# Please stop using this word

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-using-this-word/989043>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 24, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-using-this-word/989043 "2023-08-24T16:30:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-using-this-word/989043/41 "2023-08-25T00:11:04Z")

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I’ve seen parking lot Grateful Dead shirts with that one. Approved.  
I’ll nominate “writ large” which I swear I hear once a day from some roundtable political talker or another.

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**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-stop-using-this-word/989043/42 "2023-08-25T01:16:59Z")

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The Grateful Dead version also often had a parody of the Fahrvergnügen stick-figure guy too, dancing instead of driving.

[![](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Q6cAAOSwTg5gO5Ou/s-l1600.png) ](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Q6cAAOSwTg5gO5Ou/s-l1600.png)

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