Frodidnt wrote:
Where are we going and why am I in this handbasket?
Wasn't that TRho's sigline? I know somebody here used it.
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words, phrases and textisms that must go
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Posts: 8824 (01/22/09 5:39 PM) Registered user |
Wasn't that TRho's sigline? I know somebody here used it. |
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Shagnanigans |
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Posts: 2504 (01/22/09 5:39 PM) I'm not drunk
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Nuh uh!
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bluesboi |
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Posts: 4194 (01/22/09 5:54 PM) Gay Canookian |
PAPAYOKE wrote: Whose hasn't
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CBRetriever |
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Posts: 24240 (01/22/09 6:51 PM) MESS member |
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JugheadSpock |
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Posts: 421 (01/22/09 7:56 PM) |
Not that it makes me angry, but just as a point of order... it's chAmping at the bit, not chOmping.
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Zeep |
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Posts: 8640 (01/22/09 8:09 PM) Psycho |
I forgot another pair: Things are not "centered around" or "focused around" something. The center and the focus are points, therefore you
center or focus on them.
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CatNamedRudy |
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Posts: 2929 (01/22/09 8:16 PM) Registered user |
NickF227 wrote:Here's a quiz for the high school student Nick: Which is correct? A. Write B. Right C. Rite D. I am 15 years old and was never taught the difference between write, right, rite and wrong! And I'm with McWolcott, this is my biggest verbal pet peeve! Couldn't care less |
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BillGuido |
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Posts: 270 (01/23/09 12:17 AM) |
Zeep hates conflation, doesn't he? Actually, this is a very interesting thread and I'm glad he started it. I completely agree with the anger on
"centered around"! If anything is around, you should be saying something revolves around, not centers around.
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Fucking Sucks |
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Posts: 1096 (01/23/09 12:38 AM) |
1. "...and whatnot."
The common denominator of stupid, and a phrase that most accurately represents the dumbing of America. This phrase has no purpose other than to express how truly retarded you are. Used primarily by Nascar drivers with "Junior" in their names, Bush supporters, Dane Cook/Jay Leno fans, and NFL quarterbacks with the last name "Manning". 2. "An 'istoric event." If you have an American accent, you sound like an idiot saying this. That is a fact. Arguing otherwise is futile. Used primarily by pseudo-intellectuals, wordy news reporters who love the sound of their own voices, and people who desperately want to be British. 3. Using a variation of "Watergate" to name a controversy, i.e. "Monicagate", "Spygate", ect. Just fucking stupid. The most frequent offenders are the media/news outlets, who love a catchy term that dumbasses can latch on to, and this is the easiest route to travel. 4. "TTYL", "BFF", "xoxo". STFU. 5. "Water cooler topic." No real reason why. I just feel like punching someone every time I hear it. |
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SurvivorArctic |
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Posts: 14048 (01/23/09 12:52 AM) Not a team player
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OMG FS! This is soooo gonna be my water cooler topic tomorrow at the office!
I knew there was a reason we became BFFs <333 |
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Pahrump Mania |
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Posts: 2782 (01/23/09 12:56 AM) Registered user |
I wish ass cancer on everyone who uses the "word" sammich.
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Posts: 10653 (01/23/09 6:41 AM) Registered user |
Bring vs. take.
I hate it when someone (on TV -- we don't talk this way in the midwest) says, "I'm going to bring my mother to the store tomorrow." |
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Posts: 832 (01/23/09 7:00 AM) Registered User |
Since we're bitching about stuff, I hate that "text' has become a verb. It sets my teeth on edge whenever I hear the word 'texting'. Grr.
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Modesty |
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Posts: 2830 (01/23/09 7:07 AM) Official Board Stalker |
BobbyBrown06 wrote:Did you miss "loan"? |
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Onno |
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Posts: 2503 (01/23/09 7:13 AM) |
zeep should take a linguistics class
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B DeBrun |
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Posts: 19166 (01/23/09 7:34 AM) |
I would like Zeep's opinion on the following:
USA and Ireland: two (single digit numbers are always spelled out) countries divided by a common language e.g. (eejits make the mistake of using i.e. when e.g. is the correct term) In Ireland, it's "takeway", here it's "to go" Here, it's to "pick someone up", there "it's to collect someone".. Which reminds me, I really should ring up Zeep (telephone) |
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Posts: 3483 (01/23/09 7:36 AM) |
Modesty wrote: You mean borrow?
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Posts: 1135 (01/23/09 7:39 AM) |
omc @ this thread! lolziness
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Posts: 6207 (01/23/09 7:51 AM) Registered User |
omc stems from a typo. maybe it was Vegaz who made the typo, or maybe it was maybe someone else (i think someone else) and Vegaz just found it to be a funny
typo (and it was!). it wasn't a typo of 'omc' instead of omg, it was 'cod' instead of god. and it was hilarious.
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Modesty |
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Posts: 2835 (01/23/09 8:01 AM) Official Board Stalker |
Veelicious wrote: No, I meant "loan". He said "when people use "borrow" instead of "loan"" It should have been "when people use "borrow" instead of "lend"". |
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