Hillary Clinton ANY Clinton Nancy Pelosi Barbara Boxer Diane Feinstein Oh wait... you said WORDS... I thought this was just an outright BAN! |
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Posted: 1/5/2006 12:36:35 PM EDT
[#45]
Exactly. I *HATE* that. |
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Posted: 1/5/2006 12:39:02 PM EDT
[#46]
"in my book"
Do you really walk around with a book, furiously scribbling down your opinions of things? What are you some sort of fucking Rain Man? |
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Posted: 1/5/2006 12:43:43 PM EDT
[#47]
John_Wayne777 got two of mine, but he left out
"basically" |
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Posted: 1/5/2006 12:48:52 PM EDT
[#48]
"Banned"
"Hi-Cap" "87" |
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Posted: 1/5/2006 12:51:41 PM EDT
[#49]
"Git 'er done," "do WHAT?," etc. need to go bye-bye.
"Surreal" shouldn't be banned. What can we call Salvador Dali's and Rene Magritte's work if not "surreal?" |
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Posted: 1/5/2006 1:00:44 PM EDT
[#50]
intelligent design
Creationism as a word at least sounded like it had some validity |
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