Lake Superior State University 2014 Banished Words List
http://www.lssu.edu/banished/
Which Word Should Be Banned in 2015?
http://time.com/3576870/worst-words-poll-2014/
"Irregardless" still bugs me.
"The reason I called is because I had to ...."
No! The reason is THAT you had to.....
Being a Spanish teacher, you learn to be patient with language.
I'm no syntax/grammar prince, myself, and I do curse like a Mississippi sailor when I'm with my friends. 8)
Basically
"...frankly..."
"...to tell you the truth..."
"...honestly..."
These three lead me to believe the person has been not telling the truth up to that point, but now 'trust me'...
Duuuuuuude
Know what I'm sayin'?
expecially
fundamentally
"at the end of the day"......
Quote from: imnofish on November 19, 2014, 08:06:40 PM
Know what I'm sayin'?
expecially
fundamentally
Ooo, I hate that , too.
"at this point in time"
Oh, OK, I thought maybe you were talking about the bronze age, dingus!
so Tom, do you have any banished words or no?
banished from the forum?
Quote from: Wisconsin Wrestling Fan on November 19, 2014, 11:00:30 PM
"at the end of the day"......
Yes that is one irritating phrase, why not the beginning of the day or the middle of the day..........😾
Quote from: TomM on November 20, 2014, 10:17:51 AM
banished from the forum?
Yes, banished from the forum or no?
The one that bothers me is when people say they want to "axe" a question. Its ASK!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Be"... I be sayin' that she be sayin' that you be sayin'.... ::)
"Word"... Glad you were able to identify a basic component of human communication there, Einstein! ;)
"Rap music"... should have a "c" in front of it; the two words together present the ultimate oxymoron, IMO. Of course, I'm probably guilty of becoming the grumpy old man, here. You kids stay off my lawn!!!! ;D
Quote from: wrestlersdad on November 20, 2014, 12:03:56 PM
The one that bothers me is when people say they want to "axe" a question. Its ASK!!!!!!!!!!!!
...unless you are an aspiring editor. ;D
Another one that bothers me is the use of a word by a certain profession. I think it is completely unprofessional for news reporters to refer to police officers as cops. To me it sounds belittling and unprofessional. I think they should be referred to as police officers in the media and shown the respect they deserve for a job most wouldnt even think about doing.
I agree with the syntax thing; but have to disagree about it being a profession people think about doing. Last time we have an opening in our local cop shop, 170ish people applied; most were certified, too.
Yet, the "Thank A Cop" bumper stickers are very popular these days. Kind of a mixed message for the public to digest?
Like any profession. Good ones, bad ones.
Pretty decent police where I live. The State Patrol , I've noticed, always has great professionalism.
I prolly have a couple.
My latest peeve comes from the sports arena announcers and writers. I heard it on the radio this morning...
"He romps into the endzone for a 10 yard touchdown run. His fifteenth of the season."
What? The guy has 15 10 yard touchdown runs this year? Truly remarkable...and it comes from people hired to be professional wordsmiths.
On a related note, I always shake my head when an announcer feels a need, usually related to basketball, to point out that player X scored 11 of his 20 points in the 2nd half. I would rather have dead air than that factoid.
On that note, my least favorite color commentataor, Troy Aikman, kept his rich tradition alive this past Sunday:
"The Eagles were 1-6 on 3rd down conversions in the first half. It's hard to sustain a drive with that stat"
Gee thanks, Einstein!!!!!
LOL!! I didn't notice that one. Love it.
One word drives me insane.
"Niche" is pronounced /niCH/, not /neesh/. It ain't French. Shakespeare coined this word.
Oooo but you sound so cool witchyer pretty French pronunciation. Reminds me of the scrubby-lookin' French model guy. Bahn Jer!
Quote from: bigG on November 20, 2014, 02:09:57 PM
Like any profession. Good ones, bad ones.
Pretty decent police where I live. The State Patrol , I've noticed, always has great professionalism.
Several good friends and neighbors of mine are police officers. Some in other communities, too. Never known one of them who lacked a sense of civic duty or lacked compassion.
I know most of my county and local police. Very good men; the lot of 'em.
Quote from: wrestlersdad on November 20, 2014, 02:33:45 PM
On that note, my least favorite color commentataor, Troy Aikman, kept his rich tradition alive this past Sunday:
"The Eagles were 1-6 on 3rd down conversions in the first half. It's hard to sustain a drive with that stat"
Gee thanks, Einstein!!!!!
Sports announcers do make some crazy mistakes, but I must admit that they don't have the luxury of the editing tools that we have on here. Nonetheless, I will always remember my father telling me about our local radio sports announcer excitedly describing my big tackle on the "51 yard line." ;D
cadre
Had an administrator use it, instead of 'committee' etc. after returning from some conference. Sounds as if you are trying to be highbrow and you're not...
In my opinion... ... annoyed me.
Quote from: Dale Einerson on November 20, 2014, 02:25:10 PM
I prolly have a couple.
My latest peeve comes from the sports arena announcers and writers. I heard it on the radio this morning...
"He romps into the endzone for a 10 yard touchdown run. His fifteenth of the season."
What? The guy has 15 10 yard touchdown runs this year? Truly remarkable...and it comes from people hired to be professional wordsmiths.
On a related note, I always shake my head when an announcer feels a need, usually related to basketball, to point out that player X scored 11 of his 20 points in the 2nd half. I would rather have dead air than that factoid.
You come up with a deeper point. Silent time, in broadcasting, teaching, counseling, is invaluable as it forces thought and consideration of the valid things said.
That and I can't stand Collinsworth. Not just his speech, I just can't stand the guy. Good thing we're not neighbors. :)
I get tired of the overuse of "literally" - looking at you Biden
I literally want to.scream. ;D
I'm guessing every occupation has its own lingo. In education, they keep changing the words that have always meant the same thame thing. Now, the stuff you wanna teach kids are called "learning targets", groups of teachers sharing their stuff "professional learning communities." Every few years we have to try to sound smarter by changing vocabulary and re-writing curriculum.
This is on subject but it is a tad off-color so "bare" with me on this.
I know these TV types on sports have to spice it up and use some interesting words while describing what is happening on the field whether it is TV or radio.
Words like "inappropriate term9" the QB into the ground while the defense is sacking him, maybe not the best choice.
Phrases like, "coming behind the crouching center to start counting" is probably something to reword.
Phrase like "he blew that hole" when a defense guy comes untouched on a blitz, also different words.
I think most of us understand what the annoucers are meaning but gosh darn if they would have said that on TV or radio back in the "Leave it to beaver" days they would all be out of jobs.
Also, this is the biggest pet peeves of mine in football, when a player takes a shot to the "privates", please announcers dont refer to it as a hamstring injury when the camera on that player clearly shows the player with both hands on his "privates" and rolling around in pain. Most people, men and women understand that what that player injuried was not a hamstring.
By the way, all of what I talked about happened this past Sunday in football.
Quote from: bigG on November 24, 2014, 06:53:58 AM
I'm guessing every occupation has its own lingo. In education, they keep changing the words that have always meant the same thame thing. Now, the stuff you wanna teach kids are called "learning targets", groups of teachers sharing their stuff "professional learning communities." Every few years we have to try to sound smarter by changing vocabulary and re-writing curriculum.
yeah, I really hate many of the "business" terms of my job. "Drill down" is the latest cringe worthy buzzword. Of course I went into a week long depression when I used the term "tertiary market" without thinking. Its always tough for us oppositional types to realize we stopped "hating the man" because we are now the establishment. >:(
Power to that people, baby!!
Now, tens of thousand of acronyms are the vocabulary du jour. Sounds like military run down whenever teachers get together.
Quote from: bigG on November 24, 2014, 10:09:06 AM
Power to that people, baby!!
Now, tens of thousand of acronyms are the vocabulary du jour. Sounds like military run down whenever teachers get together.
Always reminds me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_aiDDU5z18
can't say it better than this....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc
The one that drives me bonkers that students use is "co'd"... Whenever they say it and I hear it, I always bring them the sweatshirt hanging over the back of my chair. I get the weirdest looks, but then say "you said you were cold, so I thought I would bring you a sweatshirt." ;D
"literally"
Has to be one of the most miss used words around right now.
Quote from: bigG on November 24, 2014, 10:09:06 AM
Power to that people, baby!!
Now, tens of thousand of acronyms are the vocabulary du jour. Sounds like military run down whenever teachers get together.
Power to the people, wasnt that a Public Enemy album name? Just asking ;)
PE!
John Lennon also had a nice Power to the People. Not usually a Lennon fan (commie); but I liked some of his stuff.
Quote from: bigG on December 01, 2014, 06:15:22 AM
PE!
John Lennon also had a nice Power to the People. Not usually a Lennon fan (commie); but I liked some of his stuff.
wasnt a big Lennon fan, I think to most that is pretty un-friendly, just did not dig him much.
Though after I posted Public Enemy comment I couldnt help but getting into some Public Enemy. Not sure if they ever had a album "power to the people" but they had some songs that fit those words. Gosh, I forgot how many well known songs they have put out. PE wasnt the huge commerical rap band of some but man they have a catalog of some serious music.
I am sure that when PE gets brought up, there are some that blow them off as a rap band and have no interest but I bet those same people watched a movie or 2 and tap their respective feet to a groove/beat/song that PE threw down for that show/movie.
"He got game" is a very overlooked song in my opinion.
Cool band, back in the day.
PE was real. Even though he had a tough upbringing, Lennon always seemed like the spoiled commie type. Talented writer, though.
Power to the People would ne be PE's best work, though.