# Words/expressions I want to be eliminated from usage RIGHT NOW TODAY ENOUGH ALREADY! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 5, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609 "2014-09-05T20:02:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Anaglyph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Anaglyph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaglyph)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/201 "2014-09-09T07:28:04Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > I’d just like to share that I am really tired of people sharing with me. This one has been around a long long time (long long long) but it’s still happening. DON’T SHARE! OK, you won’t get any cake! ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/202 "2014-09-09T07:30:52Z")
I think Parmesan is not pronounced par-ma-zhan. If you mean “Parmagiano” all well and good, but Parmesan is par-ma-zahn. Capisce? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/203 "2014-09-09T07:36:31Z")
> [@movingfinger](#): > > I think Parmesan is not pronounced par-ma-zhan. If you mean “Parmagiano” all well and good, but Parmesan is par-ma-zahn. Capisce? _Non capisce niente, caro_. How are those two supposed to be different? I mean, I don’t even know what pronunciation is par-ma-zahn supposed to represent, but why are you giving the same phonics as both the wrong and correct pronunciations? ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/204 "2014-09-09T10:44:30Z")
> [@movingfinger](#): > > I think Parmesan is not pronounced par-ma-zhan. If you mean “Parmagiano” all well and good, but Parmesan is par-ma-zahn. Capisce? You mean shaky cheese? ---
**Author:** ![vontsira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/51bf81/32.png) [@vontsira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vontsira)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/205 "2014-09-09T11:34:31Z")
> [@vontsira](#): > > Our baby-talk / diminutive word for a sandwich, is “sarnie” – which Americans might well find sickening. > [@Barking\_Dog](#): > > Less sickening and more bewildering. No american could guess “sandwich” from “sarnie”. “Sanny” perhaps would make a bit of sense, although that sounds more like it’s a diminutized word for something ladies have to wear. Now _that_ would be a might sickening. Ah, yes: I tend to forget the pronunciation thing – “American rhotic, British non-rhotic”. We spell the diminutive word “sarnie”, but pronounce it – I reckon – “sah-nie”. (I agree, it’s still odd how we managed to get an “ah” sound from the original short “a”.) “Sanny” – I heartily agree, let’s not go there ! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/206 "2014-09-09T11:42:02Z")
> [@movingfinger](#): > > I think Parmesan is not pronounced par-ma-zhan. If you mean “Parmagiano” all well and good, but Parmesan is par-ma-zahn. Capisce? Parm. ---
**Author:** ![BaldDudePeekskill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@BaldDudePeekskill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaldDudePeekskill)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/207 "2014-09-09T11:42:22Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > You mean shaky cheese? Heaven Forbid…you mean Parmesan Cheez product? What in the world is that ---
**Author:** ![eclectic\_wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac91a4/32.png) [@eclectic\_wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eclectic_wench)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/208 "2014-09-09T11:51:57Z")
> [@vontsira](#): > > Our baby-talk / diminutive word for a sandwich, is “sarnie” – which Americans might well find sickening. Our diminutive is ‘sambo’, which freaks non-Irish people right out. It’s nothing to do with race or the book or anything; just that ‘-mbo’ is a fairly common diminutive suffix around here (‘Crimbo’ for Christmas). If you say ‘sambo’ to a Dubliner, Little Black Sambo won’t even occur to him. He’ll just want a sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/209 "2014-09-09T11:56:42Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Mani-pedi: it’s just too cutesi. Oh, yes, totally agree. ---
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/210 "2014-09-09T12:06:39Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > _Non capisce niente, caro_. How are those two supposed to be different? I mean, I don’t even know what pronunciation is par-ma-zahn supposed to represent, but why are you giving the same phonics as both the wrong and correct pronunciations? They’re not written the same. The “h” is in a different place. Personally, I’ve never heard an American pronounce “Parmesan” correctly. I dislike “BFF”. I don’t hate it… when little girls say it. But why have adults started using it like it’s an actual respectable word? I’ve even seen it here! ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/211 "2014-09-09T13:07:43Z")
Have a good one - pronounced like havagootwon. Supports \_\_\_ health. What does it mean for a food stuff to support pancreatic health? Does the food actually do anything or are we only talking about a sympathetic relationship, maybe a sort of solidarity between my yogurt and pancreas? > [@Ambivalid](#): > > The American People > > Homeland True. ‘The American People’ wouldn’t be so bad if it wasn’t always used by the most elite, isolated segment of our population, rich politicians. And ‘homeland’ rings far too close to '‘the motherland’ or even ‘lebensraum’ for my taste. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/212 "2014-09-09T13:22:55Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > You mean shaky cheese? My little boy calls it “snow cheese” for obvious reasons ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/213 "2014-09-09T14:52:01Z")
It is high time people quit using “feel” when they should use “think”. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/214 "2014-09-09T15:33:28Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > It is high time people quit using “feel” when they should use “think”. Yeah, I feel ya bro. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/215 "2014-09-09T15:59:58Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > _Non capisce niente, caro_. How are those two supposed to be different? I mean, I don’t even know what pronunciation is par-ma-zahn supposed to represent, but why are you giving the same phonics as both the wrong and correct pronunciations? One is pronounced with a ‘z’ sound, the other with a ‘zh.’ I always forget which is the more common one that I should be using, so I often go between the two pronunciations indecisively. I think the plain ‘z’ version is my default. A somewhat similar dilemma I face with “bruschetta.” Hard ‘k’ sound like the Italian or soft “sh” sound like most US English speakers? I usually use the latter unless I’m at a nice Italian restaurant, where I’ll go to the former. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/216 "2014-09-09T16:05:07Z")
Here’s my latest: gamification. I see it a lot at work (in IT). I reluctantly concede that it is a concept with a definition and people may from time to time need to refer to that concept. I just really wish they wouldn’t. ---
**Author:** ![vontsira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/51bf81/32.png) [@vontsira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vontsira)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/217 "2014-09-09T17:13:45Z")
> [@vontsira](#): > > Our baby-talk / diminutive word for a sandwich, is “sarnie” – which Americans might well find sickening. > [@eclectic\_wench](#): > > Our diminutive is ‘sambo’, which freaks non-Irish people right out. It’s nothing to do with race or the book or anything; just that ‘-mbo’ is a fairly common diminutive suffix around here (‘Crimbo’ for Christmas). If you say ‘sambo’ to a Dubliner, Little Black Sambo won’t even occur to him. He’ll just want a sandwich. I didn’t know that the -mbo ending was a particularly Irish peculiarity – and had never heard before, its variant in the realm of sandwiches. Kindly advice to Black visitors to Ireland: on the sandwich scene, nothing insulting is intended ! ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/218 "2014-09-09T17:27:23Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Just because a medication has side effects doesn’t make it worse than the disease. My decongestants make me a little thirsty, but they clear my nose up during allergy season so when I sleep, I breathe through my nose, and don’t wake up with a sore throat, and an even drier mouth. They also make me a little drowsy, but I need them only at bedtime, so, big deal. > > Chemotherapy can make people really sick, but if it prevents their cancer from returning, and allows them to survive for twenty years post-surgery, rather than the four they might otherwise have survived, most people put that in the “win” column. I’m not lambasting medicines for their side effects. That’s just the nature of the Beast. I just think “clinically proven” is a deceptive way for advertisers to describe their wonder drug. How about “FDA Approved” or “AMA approved” or something that sounds more safe and secure? “Clinically proven” doesn’t exactly inspire confidence, especially when followed by a half minute of potentially lethal consequences. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/219 "2014-09-09T18:57:01Z")
> [@shiftless](#): > > … Supports \_\_\_ health. What does it mean for a food stuff to support pancreatic health? Does the food actually do anything or are we only talking about a sympathetic relationship, maybe a sort of solidarity between my yogurt and pancreas? … As always, marketing speak. It doesn’t state that the product does any good or has any specific beneficial effect. It \*implies \*it. So they are free to produce a product which does nothing, advertise it as you’ve described, and skate over any truth in advertising regulations that may remain in this country. ---
**Author:** ![ashtayk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@ashtayk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ashtayk)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/220 "2014-09-09T19:36:52Z")
Epic I hate the way it is being used in articles all over the internet. A rant is not “epic” unless it runs multiple pages long and rhymes. A smackdown is rarely epic…but usually pithy, almost the very opposite of epic. (Phew - that felt better) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609.md?page=12)