# NO! NO, YOU STUPID TIT! Where did you get that word?! STOP USING IT! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 25, 2003, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-you-stupid-tit-where-did-you-get-that-word-stop-using-it/215238 "2003-11-25T19:32:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-you-stupid-tit-where-did-you-get-that-word-stop-using-it/215238/41 "2003-11-26T00:43:14Z")
“Subliminabul” - Courtesy of G.W. Bush ---
**Author:** ![Matchka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Matchka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matchka)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-you-stupid-tit-where-did-you-get-that-word-stop-using-it/215238/42 "2003-11-26T00:50:34Z")
**Apollyon** beats me. Just did as I was told and managed to work the word out of anything I put together. uh…what’s “whoosh?” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-you-stupid-tit-where-did-you-get-that-word-stop-using-it/215238/43 "2003-11-26T01:09:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chastain86 \* > **NO! NO, YOU STUPID TIT!** You stupid _ **"TIT"???** _ Are you sure that’s the work you meant? ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-you-stupid-tit-where-did-you-get-that-word-stop-using-it/215238/44 "2003-11-26T01:32:21Z")
Why can we incentivize people to use proper English? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-you-stupid-tit-where-did-you-get-that-word-stop-using-it/215238/45 "2003-11-26T01:50:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Quack \* > **I once saw someone write out the abbreviation as “ect.” because of how they said it.** Oooh, I’ve seen this all too often, and it always makes me stop and say “Ect? WTF does _ect_ mean? I obj **ect**! What kind of a brain def **ect** makes you think **ect** is a word? Rej **ect** **ect**!” Ecched indeed! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-you-stupid-tit-where-did-you-get-that-word-stop-using-it/215238/46 "2003-11-26T01:56:05Z")
“Myself” is not the fancy word for “me.” “Me” is a perfectly lovely word; it’s also the correct word to use on many occasions. Make that most occasions. Chances are, if there is a need to choose between “me” and “myself” the correct choice word is “me.” Even “I” would be a better stab in the dark than: Report the problem to myself. He gave the letter to myself. John and myself will take charge. It doesn’t make the speaker sound formal. It makes the speaker sound like he flunked sixth grade english. Which he probably did, because the people who do that all the time are the same ones who can’t seem to say “use” (for some unknow reason, they prefer “utilize”). One day, one of my co-workers is going to say “Myself utilize the computer,” and I’m going to lose it. I know which co-worker it will be. I think I can take him. ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-you-stupid-tit-where-did-you-get-that-word-stop-using-it/215238/47 "2003-11-26T02:16:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lissener \* > \*\*One of my pet peeves is when someone uses “utilize” when “use” is a perfectly good (if more and more underutilized) word. I strike it out nine times out of ten when I copyedit blustery reports. My guiding principle: “Eschew obfuscatory sesquipedalianism!” \*\* Why say “use” when you could say “leverage” and get promoted to VP of Buzzwords? > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Algorithm_ > **A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.** Likewise, a churlish spirit ensmallens the largest man. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-you-stupid-tit-where-did-you-get-that-word-stop-using-it/215238/48 "2003-11-26T03:05:57Z")
The dipshit account executive we occasionally do work for is guaranteed, in every single meeting, to either create a new word, mangle an existing one until it screams for mercy, or use an ordinary word in a spectacularly wrong way. Exhibit A: Grandoise. No typo, that’s how he pronounces it. Rhymes with voice. I can tell you from experience that there are few things harder to try to keep a straight face through than some self-important ass standing in a meeting room for an ad briefing proclaiming in all seriousness, “this is for a luxury car, we have to make it gran-_doise!_” Exhibit B: Uncompromising. **Uncompromising**. _adj_: being able to balance the requirements of conflicting responsibilities or desires so that all are adequately satisfied. Ex: “The guy who buys this is someone who takes care of his family and works hard at his job, but he still remembers his youth and when he’s on his own he likes the freedom of a sporty drive, see? He’s uncompromising!” ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-you-stupid-tit-where-did-you-get-that-word-stop-using-it/215238/49 "2003-11-26T03:08:58Z")
I should add that the native language of the above-mentioned person is English. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-you-stupid-tit-where-did-you-get-that-word-stop-using-it/215238/50 "2003-11-26T03:26:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Quack \* > \*\*Is it just me, or do most people pronounce “et cetera” as “ek cetera”? > \*\* Don Taylor (he’s on the radio - AM 1040 in Vancouver) pronounces it “exedra”. Drives me nuts. He must be doing it on purpose :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-you-stupid-tit-where-did-you-get-that-word-stop-using-it/215238/51 "2003-11-26T04:10:10Z")
I think that the CRTC has mandated that sports broadcasters are _required_ to abuse the English language, **Manduck**. ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-you-stupid-tit-where-did-you-get-that-word-stop-using-it/215238/52 "2003-11-26T07:06:17Z")
My mother dropped by this afternoon to chat about my stepbrother’s “prostrate” problems. I had just woken up; it took me a minute to figure out that he didn’t need surgery to help him get up off the floor. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-you-stupid-tit-where-did-you-get-that-word-stop-using-it/215238/53 "2003-11-26T08:25:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Larry Mudd \* > \*\*I think that the CRTC has mandated that sports broadcasters are _required_ to abuse the English language, **Manduck**. \*\* You are probably right. What makes it worse, though, is that he never just says “exedra”; he always says it _twice_: “exedra exedra”. For some reason he never says it on TV, just on the radio. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-you-stupid-tit-where-did-you-get-that-word-stop-using-it/215238/54 "2003-11-26T08:26:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Michael Ellis \* > \*\*I use ‘connexion’ all the time. Nobody thinks that’s a real word, but it is. \*\* CONNECTION! ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-you-stupid-tit-where-did-you-get-that-word-stop-using-it/215238/55 "2003-11-26T08:57:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Matchka \* > \*\*uh…what’s “whoosh?” \*\* Sorry. Being opaque with net speak. 🙂 Whoosh is the sound of something zooming over someones head. I was asking whether perhaps I’d missed a joke or an ironic reference in looking up Webster on “impact”. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-you-stupid-tit-where-did-you-get-that-word-stop-using-it/215238/56 "2003-11-26T11:05:29Z")
This is sort of OT, but I was raised in a small town in Arkansas. I learned a lot of big words and was well read, but I sometimes mispronounced said words because, being in a small town in Arkansas, I didn’t hear these words spoken, so… …but I never said “monopolate”!!!:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-you-stupid-tit-where-did-you-get-that-word-stop-using-it/215238/57 "2003-11-26T14:19:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by panache45 \* > \*\*You stupid _ **"TIT"???** _ > > Are you sure that’s the work you meant? \*\* It’s a variation on calling someone a stupid boob. It was quite intentional. So yes, that’s indeed the “work” I meant. 😉 I keeeed, I keeeeed. ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-you-stupid-tit-where-did-you-get-that-word-stop-using-it/215238/58 "2003-11-26T14:27:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Algorithm \* > \*\*A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man. \*\* Just a minute!! I got told off by the mods for saying that after I’d onlt been a member for about a week:eek: ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-you-stupid-tit-where-did-you-get-that-word-stop-using-it/215238/59 "2003-11-26T14:48:11Z")
I really hate it when people pronounce foliage “foilage,” and I admit I’m a bit of a snob and will subtract a couple points from your total if you say “chaise lounge” in my hearing. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-you-stupid-tit-where-did-you-get-that-word-stop-using-it/215238/60 "2003-11-26T14:51:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Manduck \* > \*\*Don Taylor (he’s on the radio - AM 1040 in Vancouver) pronounces it “exedra”. Drives me nuts. He must be doing it on purpose :mad: \*\* ‘Exedra’ sounds like one of those business names that marketing gurus make up by pulling phonemes out of a hat (except that they would probably spell it ‘Eqxedra’ or some such complete bollocks). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-you-stupid-tit-where-did-you-get-that-word-stop-using-it/215238.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-no-you-stupid-tit-where-did-you-get-that-word-stop-using-it/215238.md?page=4)