Words And Phrases To Stop Using In 2009!

In My Humble Opinion
1

I watch far too much HGTV and would like them to stop using the following:

“I decided to use a Chocolate Brown.”…correct me if I am wrong, but isn’t every brown “chocolate” brown? Or is this opposed to the always ugly Lemon Brown, or Tomato Brown or Watermelon brown?

“It makes the color pop.”…or do you mean it contrasts with the boring-ass colors you have in the background? I am so sick of hearing colors pop I feel like I have to duck when I enter you rooms.

And on the Food Network, do you really have to say, “Add one pound of hamburger meat.”? Again, is hamburger meat opposed to that dreaded hamburger lettuce, or hamburger gravel, or hamburger toe jam? Ever hear the phrase ground beef? Or ground round?

On all of the entertainment shows, please stop calling every model a “super model”. Seriously…is there such a thing as just a “model” anymore? And at what point does one go from model to super model? And if they are such super models, how come nobody I know has ever heard of them?

Same goes for “porn star”…everyone is a “star”…come on, there has to be a supporting cast in porn films…what, no “porn extra” or “porn bit part” actors?

2

There’s always crap brown.

I really and truly wish everyone would stop using the phrase “politically correct” or its even more grating bastard cousin, “PC”. Yes, everyone’s impressed you aren’t kowtowing to the liberal homosexual feminist Darwinist Zionist whatever-the-hell agenda you imagine controls the world. You really don’t have to go around saying “whoa, I better be careful, I might say something that isn’t PC.” If you actually use that phrase, I get the feeling you’re either prejudiced or a schmuck. Or both.

Another one that irks me to no end is “making love”. Holy crap, are you really that afraid to say the words “having sex”? It isn’t dirty or wrong or shameful, unless you make it out to be so. I understand if you don’t want to go around saying “we fucked again last night” or “we humped like rabbits till the morning”, but just please do not use such a horribly cutesy euphemism. “Sleeping together”, while somewhat more accurate, is little better.

3

I’m gonna pick some nits about the use of “chocolate brown”. It’s a specific color, to distinguish that shade of brown from, oh, say, “russet brown”, which would be the color of the skin of the potato. It’s kind of like “tomato red” being distinct from “fire engine red”. Besides, there is always white chocolate. :smiley:

Robin

4

You’re definitely wrong on that one.

Hues of brown include: tan, bay, chestnut, nutbrown, almond, copper-colored, mahogany, bronze, russet, chocolate, cinnamon, hazel, reddish-brown, roan, sorrel, sepia, tawny, ochre, rust, rust-colored, brownish, puce, terra-cotta, fawn, snuff-colored, liver-colored, beige, taupe, ecru, dust, drab, dun, henna, coffee, khaki, maroon, cocoa, umber, brick, ginger, light brown, dark brown, auburn, buff, Caledonia, Antwerp, burnt orange, burnt ochre, burnt russet, Vandyke brown, Rembrandt brown, Verona brown.

5

I watch some HGTV too. I don’t have a problem with overused words and phrases, except on House Hunters. Open floor plan, great for entertaining, crown molding, natural light, hardwood floors, outdated/needs updating, stainless steel appliances, granite countertops – perfect for a drinking game but boring to listen to in every single episode. And on “My House is Worth What?”, when the realtor says "I would list your house today for . . . " and the camera cuts to everybody’s face and then they break for commercial and come back and do the same thing. I like looking at other people’s houses but the “formula” has ruined those two shows.

6

I’m sure their mothers all think of them as porn stars.

Besides, you know what they say, and it goes doubly true in porn: there are no small parts, only small actors.

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**AuntiePam **- I agree with you whole heartedly, and I’d like to add “This is a good size room.”

8

I humbly request that everyone on this board stop using the one-word reply “This.” It was cute, now it’s tiresome.

Oh, and “Word.” too.

9

Can things please stop “resonating”?

10

Tempting…

I will state that I agree. Please stop using “This”.

11

Amazing. Can we please find new descriptors?

12

Nicely inferred. It was pretty juicy.

13

And if they would only use one of those wonderful words instead!
The problem is, no matter which brown they use, it is ALWAYS called “chocolate brown”.

14

Damn. I’ve been using “amazing” because “awesome” is worn out.

Next you’ll be saying we can’t describe a book as “readable” or “a page-turner”. :wink:

15

QFT.

(I’ll get me coat)

16

I’d be happy if just reality show contestants would stop using it. In RealityShowLand, * everyone* is amazing and every experience is amazing and it’s so freaking AMAZING.

But in reality, if everything is amazing then actually nothing is, right?

I have to admit that I still use awesome all the time. I am a product of the 80’s.

17

It grates on my ears when I hear something is described as “family-orientated”…
I used to hear this quite a bit on the local radio station, and I think someone else might have noticed, too, since the more recent ones are using “oriented”, as should be the case.

S^G

18

Speaking of super…

“I was super excited to…”
“She is super sexy…”

When did super get so…super?

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Not to stomp on your ranting, but one of the reasons it’s always called “chocolate brown” is because that’s the only brown they ever use. :smiley:

I would ask for people to stop verbing words, but I know that’s never going to happen.

Regarding “super;” I wouldn’t mind if “uber” took a vacation, either.

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No matter how annoyed I get by complaints that someone has been “thrown under the bus,” I promise I won’t shove any of the complainers into the path of a large vehicle.

I may have to revisit that rule in 2010, though.