i think whenever someone who uses 'cliched' too often should made to realise that it has become the most cliched word itself. and how about words like techy, geeky, ethnic and all those which are so overused that they have probably lost their originalities.
Word that must be outlawed: PALM. Sorry if someone already said it, but DUDE. It just sounds SO WRONG coming out of your mouth. Palm... *shudders*.
"random", for it labeles what the mind may not be able to truly concieve, thereby creating a symbolic reference which is almost always used or percieved in an incorrect way.
I think it's been because of Dr. Laura, but there is a rash of the misuse of the word "dilemma." I hear people say, "I have a dilemma" all of the time. Problem is, they are using the word to mean a general problem. A dilemma is a problem with two possible outcomes, neither of which are satisfactory. "If I invite my parents to the wedding, it will piss off my fiance's parents. If I don't invite them, it will piss of my parents." That's a dilemma. "My 14 year old daughter is pregnant by her uncle" is a problem, but not a dilemma. All dilemmas are problems, not all problems are dilemmas.
Rosey Palm rocks y'all!!! I would have to hate blissful. sounds like you are sneezing when you say it
phlogistician - "Useful? Only to cheapskates on crappy tarifs with non T9 phones." well sorry for not having enoug money to satisfy you, i am 15 and have no job and little money, id like to spend as little as possible, that isnt being a cheapskate, its just not being an idiot "There is no excuse for txt spk. If you need to convey a long message, hey, you could actually use words, expressed vocally, and talk to the recipient! Or, send an email using WAP." mobile phone conversations are probably more expensive then smsing the idea of Mobiles is that they are mobile, so you can still comunicate with someone even if they dont have access to the internet (ie, to be more mobile)
I fear I must take issue with the above. There is a middle ground, a world in which someone says neither "auddo" nor "au-Toe;" they say "auto." For instance, when I say "walk," it doesn't sound like "wok" but it's not because I fully pronounce the L - I don't. It's more like the very subtle phonemes in Japanese, such as the implied U on the end of all words ending in neither N nor a vowell. They do not say "fork-u," but neither do they say "fork." The word IS fork, by the way. Westerners brought the first fork to Japan and the ever practical locals have used the western word ever since. In a world of shoddy speaking, I'll take "phoddo" over "pho-Toe." Personally however, I should choose to cultivate decent diction. For my "English peeve of the day" I'll take a luxury (luck-shury) pronounced as "lug-zhury." That one gives me the screaming heebe-jeebies. Also, I've actually encountered a number of words ending in "icity," periodicity for instance, pronounded ending in "issy." "Periodissy" is simply too damned wrong. Cheers, Russ Bixby, geek of the plains Power without wisdom is akin to an adze with a ruined edge, suited more to the vandal than the builder.
Rogue "likes". "I have been labeled like I'm this angry girl -- I'm like, this rebel, I'm like, punk, and I am so not any of them. It's so funny, and I'm actually really shy," - Avril Lavigne None of them are necessary, absolutely non of them, it makes you sound retarded. In Scotland "like" is used in another annoying way mainly on the east coast, its just added onto the end of a sentence for no reason what so ever. Heres an example: "That reefer is good shit, like." What the fuck does that mean!?
""I have been labeled like I'm this angry girl -- I'm like, this rebel, I'm like, punk, and I am so not any of them. It's so funny, and I'm actually really shy," - Avril Lavigne" good idea, lets kill avril btw, any who labels avril a punk, obviously has no clue what they are saying and should be put out of their misery also, ban the following words; homies, nigger, and hardcore - people use them to sound cool, but ultimately fail
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