What words or phrases would you like to see banned from the SDMB?
OK I’m using the word banned for effect, but what would you like everyone to agree to discontinue using on a voluntary basis? I think some things are used too often or instead of real communication.
My nominees are:
meme
strawman
“google is your friend”
Please don’t look up any of my posts, I know I have used them myself. In fact I used meme today(but I did cringe when I did it).
You got any nominees or does anything go?
What the hell does “meme” mean? Me Me? Short for memorandum?
Whatever you decide, you must keep “Meh.” It’s a great word.
PunditLisa: Google is your friend.
Such a horribly tired old phrase that met its maker several years ago. Unfortunately, people are still constantly digging it up and using it. STOP IT!
Strawman, yes. I’ve seen conversations go like this:
Poster1: Makes a slightly inflammatory point.
Poster 2: Makes refutations, 1,2,3
Poster1:
Strawman.
Strawman.
Strawman.
I mean, how the hell can you have a debate with somebody like that?
I think we should ban any term a poster learned in their high school debate class. Strawman would be included, but so would so many others. Great Debates is filled with this:
Poster 1: Bush couldn’t have won because I don’t know anyone who voted for him.
Poster 2: Ahh but that argument is a classic ad hoc ipsa loquitor fallacy.
For those of us not on the debate team simple English will usually suffice.
smartass
Red states
Blue states
recount
Bush
Kerry
gay marriage
abortion
fundamentalist
evangelical
Iraq
Include this. It gives the dumbasses a complex. 
I would favor a ban of ‘e.’ But I am highly against 'e’s, so I think my opinion counts for naught.
Nicely done . . . but you forgot the one in your username. 
The rolleyes smiley. I fucking HATE that thing and it makes me see red any time I run across it. And if it’s used in reply to one of my posts, I’m ready to kill. I can handle condescension… hell, I’m as bad as anyone about it, but there is just something about that emoticon that induces blind rage. Maybe the extra smarminess?
Also, any in-joke that’s more than a week old. Assuming they were even funny in the first place (and 99% of the time, they weren’t), in-jokes have a very finite shelf life and lose their humor fast.
“Hi, Opal”, “I burning your dog”, and “1920’s Style Death Rays” are just obnoxious anymore.
The rolleyes smiley must stay. It’s my favorite!
I would like to ban ‘and’, ‘it’, ‘the’, ‘of’ , all prepositions and the word ‘epiglottis’.
OG SMASH!!!
I’m so sorry for that - I couldn’t resist. When come back, I’ll bring pie.
Logical arguments?
That said …
Then that post would be called a strawman ad hoc ergo proctor hoc summa cum laude cognito ergo sum ad infinitum.
Thank you fruitbat
I love the rolleyes smiley, too: granted, it’s extremely condescending when used incorrectly, but when the situation calls for one there’s really no substitute.
That one’s my favorite!
I wasn’t here when it started, but I’ve seen the originating cartoon (thanks to a link provided in one of the “explain this Doperism” threads that pop up like whacked moles). Just thinking about that line makes me chuckle to myself. Heh.
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