So what term do you prefer for an event that brings people together to work on a common project, or help each other with their projects?
Damn straight, when someone utters “Uclviny” I go for the big weapon!
Otherwise, “dialog” when used as a verb. “We should go out for coffee next week and dialog about the weather.”
“Judgmental”. I’ve begged my friends to stop telling me about the hot teenaged girl they banged behind their girlfriend’s back or the BBBJ they gave some guy in a nightclub bathroom because unless I’m high-fiving them, I’m judgmental. It’s not enough that I’ve learned to keep my opinions to myself; apparently I’ve got to praise their choices lest I be called names.
“Patron”, as misused by politicians.
Our local school board keeps referring to taxpayers coerced by penalty of law to support their schemes as “patrons”.
I’m a patron of the zoo. If I choose to stop buying the yearly membership, the sheriff doesn’t evict me and auction-off my home.
“OMG”
Because when you HEAR “O M G” or any other online typing shortcut said out loud, you just wanna kill the poser.
I was walking past the scientology building in Times Square and one of the men they have guarding the door was talking to another guy and said, “LMFAO!” I thought to myself that if I hadn’t already been so against the concept of scientology that would have been enough to tip me into the “avoid them at all costs” camp.
“Religion”
Despite years of private religious school brain…edumacation, I just don’t care.
I don’t care.I don’t care.I don’t care.I don’t care.I don’t care.I don’t care.I don’t care.I don’t care.I don’t care.I don’t care.I don’t care.I don’t care.I don’t care.I don’t care.I don’t care.I don’t care.I don’t care.I don’t care.I don’t care.I don’t care.I don’t care.I don’t care.I don’t care.I don’t care.I don’t care.I don’t care.I don’t care.I don’t care.I don’t care.I don’t care.I don’t care.I don’t care.I don’t care.I don’t care.I don’t care.
In the words of Jack Nicholson in the horrible movie As Good as It Gets, " Go Sell Crazy Elsewhere."
“Whatever” makes me crazy!!!
How about Drama project ?Or art project whatever?
You never hear of a someone in light engineering saying that they leave their tools locked up in their Drama Project overnight.
It means, “I believe in something, but I don’t know what.”
“Pest Control”. I want my bugs and rodents KILLED, not coralled and sent to obedience training.
“Overpriced.” It implies that each item for sale has a correct price, and the person selling the item in question is charging more than the correct price. I think people (subconsciously) use the term as a way to add some authority behind their preferences. People also do this alot by using words souch as “moral” or “immoral.”
[I just posted pretty much the above in a totally unrelated thread because someone used the term “overpriced,” so if you are reading this again: sorry, and you’re not crazy.]
rigamarole… you old such and such! your response made me wish we were cubicle partners… not that I work in a cubicle or need a partner. I’m just thinkin’ it’d be fun to sit around and riff on life with you.
The word “Zombie” just makes me reach for my shotgun…
For my husband it’s “exact same”. He goes squirrely when he hears it - and it’s becoming more common place all the time.
For me, well there are many, but the biggest is “relook at”. Where the hell did that come from? Revisit is a word. We can look at it again, if you like. But we’re going to “relook” at an issue? Come on.
Geez, THANK YOU, I’m glad there’s someone else out there who feels the same way. Cripes, just seeing the word there in your post had me reaching for my revolver.
I use the word sometimes. I love it because it has such a cool legend behind it. They say Mr. Bojangles himself made the word (probably just popularized it)back when he was just a shoe shine boy. And it has such a rich ghetto feel for me.
Interesting ghetto fun fact about that word; Somewhere down the line it has been corrupted or slang-ized to the word ‘copestetic’. Notice the extra ‘t’.
I have no idea why this is, but most of the black people I know that use this word pronounces it this way. All of my friends, lots of family members, rappers…just about everyone. What’s up with that?
“like”
Its like got like huge bullets. You’re gonna be like all holey and shit.
Geez, THANK YOU, I’m glad there’s someone else out there who feels the same way. Cripes, just seeing the word there in your post had me reaching for my revolver.
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Somehow, reading or saying the word “panties” is grosser even than, “used panty-liners.” Thank God it’s not panties-liners…retches …otherwise, every time I watch daytime TV will result in copious amounts of puking, what with all those Always commercials.
Guesstimate.
Also, Bi-polar, by people who don’t know anything about the disorder and use it as a synonym for crazy or pissed off. As in, “my girlfriend goes all bi-polar when I flirt with other chicks.” No. She doesn’t.
The word rag. As in “are you on the rag?” when a man is asking a woman if she is bitchy due to PMS. I had an ex boyfriend that made that mistake once, and only once. PMS means Pass My Shotgun to me