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Old 03-21-2010, 07:26 PM   #31
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3. grow - used as a transitive verb - any time I see an offer to "grow my income" I automatically shred and ignore.
Totally agreed about shredding and ignoring such offers, but wouldn't the wholesale implementation of your suggestion leave us unable to discuss whether we should grow
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I am literally decimated by the awesome havoc this would wreak
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Old 03-21-2010, 07:34 PM   #32
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Not a word, but a suffix - the unthinking and careless burdening of otherwise harmless, maybe even useful, words with -ise/ize. As in "It is the human resources department's role to incentivise staff"
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Old 03-21-2010, 07:34 PM   #33
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Uh-- (preparing to duck and run) "liseuse"?
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Old 03-21-2010, 07:36 PM   #34
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I'll let you know my thoughts once I've finished downloading some reads for the ebook...

The reverse of this, in fact (BOb, look away NOW!!!)

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Old 03-21-2010, 08:25 PM   #35
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Uh-- (preparing to duck and run) "liseuse"?
THOAQUE!!!!
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Old 03-21-2010, 11:03 PM   #36
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There are many words that, by virtue of their being irritating as blazes, should be outlawed or at least be treated as controlled substances that require proper authorization prior to use. The first word that comes to my mind is "veggies". Now, to be sure, veggies is a perfectly good term to use when addressing babies and toddlers about their need for proper nutrition; but for someone who has reached puberty, using baby talk to describe dietary elements is just bizarre. I therefore propose that veggies, as a term, should be banned by law for use by the general population; and the only people who should be licensed to use it should be parents of preschoolers. Who's with me?
Well, for what it's worth, "veggies" is not a toddler-term down this way. "Veggies" is just a general shortening-and-add-'y'-or-'ies'" aspect of Strine (another example: sunglasses=sunnies). So, no, not with you on that one.

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And what word would you like to see banned or restricted?
"Awesome" should be restricted to use only by me. People think the most stupid, inconsequential rubbish is "AWESOME!", when clearly only the stupid, inconsequential things I like are actually "AWESOME!".

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Old 03-21-2010, 11:27 PM   #37
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Well, for what it's worth, "veggies" is not a toddler-term down this way. "Veggies" is just a general shortening-and-add-'y'-or-'ies'" aspect of Strine (another example: sunglasses=sunnies). So, no, not with you on that one.



"Awesome" should be restricted to use only by me. People think the most stupid, inconsequential rubbish is "AWESOME!", when clearly only the stupid, inconsequential things I like are actually "AWESOME!".

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Sunnies???? How ... cute! I imagine all the pre-adolescent girls are using that term!
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Old 03-21-2010, 11:31 PM   #38
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Sunnies???? How ... cute! I imagine all the pre-adolescent girls are using that term!
I don't get it.
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Old 03-21-2010, 11:40 PM   #39
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I don't get it.
Only a resident of Oz could get away with a word like "sunnies". Maybe it's the rough and rugged Crocodile Hunter factor, or the adventuresome Crocodile Dundee factor that gives you folks a pass, but in the mouth of anyone but an Aussie, such words sound absurd. Which is why we Yanks don't say Crikey or Blimey. We could never pull it off!

Too bad, too. Crikey's fun to say!
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Old 03-22-2010, 12:23 AM   #40
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Only a resident of Oz could get away with a word like "sunnies". Maybe it's the rough and rugged Crocodile Hunter factor, or the adventuresome Crocodile Dundee factor that gives you folks a pass, but in the mouth of anyone but an Aussie, such words sound absurd. Which is why we Yanks don't say Crikey or Blimey. We could never pull it off!

Too bad, too. Crikey's fun to say!
Ahhh...

Sunnies, boardies, toasty, brickie, sparky, pollie, bluey, barbie, brekkie, Brizzie, bushie, telly, chewie, choccie, Chrissie, cockie, coldie, cozzie, divvy van, dunny, durry, exy, footy, grundies, undies, lippie, middy, oldies, pokies, postie, pozzy, prezzie, rellie, rollie, scratchy, sickie, sticky, surfie, tallie, tinny, tinny, trackies, uggies, uni, Vinnie's, yewy

Then there's the stuff we end in '-o'...
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Old 03-22-2010, 01:01 AM   #41
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To make it into the real world, no longer use the word "Redskin/s". Very derogative to Native Americans.
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Old 03-22-2010, 01:35 AM   #42
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People should be discouraged from using "cool" and "hot" unless they can provide a thermometer reading in both Celsius and Fahrenheit.

(I'm sure that most popular singers are the same temperature as the rest of us.)
If they cannot express it in Kelvins, I am not interested.

As in "Penelope Goodpipes is 427 kelvins hot!"
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Old 03-22-2010, 01:40 AM   #43
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Can we get rid of "preggers?"

And I detest the word "hubby," but I gather that it's not going to go away no matter how much I protest.
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Old 03-22-2010, 02:54 AM   #44
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"erm" - every third or fourth word in a speech; same with
"you know .... "
"like ...."

Actors/Actresses, who should be capable of speaking coherently, should be banned from speaking at Oscar ceremonies.
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