There are too many words or phrases in the English language whose meanings are vague at best, or meaningless altogether.
These words seem to be used primarily at political gatherings, in churches, or in the bowels of some corporate headquarters.
I will now name a few examples:
proactive, redouble, unretouched, religiousity, ministration, value-added, refried, indexed, and predisposed.
Any other ideas? List them here.
Why don’t you get yourself a good dictionary, and just find out what those words mean? They all seem pretty clear-cut and appropriately concise for their purposes. Try:
Can you find “redouble” in the dictionary? I can’t.
The meaning seems semi-clear, but the word is stupid and unnecessary. Kind of like you…
Any other words you need looked up?
And Fogglethorpe - you may want to stay away from the personal attacks (such as hinting that a person is stupid and unnecessary) in this thread. MPSIMS is not the place for that.
FTR, I agree that the English language is a confusing mess with too many groups coming up with new buzz-words to try and sound cutting edge.
whatever…
Got an issue with me? Take it someplace appropriate like the pit.
Fogglethorpe, you must have been predicting the future when you named this thread; it truly is meaningless drivel (and you seem to have a hostility problem).
I wouldn’t get too upset about Fogglethorpe, Qadgop. The three threads he(?)'s started include:
1.This one
2.The word “why?” and nothing else. link
3.A list of pseudo-Gallagher-isms. link
Talk about unnecessary.
Qadgop,
It seems we got off on the wrong foot here.
This community of people who post messages is a good thing. I enjoy reading and participating in it. I don’t wish to get into a running argument with a member over something like this.
My comments to you were out of line, and I can admit when I’m wrong. So, I apologize.
I have gone back and read several of your posts, and it is obvious that you are above average when it comes to intelligence, and are a decent person as well.
Hatchet buried? Let’s hope, and then let this thread rest in peace.
So let it be posted, so let it be done.