# Suggested additions to the list of bannable offenses **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 13, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949 "2009-09-13T20:38:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949/41 "2009-09-14T17:07:26Z")
“Paging Hal Briston!” Make a clever joke, and I’ll gladly laugh along. But the non-joke jokes…give 'em the banhammer. Or maybe a ball peen hammer to the shinbone. That’ll work nicely as well. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949/42 "2009-09-14T17:14:36Z")
Hal, I just want you to know that I, for one, have passed over many many opportunities to bring that up, because it was just too cheap a joke, and I can’t imagine how sick you are of hearing it. For what it’s worth. ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949/43 "2009-09-14T18:09:37Z")
u. ---
**Author:** ![ThePylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@ThePylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThePylon)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949/44 "2009-09-14T18:15:09Z")
To get this back on track: Using “comon, or common” in place of “come on” or even “c’mon” (which I think is the goal…) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949/45 "2009-09-14T18:27:56Z")
“3. Hi, Opal!” is closer to a bannable offense than a joke at this point. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949/46 "2009-09-14T18:31:37Z")
I’m pretty sure the all-caps thing is already a bannable offense. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949/47 "2009-09-14T18:40:21Z")
fro instead of for overusing “‘and so forth’ dots” . . . what do you call those again? Hijacking a perfectly good conversation for a semantic query that came up as you were typing. . . inconsistent capitalization using leetspeak or sentence fragments. ---
**Author:** ![poker\_in\_the\_rear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dc4da7/32.png) [@poker\_in\_the\_rear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poker_in_the_rear)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949/48 "2009-09-14T18:41:58Z")
alot ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949/49 "2009-09-14T19:03:30Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > What, I’ve been spelling it wrong this whole time? How’s it supposed to go? I spell it “definately-right-click-thank-you-FireFox-spellcheck” ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949/50 "2009-09-14T19:52:34Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > fro instead of for > > overusing “‘and so forth’ dots” . . . what do you call those again? …ellipses… I think “masterbation” should be a bannable offense. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949/51 "2009-09-14T22:56:53Z")
Getting “on tract” or “untracked.” It’s _on track._ How hard is that to understand? ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949/52 "2009-09-15T00:51:42Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I’ve seen “damnit!” used quite often. Those damned nits… These are louse eggs used in the construction of the Hoover, Grand Coulee, and other dams. I guess they felt they added body to the concrete. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949/53 "2009-09-15T00:53:43Z")
> [@dangermom](#): > > Saying “I’m not phased by this problem.” Faze and phase are two different words, argh! (Is it Star Trek’s fault?) Well, getting stunned with a phaser ususally did faze the villain du jour. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2009, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949/54 "2009-09-15T00:55:46Z")
> [@Brainiac](#): > > Here?? You jest. I don’t think **Juliana** is **Shirley** ’s sock. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-additions-to-the-list-of-bannable-offenses/509949.md?page=2)