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The 2008 Banished Words List

Lake Superior State U's annual list of words that have been so overused and abused they are officially banned for a period of one year.

I can't find any fault with their recommendations.

PERFECT STORM – "Overused by the pundits on evening TV shows to mean just about any coincidence." – Lynn Allen, Warren, Michigan.

"I read that 'Ontario is a perfect storm,' in reference to a report on pollution levels in the Great Lakes. Ontario is the name of one of the lakes and a Canadian province. This guy would have me believe it's a hurricane. It's time for 'perfect storm' to get rained out." – Bob Smith, DeWitt, Michigan.

Abolutely right. Overused, tiresome expression that so distorts the original intent, which was an unusual set of circumstances that created disaster, unlike the odd but nonetheless completely concidence of Pixy's email stalling and New Comment Thingy going tango uniform at the same time. The phrase means nothing now.

I'm sick of this one too.

IT IS WHAT IT IS – "This pointless phrase, uttered initially by athletes on the losing side of a contest, is making its way into general use. It accomplishes the dual feat of adding nothing to the conversation while also being phonetically and thematically redundant." – Jeffrey Skrenes, St. Paul, Minnesota.

And this one, while not necessarily inaccurate, has been used about eleventy-billion times in 07 alone.

WATERBOARDING – "Let's banish 'waterboarding' to the beach, where it belongs with boogie boards and surfboards." – Patrick K. Egan, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

Banish it.

The list is compiled from suggestions submitted by anyone who cares to offer one up. Officially the List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-Use, Over-Use and General Uselessness, it's been published each year since New Year's Day 1976. Past recommendations include "you know", "user friendly" and "have a nice day".

If I had remembered, I would have added a couple that are so overused in my world I see them in memos and status reports. Banish "brainstorming" and "out of the box", we'll be just fine if we never hear that crap again.

What about you morons? Got some word or expressions you could live without? Tell us what they are and why!


Posted by: Dave In Texas at 11:00 AM



Comments

1 Once words and phrases become colloquialisms, it's almost impossible to prevent yourself from using them instead of whatever formulation you would have used before.
I cut this stuff out of writing all the time, but some of them are so common I literally don't see them as anything but ordinary phraseology anymore.

Posted by: lauraw at January 01, 2008 11:05 AM (DbybK)

2 I'm sick of the "headline speak" on Fox News.  What do these people have against sentences?

Posted by: Bugler at January 01, 2008 11:05 AM (YCVBL)

3 Oh, and OK- pretty much anybody who uses the word 'paradigm' in a company meeting needs a punch to the jimmie.

Posted by: lauraw at January 01, 2008 11:07 AM (DbybK)

4 In the corporate world, a VP will use a phrase like "low-hanging fruit". Then for the next 6 months every middle manager in sight will overuse it. Banned.

Posted by: Alear at January 01, 2008 11:11 AM (ilTfa)

5 Two words.
Ron Paul.
That is all.

Posted by: mbruce at January 01, 2008 11:11 AM (CxNJy)

6 2 I'm sick of the "headline speak" on Fox News.  What do these people have against sentences?

Posted by: Bugler at January 01, 2008 11:05 AM (YCVBL)

God bless them the Fox talking heads because they're our morons, but they're morons doing the best they can with brain pans sporting a cracked cylinder, a clogged oil filter, broken spark plug, and dirt in the fuel filter.

Ban the use of the word 'associates' when describing employees.  Whose pathetic ego needs to be stroked with that word and why?  And way too many of these 'associates' don't associate actual work with their physical presence at their place of employment.

Posted by: cranky at January 01, 2008 11:12 AM (7rKVk)

7

My hands are trembling as I type the two words that, until last night, I had never heard juxtaposed: Mexican Scotch.

I propose that this combination of words be banned, not from (thank God) overuse, but from a simple sense of decency.

I am not making this up.  It exists.  It wreaks a terrible vengeance the next day, if in fact this is the next day - I am not sure.

Posted by: sherlock at January 01, 2008 11:14 AM (MIBYg)

8 Inevitable as in Hillary.

Maverick as in John.

In fact, we could just get rid of Hillary and John and that would be fine, too.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2008 11:15 AM (t+mja)

9 Recommending the banning of words from a central authority.... how "command economy" of the libs. At least we can't fault them for being inconsistent.

Incidentally, I'd be happy if we could just get Hillary to stop misusing business-sounding proactive words like "investment" when she means taxes. Maybe the Lake Superior U folks could try their approach with just one politician and let us know how it works first.

Posted by: redherkey at January 01, 2008 11:15 AM (kjqFg)

10

"Comprehensive (insert issue) Reform" needs to go away.  I always figure it means a little bit of change with a whole lot of more of the same.     

Posted by: Pupster at January 01, 2008 11:16 AM (BExLP)

11 "Died of heartache and JDAM's, but mostly JDAM's."

Posted by: IQUESTIONTHE TIMING at January 01, 2008 11:21 AM (Yn8HA)

12

"Settled science", or "the science is settled". As in, Copernicus you fool, the science is settled, the sun revolves around the earth.

Posted by: Greg at January 01, 2008 11:24 AM (tDC7+)

13  "to make a long story short"  never does so.

Posted by: Sharon at January 01, 2008 11:28 AM (/rn73)

14

"IRregardless" -- aargh!

"Synergy" -- ouch!

"Global Warming" -- Bullsh#%

"Moderate Islam" -- spew!

 

Posted by: deMontjoie at January 01, 2008 11:34 AM (D4bPm)

15 Pie.

Posted by: Cuffy Meigs at January 01, 2008 11:39 AM (uOvAE)

16 "Ow!  Take it out, it hurts!"

Man, I'm sick of hearing that one.  Banish it!

Posted by: FlatulentD at January 01, 2008 11:40 AM (XyIZ1)

17 Maybe I'm behind the times, but "resonate", as in "That idea really resonates with me."

And I would definitely like to see an end to the spread of jihad, not just the practice but the word itself.

Posted by: lmg at January 01, 2008 11:42 AM (cHcxA)

18 Sherlock,

I think you meant to say "Undocumented" Scotch. Hey, there is word I could do without.

Posted by: Hongqi at January 01, 2008 11:47 AM (+WuMm)

19 "skill sets"

"awesome"

"amazing"


I heard that!"

"We really connected."

"There was real chemistry between us."

"crisis"

"mandate"

"going forward"

"focus"


Posted by: eman at January 01, 2008 11:53 AM (8iSfZ)

20 Shouldn't it be a banished term list?

Posted by: eman at January 01, 2008 11:55 AM (8iSfZ)

21 'leveraged'

Posted by: cranky at January 01, 2008 11:56 AM (7rKVk)

22

chickenhawk

 

It's a word used by reactionary leftists to cut off any counterarguments to their usual insane inanity.

 

 

Posted by: N. O'Brain at January 01, 2008 11:57 AM (wYcGz)

23 "This Administration" when proceeded or followed by any words usually means that it is a liberal crap line.   Every liberal rant on TV has the words "this administration".  You can bet on it.

Posted by: Conservative Rebel at January 01, 2008 11:59 AM (3PoM6)

24 "Internet vigilantism"

I'm stabbing you with a pitchfork. I am tarring and feathering you. With my mind.

Posted by: SarahW at January 01, 2008 12:07 PM (twVOg)

25 Carbon footprint.

Al Gore.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2008 12:08 PM (t+mja)

26 Action Items
Actionables
Consensus
Going forward - wtf does this even mean?
Lets take this offline.
Using the term 'Powerpoint' instead of 'Presentation'. Powerpoint is not a verb, it is a tool, you tools.
There is a lot on my plate - think up  a non-food phrase, you glutton.
He has some bandwidth - when indicating that someone can take up a bit more work.




Posted by: Tushar D at January 01, 2008 12:10 PM (9ULFg)

27

"It's all good" =  No it's not all good you idiot.  God do I hate this.

"Comprehensive......" -  absolutely meaningless uttered by shameless politicians

"Huckabee...." - absolutely this Hope, Arkansas hillbilly needs to go back to the shed

Posted by: Nurse Cheri at January 01, 2008 12:10 PM (cz6lG)

28 "bipartisan'

"echo chamber'

"some say"

"universal"

"gridlock"


Posted by: eman at January 01, 2008 12:14 PM (8iSfZ)

29 New comments thingy

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2008 12:16 PM (t+mja)

30 Some say Mr. Bush transformed a bipartisan effort into an echo chamber of universal gridlock.

Posted by: eman at January 01, 2008 12:17 PM (8iSfZ)

31 "Is this a sign of _____.?"

"move on."

"safety net"

"for the children"

"activists"

"This is CNN."

"reality check"

Posted by: eman at January 01, 2008 12:21 PM (8iSfZ)

32 "Viable candidate"

"winnable"

any permutation of the words "compassion" and "conservative"

Posted by: buffalo woman at January 01, 2008 12:22 PM (WyTyu)

33

15 Pie.

 

Pie?  You just made the list pal.

Posted by: Dave in Texas at January 01, 2008 12:27 PM (FXakj)

34 "IT IS WHAT IT IS - adding nothing to the conversation while also being phonetically and thematically redundant."

Same could be said of "I think, therefore I am"

It may be overused right now, but the math the phrase represents is hardly irrelevant to human life. At it's core, existence appears to be made of ring structures.

Anyway, my problems not with the phrase being on the list, and anyway, the whole things for fun, but the specific critique is just incorrect. The phrase is redundant intentionally.

BTW, I am fully my post is so teh gehy.

Posted by: LiveFreeOrDie at January 01, 2008 12:27 PM (tRsDH)

35 "Watch the teeth."

Man, am I sick of that one.

Posted by: Tom at January 01, 2008 12:30 PM (rZ5uY)

36 "transaction denied due to insufficient funds"

That one gets old in a hurry.

Posted by: Andrew at January 01, 2008 12:30 PM (u5kpU)

37 "English or Spanish?"

"Press one for....."

"reform"

"tasked"

"License and registration, please."

"Do you know why I pulled you over?"

"torture"

"information management"


Posted by: eman at January 01, 2008 12:39 PM (8iSfZ)

38 I'm the Juggernaught, Bitch!

Posted by: Madfish Willie at January 01, 2008 12:40 PM (55oGT)

39 (Yes, this is reposted from the Haloscan comments.  I didn't realize that the New Comments Thingy was back up and working again.)

How's about anything-"gate?"

Like "Spygate" when referring to the New England Patriots, for example. Calling a scandal something-"gate" just smacks of lazy journalism. Watergate actually HAD a hotel named The Watergate Hotel associated with it. There's no "Spygate" Hotel that I've ever heard of.

Probably not a major one, I know, but there it is.

Posted by: The Gonz at January 01, 2008 12:40 PM (HoHg+)

40 'Mommy, what is that thing on the lady's back?'

'We don't serve your kind in here.'

'Sanctuary, sanctuary! HA HA HA look at the hunchback cry.'

Littleback people are just so rotten sometimes.

Posted by: lauraw at January 01, 2008 12:43 PM (DbybK)

41 "At the end of the day". Every fucking day...ends. It's called night, asshole. Jugdish at 7-11 "At the end of the day...I'm supposed to throw out the shriveled hot dogs that have been burning".,,,,,, Local stoner at Burger World "At the end of the day, I'm supposed to clean the frier, but I just spit a huge hocker in there"..........MSM "At the End of the day women, orphans, cripples and minorities hit hardest"..........Francis from Stripes..."Any of you Homos use ""at the end of the day"", I'll Kill Ya"     Try something like "what this all means in my biased opinion is..... or .....in summation... a final analyses could prove this to be..... . Banish this reaking pile of steaming dung.

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 01, 2008 12:44 PM (hQw0h)

42 "The new paradigm"

"I just threw up in my mouth"

"Allegedly" - especially when the perp is on tape, fully recognizable, doing the crime.

"Blogosphere"

Posted by: MCPO Airdale at January 01, 2008 12:49 PM (p0Yi7)

43 I like a couple of those, MCPO Airdale.

Another one I like is 'dial it down a notch.'

As in, 'Hutch should monitor his coffee consumption and perhaps maybe dial it down a notch.'

Or even, 'Hutch seems to have rage issues, but don't you dare tell him to dial it down a notch or he'll gut you like a sleeping hobo.'

Posted by: lauraw at January 01, 2008 12:52 PM (DbybK)

44 "Do you know how fast you were going?". Well officer Jagoff, I'm obviously in too much of a hurry to bullshit on the side of the road with you and your Radar Gun, that's rotting your nuts off every time you set it in your lap.. I don't have time to  look at the silly dial that tells me how much time I've got to make up by speeding. I'm just trying to get home before I piss myself from all the Beer I drank, and the Acid starts kicking in. And no you can't search my saddlebags without a warrant.

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 01, 2008 12:52 PM (hQw0h)

45 Oldies but goodies--but we can keep that phrase...

"Whatnot"

"Things of that nature"

Posted by: mikey at January 01, 2008 12:54 PM (moR1g)

46 "Is that a loaded gun?" Well officer mirrored shades on both sides, without bullets it would be a short, stupid club, now wouldn't it.

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 01, 2008 12:55 PM (hQw0h)

47 And my personal favorite from this moron blog,,"Would you do alexthechick or Lauraw?.   As opposed to what, Slublog?

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 01, 2008 12:57 PM (hQw0h)

48 Other ones for Hutch:

"Is that...blood...on the backseat?"

"Sir, are you aware that there's a human hand waving frantically from a rusthole in your trunk?"

Posted by: lauraw at January 01, 2008 12:58 PM (DbybK)

49

If "At the end of the day..." has to go, then "The truth of the matter..." has to go, too. 

"The truth of the matter" just about always involves something "At the end of the day".

Posted by: Curtiss at January 01, 2008 01:01 PM (KN1i9)

50

IMPACTED!

We hates it, the "impacted"!

Effect and impact are not synonyms.

Posted by: captkidney at January 01, 2008 01:01 PM (s3v+c)

51 Along with "Surge" I'm sick of "boots on the ground".  Everytime I hear some idiot reporter on TV talk about putting boots on the ground I want to cram a boot up his ass.

Posted by: Enas Yorl at January 01, 2008 01:02 PM (t01xr)

52 "Fox News Alert" - every lead news story on Fox News earns this gem of hyperbole, from the assassination of Bhutto to the beauty contestant with a crappy answer. How about giving this phrase a break in 2008?

"Transient Ischemic Attack" - AKA "stroke". This is a personal issue, as I have heard this phrase far too often since the beginning of November. Let's just say that your next visit to Dr. Carlson, DDS, will be rather interesting and leave it at that, m'kay?

"Speaker Pelosi" and "Majority Leader Reid" - Enough already! ARRRGH!

"Nazi" - Both as a noun and an adjective. The overuse over the past few years does not heighten the 'atrocities' of the current targets, it only diminishes the actual evil that occurred over 60 years ago.

"Undocumented <insert code word du-jour here>" - meant to diminish the act of entering this country illegally, so that it seems more like a technicality. Reid took this to the pinnacle of stupidity when he called illegal aliens "undocumented Americans". WTF?


Posted by: Timothy S. Carlson at January 01, 2008 01:03 PM (uBBUD)

53 I am tired of seeing neocon used to describe anyone the slightest bit to the right of the person using it. Those on the left just hate being called liberal, but they love using words other than conservative to describe conservatives.

Also sick of seeing homophobia or homophobe to describe anyone who disagrees with anything any homosexual says.

And consensus when used to describe anything having to do with science. Science doesn't deal with consensus and everything should be open to change no matter how many believe in it. They are even discovering new things which may change how they think about something as old and proven as gravity.

Posted by: n2sooners at January 01, 2008 01:03 PM (J1ZVG)

54 Lauraw, They alway say "Is that Human Blood on your backseat and...well everywhere?" My response is usually "well, some is Hobo, some is hobo dog too..."       Ok DeCaf from now on...

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 01, 2008 01:04 PM (hQw0h)

55 Nuance .

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at January 01, 2008 01:05 PM (Bivii)

56 "transaction denied due to insufficient funds"

That one gets old in a hurry.

You got that right

Posted by: n2sooners at January 01, 2008 01:07 PM (J1ZVG)

57 "Will the defendant please rise." - That gets really old, really fast.


Posted by: Timothy S. Carlson at January 01, 2008 01:11 PM (uBBUD)

58 What?

No one's sick of "Don't taze me, bro!" yet?

That one was old the first day.

Posted by: Steamboat McGoo at January 01, 2008 01:13 PM (41Dd+)

59 "Absolutely"  instead of "Yes".  There seems to be an epidemic of annoying waiters and service people who say "absolutely" when they mean "yes."

"Impactful", "Impacting".  If you're not talking about a meteor strike I don't even want to hear the word "impact" when it's being properly used.


By the way, there's a perfect storm of bedbugs in NYC

Posted by: DelD at January 01, 2008 01:14 PM (CttmP)

60 I "spewed" when something "went horribly wrong" "when he stuck his peanut butter in her chocolate". or "something like that"

Posted by: nick at January 01, 2008 01:16 PM (51cr3)

61 Oh, yeah, let's also ban the word "Proactive".  No one has ever been able to explain to me the difference between being "active" and "proactive", and people who use the word are usually jackasses.

Posted by: DelD at January 01, 2008 01:17 PM (CttmP)

62 Decried...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at January 01, 2008 01:18 PM (DQDJU)

63 Boss or overpaid Consultant "OK people, we need your feedback". Translation...who wants to be the first to get fired for calling bullshit on the latest (2 bonus ASSPHRASES) "flavor of the day"   intended to "grow the bussiness"........Screw you, get your fat MBA ass out of our way, and let us focus on our customers and not your bonus.  You want a trip to Hawiai, you blow your boss, don't do a spread sheet analyses on how you destroyed morale and threw "roadblocks to impede productivity" in a service industry. Jerkoff!

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 01, 2008 01:20 PM (hQw0h)

64 "How do you plead?"


Posted by: eman at January 01, 2008 01:21 PM (8iSfZ)

65 What about NTTAWWT?

Posted by: Robert at January 01, 2008 01:21 PM (oHBxM)

66 "Absolutely"  instead of "Yes".  There seems to be an epidemic of annoying waiters and service people who say "absolutely" when they mean "yes."

I do that all the time. Also 'okey doke' and 'you got it.'
Tying noose now...

Posted by: lauraw at January 01, 2008 01:24 PM (DbybK)

67 I'm with Tim here. Why should I rise to hear how long I'll spend incarcerated? Your sentencing is going to tell me for exactly how long I'll be told to rise, eat, shower, pick up litter in the highway and go to sleep. Fuck you judge, this is the last time I'll have the choice to sit down, without being chained to 6 homicidal maniacs (not that theres anything wrong with that).

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 01, 2008 01:26 PM (hQw0h)

68 I'd like to ban the phrase, "Hey, smile!" (usually accompanied by an arm tap). It's not cute, it's annoying. Maybe I just don't wanna smile! Who the hell walks through a department store with a giant smile on their face, anyways?

Posted by: Joanie at January 01, 2008 01:29 PM (Yyy1m)

69 >>Transient Ischemic Attack

In India, the word 'Ische' means love. Mostly spelled as Ishk. So we jokingly use the phrase to mean a sudden and short-lived infatuation. My Father-in-law suffered a lot of ribbing when he had his real TIA.

Posted by: Tushar D at January 01, 2008 01:35 PM (9ULFg)

70 Random strangers actually tell you to smile, or is it people you know?

Posted by: lauraw at January 01, 2008 01:35 PM (DbybK)

71

"You feeling me?"

"(fill in blank) justice." Social, environmental, etc. An attempt to provide heft to weightless ideas.

"Troops" - meant to describe a group of soliders. "Three troops were injured today" is not correct. I think.

"invest"..."The government should invest in..." Just say "spend money." More honest.

"pushing the envelope.." Usually used to describe a performance meant to offend, and to impress people who are impressed with offending. In almost all cases, the person behind it should have used the envelope to send away for writing lessons.

 

Posted by: CJ at January 01, 2008 01:35 PM (9KqcB)

72 MSM shitbag...."In some circles....." Translation...anywhere outside the Beltway. You know where people have real jobs without bullshit awards for showing up everyday!.

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 01, 2008 01:36 PM (hQw0h)

73 "The Hillary Cackle" (all variations) - heaven forbid if this woman gets elected to the Presidency. She will probably hold daily press conferences just to come out and cackle. <shudder> And the democrats constantly gripe about torture...

"You have a purdy mouth" - related to a previous post, "Will the defendant please rise". Not something you want to hear at 3am in a dark cell.

"Alien Activist" - I call bullshit on this phrase. They don't care about legal aliens, only the illegal ones. This phrase is misleading at best and needs to be banned. Arizona is going to be a major battleground for illegal immigration this year - it should be interesting to see whether the impact of new laws will be as dire as the 'activists' say.

Posted by: Timothy S. Carlson at January 01, 2008 01:40 PM (uBBUD)

74 TORTURE: place undies on heads of Islamic terrorists

Posted by: St. Paul Plunder at January 01, 2008 01:42 PM (bGDqs)

75 "The politics of X," where "X" refers to anything other than (a) dancing, or (b) oooh, feelin good.  I thought that catch-phrase root, as used in the political sense, was a Clinton construction, but it seems to go at least as far back into the 80s, with one variant, "the politics of the popular," used by Bill Bennett in '86.  Never knew Bennett was a Re-Flex fan.

Any overplayed catch phrase taken from a TV cook, especially if the source's first name rhymes with "Phlegmeril" or "Snachael."  In fact, any overplayed catch phrase borrowed from TV whatsoever, other than perhaps "I want to dip my balls in it."  That also goes for the played-out "Best. [or 'Worst.'] X.  Ever.  [Or worse, 'Evah.']" -- even though I have no idea where that stupid fucking catchphrase originated.  In keeping with that theme, I'll second the nomination for "I just threw up in my mouth a little," and add to it "The goggles, they do nothing!"  They stopped being funny years ago, people; come up with a new one.

Cliches that are so overused that people use the wrong fucking word when typing them all the time, obviously not even thinking about the meaning of the original phrase.  It's "toe the line," not "tow the line," dammit -- think recruits in boot camp lining up for inspection, not somebody pulling a fucking rope around, which doesn't even make any goddamned sense.  Also, it's "rein in" and "free rein" -- think of the straps you control a horse with -- not "reign," which is what a monarch does.  These two in particular make me very cross.

And the entire practice of "verbing," especially in the corporate, academic, or political arenas.  Verbing weirds language, as Bill Watterson observed.

Posted by: Alex at January 01, 2008 01:43 PM (zpOgY)

76     In India, the word 'Ische' means love. Mostly spelled as Ishk. So we
    jokingly use the phrase to mean a sudden and short-lived infatuation.

Heh - first smile I've had about my TIA since it happened.
Thanks for brightening the New Year for me!

Posted by: Timothy S. Carlson at January 01, 2008 01:46 PM (uBBUD)

77 I mean, starting out a sentence with "I mean" is really annoying.

Posted by: idkfa at January 01, 2008 01:47 PM (cEfwo)

78

EMPOWER: robbing Peter to pay Paul

(argh!)

Posted by: St. Paul Plunder at January 01, 2008 01:48 PM (bGDqs)

79

DINOSAUR:

1) Constitution

2) Conservative Republican

Posted by: St. Paul Plunder at January 01, 2008 01:52 PM (bGDqs)

80 "Reach across the aisle"

Translation, sell you out.

Posted by: Hongqi at January 01, 2008 02:09 PM (+WuMm)

81

I think you meant to say "Undocumented" Scotch.

Au contrair, Hongqi - you see, I am in Mexico for the holidays, so it is fully documented, whereas my status is dubious.  I would tell you the name of it, but I am afraid typing out the letters might make me hurl on the keyboard.  I now truly understand the concept of "vile".  And of course, the concept of "shitfaced enough to drink anything" too.

Posted by: sherlock at January 01, 2008 02:11 PM (MIBYg)

82 this is cathartic, isn't it?

Posted by: Dave in Texas at January 01, 2008 02:15 PM (FXakj)

83 Sherlock,

I guess my question would be, did you start out in Mexico or just sort of end up there? "Been there, done that."

This thread was probably not a good place for that last phrase.

Feel better quick

Posted by: Hongqi at January 01, 2008 02:17 PM (+WuMm)

84 "swiftboating"

"Al Gore"

A perfect world would also ban any image of Al Gore from being shown.

"perfect world"

Posted by: Unruly Human at January 01, 2008 02:18 PM (ODJ1f)

85

"Impactful". What's wrong with 'important' or "meaningful"?

"give them some warm n fuzzy". This one floats around where I work all the time- it means to placate a customer or end user by basically kissing ass til they feel better.

"out in space".  Football expression that somehow replaced 'in the open field'.

The thing where every generation of Americans has to have a name- "Gen X', etc.

"the fact of the matter is...". I HATE this expression. Opinion being discussed as though it were proven fact.

Any sentence uttered by a politician that begins with "The American people (think/want/believe/etc)". When pols do this, they are just talking about what THEY believe.

"Baby Boomers". Please shut the fuck up and die already. And I'm one myself.

 

 

Posted by: Barry in CO at January 01, 2008 02:22 PM (KOkrW)

86 I could go without ever hearing the words
Quagmire
Grim milestone
again.

Posted by: chewydog at January 01, 2008 02:22 PM (MAKiB)

87 "Meme"

I hate it a lot.

Posted by: right at January 01, 2008 02:30 PM (EquV1)

88

Cross-posting from Haloscan and paraphrasing...

I never want to hear the word "unbelievable" used in sports again. It is so painfully overused in all the wrong spots, and often to describe fairly pedestrian good plays.

Case in point- I'm watching Penguins-Sabres, and I've heard it used at least a dozen times, and we're not even halfway through the 1st period.

tmi3rd

Posted by: tmi3rd at January 01, 2008 02:34 PM (RQ7+a)

89 "Touch Base" - I hate that one.

Posted by: runninrebel at January 01, 2008 02:35 PM (o/KrO)

90

Other phrases I can't stand:

"To be perfectly honest..."

"At the end of the day..."

Most grossly over-used and thus meaningless word in the English language:

"Classic"

Posted by: Barry in CO at January 01, 2008 02:35 PM (KOkrW)

91

My wife wanted me to throw in "hemi" for good measure...

tmi3rd

Posted by: tmi3rd at January 01, 2008 02:39 PM (RQ7+a)

92 "democracy" instead of "republic"  Capitalized, too.

"Democratic Party" -   That one really bugs me! 

"Economic Justice" - Socialism

"salient"


Posted by: eman at January 01, 2008 02:42 PM (8iSfZ)

93 "inclusion"
"diversity"
"sense check" 
"touch base"
"benchmark"
"w00t" (yes, sick of this motherfucker already)

Posted by: baby boomer - X with bourbon on the brain at January 01, 2008 02:44 PM (d3xkN)

94

I'm pretty tired of "It's the right thing to do". I hear that one about once a week when somebody wants to do something that is absolutely, without question outside the rules.

It's sort of like  "for the children"  in that it means "You should give up every shred of integrity and  do what I want you to do."

Posted by: Lokki at January 01, 2008 02:48 PM (Q+vk9)

95 "You must be registered to post a comment."

"Social Security Trust Fund"  -  debt

"American Occupation"

"Sadr"

"Our army is broken."

"stretched thin by Iraq"

"overreached"

"misled"

Posted by: eman at January 01, 2008 02:50 PM (8iSfZ)

96 Cross Post from the Old Comments Thingy:
"Tipping Point"- overused... most often inaccurately.

"Robust" or "Vigorous" +"Debate"- These terms are most often used to describe veritable press conferences with no questions being allowed.

"Open a dialogue"-Horseshit used by folks who want nothing of the sort, they just want you to shut up. Also "Let's dialogue" which should be a hanging offense.

I fully endorse Kelly's choice of "Proactive" as one of the dumbest neologisms in history. Whenever someone uses it, my knuckles get itchy.

Need a banner at the top as to which comment board is functional. Otherwise, hungover folks get confused.

Posted by: Uncle Pinky at January 01, 2008 02:52 PM (5mmSd)

97 "Random strangers actually tell you to smile, or is it people you know?"

It's always random strangers in stores, more specifically very outgoing men who have obviously od'd on the sunshine and Cheerwine and think others give a damn. It's happened enough over the years to where it really grates on my nerves. Either I look really sad and angry, or there's a lot of corny people out there. Probably both.

Posted by: Joanie at January 01, 2008 02:56 PM (Yyy1m)

98 proactive  - isn't that a zit creme?

Posted by: baby boomer - X at January 01, 2008 02:59 PM (d3xkN)

99

Do the newsreaders think that the word "horrible" is made more emphatic by combining it with "terrific" to make "Horrific?"  Sorry, those two words have different meanings and don't go together.

Then there's "tarmac", which is now used to describe any pavement at the airport, and only at the airport.

The need to use affectations in place of communication is indicative of ego needing to be stroked.  "I know more words than you do, and don't have to use the simple ones like terrible and cement.  I am so cosmopolitan"

Posted by: Pedantic Bastard at January 01, 2008 03:05 PM (iS4p3)

100

"YO" has to go.

Posted by: mark c at January 01, 2008 03:05 PM (7SrZ1)

101

All suggestions excellent. I would add "You know" somewhere near the top of the list.

However, I am keeping "Whatever".

Posted by: maxxman at January 01, 2008 03:16 PM (OYeDg)

102 ____________ (insert victim class) Rights

Earmark - just call them federal campaign funds.

hate crime


Posted by: Stephen Macklin at January 01, 2008 03:21 PM (Z3kjO)

103

"progressive" which really means regressive"

"failed policy" a term always trotted out when the other guy wins

"children" be it "for the children", "our children deserve", "the future of our children" I hate it when "children" are used for someone's political purpose when everyone knows damn well they're not interested in "the children" only their own power.

"experience" yeah, experience THIS asshat.

"tasked" when ever you here that one, run as fast as you can the other way.

"round table" an event where sharing is to take place, however it's an event so you can hear how great your "leader" is

"poll"  polls say, polls indicate, poll reflect...BULLLSHIT

"God", never thought hearing the word God would set my teeth on edge, but if God drops out of a politicians mouth it makes my blood pressure go up

 

 

Posted by: SJR2 at January 01, 2008 03:22 PM (5/IDg)

104

"YO" has to go.

 

Not in Philadelphia, it doesn't.

 

 

Posted by: N. O'Brain at January 01, 2008 03:22 PM (wYcGz)

105 Banishing words? You morons are all haters.

Posted by: carin at January 01, 2008 03:23 PM (/lyxQ)

106 ""YO" has to go."

I agree, yo. Stay away from Philly if you don't wanna hear that or the word "jawn" 100 times a day.

Posted by: Joanie at January 01, 2008 03:23 PM (Yyy1m)

107 ha , O'Brain knows.

Posted by: Joanie at January 01, 2008 03:24 PM (Yyy1m)

108 Restraining Order

Posted by: kevin at January 01, 2008 03:28 PM (blLH9)

109 "PWN3D" - My kids reminded me of this one. 'Pawned'? 'Owned'? Speak English, dammit.

"BRB" - Another cyber-age shortcut, for 'Be Right Back'. Except, they never come right back. Just an excuse to duck out on a conversation. Bitch...

"Happy Holidays" - Pick a holiday. Any one, but pick one. Appeasement is going to be the death of our civilization. I'd prefer 'Merry Christmas, asshole' to this squishy, all-encompassing phrase.

"Progressive" - used instead of 'Liberal', as the word 'Liberal' leaves a bad taste in mouth. The use of 'Progressive' implies something better - but it really means "all your money will soon be ours and we will spend it on programs that go against your principles".

"Pro-Choice" - another phrase that is misleading and diversionary. They don't call supporters of the 2nd admendment "Pro-Self-Defense", they use "Pro-Gun". They should use "Pro-Abortion" or "Pro-Selfishness" and be honest about it.

"Blood For Oil" - an outright lie. Gasoline is $3+ and rising. Where's all the cheap gas that promised when we invaded Iraq? Oh, that's right, that wasn't promised and wasn't a reason why we liberated Iraq from Saddam's tyranny. Time to STFU.

"We Support The Troops" - only when used by the left. Really? You support our young men and women who are fighting for our country? How about proving it with action, instead of continually trying to rip the funding from them.

"For The Children" - AAAAHHH!

"9/11 Truth(ers)" - They aren't looking for the truth. They are looking for a story that will fit their skewed vision of the world and further their political agendas. The truth is there, they've heard it - but they have dismissed it for conspiracy theories. We need to stop associating 'truth' with these crazed fuckers. "9/11 Conspiracy" instead.




Posted by: Timothy S. Carlson at January 01, 2008 03:29 PM (uBBUD)

110 What does "jawn" mean?

Posted by: kevin at January 01, 2008 03:30 PM (blLH9)

111 Jawn means anything you want it to mean. Ex: I've heard people say that they "can't wait to see that new Tom Cruise jawn (movie). Or "lemme turn on this CD jawn (cd player). It's uses are endless.

Posted by: Joanie at January 01, 2008 03:33 PM (Yyy1m)

112 'This President", when uttered with dripping contempt by the lib media.  It's a code, a  means of being disrespectful to Mr. Bush without resorting to calling him "Chimpy" or other outright calumny.

Posted by: kevin at January 01, 2008 03:34 PM (blLH9)

113 "revitalized"

"resurfaced"

"World opinion"

"International Law"

"Islamophobia" and "Islamophobic"

"co-President"


Posted by: eman at January 01, 2008 03:34 PM (8iSfZ)

114

"intolerant", "bigot", "nazi", "neocon", "hater", "zealot", "fundamentailist", "terrorist", "basher"...........

Posted by: SJR2 at January 01, 2008 03:36 PM (5/IDg)

115 "Step out of the vehicle sir".

Posted by: Dave in Texas at January 01, 2008 03:36 PM (FXakj)

116 Re: "jawn"- ah yes, I just didnt know that was how it was spelled.  Fantastic.  We've spent centuries honing the English language into a precise communication medium, and then people make up words that mean, well, whatever

Posted by: kevin at January 01, 2008 03:37 PM (blLH9)

117 Bart

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2008 03:38 PM (t+mja)

118 "whaterver"

Posted by: SJR2 at January 01, 2008 03:39 PM (5/IDg)

119

according to experts....

experts say, state, show......

expert opinion...

which leads to gravitas....ohhhhh....I hate that one.

Posted by: SJR2 at January 01, 2008 03:42 PM (5/IDg)

120

Tom

Posted by: cranky at January 01, 2008 03:47 PM (7rKVk)

121

Honqui, my trip to Mexico was planned.  My encounter with that substance which shall nevermore be named, was considerably less so.

Notice, folks, I avoided saying "..., not so much".

Posted by: sherlock at January 01, 2008 03:50 PM (MIBYg)

122 "Legacy"  Fucking stop already

Posted by: commander0 at January 01, 2008 03:52 PM (V8K0a)

123 'Gift' used as a verb. "I gifted all my neighbors this year with pooper-scoopers"

'I'm all about the [ ]' A cooking show host here in LA uses this at least once a show invalidating it every time.

'I'm lovin' it' You want to know what I love more, McDonald's? Slogans that don't make me want to punch your ad execs.

Posted by: adamthemad at January 01, 2008 04:05 PM (xeR4z)

124

"Delish"

What, asshole, that extra syllable requires too much effort?

Posted by: Warden at January 01, 2008 04:18 PM (QoR4a)

125 "Hip" and "Daddy-O." "JD" for juvenile deliquent. "Hood" for hoodlums; also, "hoodlums." "Platters" for records. "Hi-Fi" for stereo. "DA" for duck's ass (haircut). "Greasers" (guys who have DA's). "Play it cool." "Beatnik."

These all have got to go.


Posted by: Ed Snate is stuck in the 50s at January 01, 2008 04:23 PM (nMXja)

126 In Abstentia..."The Domoscrats were In Abstentia, thereby the resolution to..Died    ...." Fuck you, they were banging boy pages, grabbing cash or smoking weed. They simply didn't have the fucking votes to pass.....gas. 

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 01, 2008 04:29 PM (hQw0h)

127 "Graphic novel" for comic book.
"Curmudgeon" for asshole.
"Sean Penn" for "good actor."

Posted by: Ed Snate is stuck in the 50s at January 01, 2008 04:33 PM (nMXja)

128

FAILURE to Appear For Sentencing: No shit. The jury took 13 minutes to convict, on all counts, and you thought I would show up for sentencing? You shouldn't have continued my bail and let me keep my Passport(s). See also: FUGITIVE from JUSTICE.  I showed up for the trial.... I just don't want to go to prison.   If caught, I get what,,,,PRISON.

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 01, 2008 04:37 PM (hQw0h)

129 Allowable miles on Corvette lease, 10,000 per year. 

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 01, 2008 04:42 PM (hQw0h)

130 Screw you you gave me the 'Vette. I was out trying to get laid, not decorate my driveway. The point is moot anyway, I lost it on "Pinks" anyway.

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 01, 2008 04:44 PM (hQw0h)

131 Extreme- When it refers to anything other than temperature. No more "extreme sports". If you have control over it, it is not extreme.

Posted by: John F Not Kerry at January 01, 2008 04:45 PM (4gHqM)

132 "The Silver Lining to this (MSM) Story is........No shit! Even clouds have "silver linings". Right...................................................................................... Foreclosures up?...Fine, more cheap rental shacks for me. Highway crashes up.....Now I don't look so bad for speeding with three semi-conscious hookers in the trunk(see Lauraw above).

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 01, 2008 04:49 PM (hQw0h)

133 Nearing Extension----It's called Mortality and failure to adapt. Pandas only eat Bamboo...Hence if they don't change their diet, they're fucked.See dinosauers and Deciders, smell tests by editors, MSM, printed media and Liberal (ok, redundant here)   journalists

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 01, 2008 04:54 PM (hQw0h)

134 "OUTLAW" Motorcycle Gang. Well if what we're doing is illegal, try to stop us! Pussies.   Just goin' down the road to the clubhouse. Bunch of bikers on their way to church is all....... Name one other group that has "OUTLAW" used more often to describe it. Outlaw rap group rapists,,,no.  Outlaw CEO thieves...no. Outlaw Racist Rabble Rouser for personal Gain under FEC indictment....no. Outlaw "day laborers"...never

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 01, 2008 05:02 PM (hQw0h)

135 How are we supposed to tell the ass holes from the non-ass holes if we ban all the phrases that distinguish the two groups?

Posted by: Nom de Blog at January 01, 2008 05:05 PM (fDEB4)

136 (133) should have been EXTINCTION, sorry.   "Coffee fueled"......well another misnomer for bad Meth.

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 01, 2008 05:05 PM (hQw0h)

137 Nom, you just made the list.

Posted by: Francis at January 01, 2008 05:07 PM (hQw0h)

138

Persons.

There is no such effing word! Person is singular and people is its plural, dammitall!

Posted by: captkidney at January 01, 2008 05:08 PM (s3v+c)

139 Gabriel Malor -- Is there a single phrase on the AoS HQ site that has been used more often and more frustratingly than 'GM'?

Posted by: Nom de Blog at January 01, 2008 05:15 PM (fDEB4)

140

Tom

As long as it's not Cock.

Or Choda. Or Lipdickfatfucker.

Posted by: Tom at January 01, 2008 06:57 PM (JyC8j)

141 I was just kidding, btw.

Posted by: Nom de Blog at January 01, 2008 07:30 PM (fDEB4)

142 Personal Trainer=Stupid phrase and idea. How about somebody who screams " move your thunderthighs you fatass piece of shit". "Do you think your gonna keep that Doctor for a husband with an ass two axe handles wide"? He'll be banging his secretary any day now you slob"......That's what we need, IMPERSONAL trainers!

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 01, 2008 07:51 PM (hQw0h)

143 Ah --- Hutch?

One word - "DECAF"


Posted by: Timothy S. Carlson at January 01, 2008 08:18 PM (uBBUD)

144 "I'd hit it" - How about an e-elbow in the e-throat?

Alpha Male.

kthxbai - thanks B-net/WoW rugrats.

Blueberry/Blackberry/ipod/iphone/texting/ringtone.






Posted by: 13times at January 01, 2008 09:24 PM (PjzDX)

145 "Crackberry" is just about overdone.

I second the previous nomination of "swiftboating", with its implication that the one(s) doing the alleged swiftboating are being dishonest.

Posted by: Sockless Joe at January 02, 2008 12:07 AM (ClaUR)

146

Fairness Doctrine.

EXTREME!!!!!

Wide Stance.

Iowa.

Quagmire.

Sports Announcers saying a player is out with a body part "Out with a knee".

Ron Paul.

Anonymous source.

Paradigm Shift.

 

Posted by: Michael F aka Francase at January 02, 2008 12:13 AM (s4NWu)

147 "My bad"
This isn't an apology, it's an acknowledgment of culpability, tempered with a healthy dose of "I don't give a fuck what you think".

"That's hot"
A phrase made famous by Paris Hilton. N'uff said.

I'd like to ban the phrase, "Hey, smile!" (usually accompanied by an arm tap).

Hey, at least you're getting that from guys that are hitting on you. I get it from hobos and the homeless just before they ask me for money.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 02, 2008 12:19 AM (xq+ei)

148 One more:

"Take it to the next level"

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 02, 2008 12:20 AM (xq+ei)

149 Meds are kicking in.   No this is not a phrase to be banished. I really mean it. The thorazine is hitting hard now. Sorry for the vitriol earlier. I am however putting in ad in the local paper for "an impersonal trainer". Anybody got a bullhorn I can borrow? Do the allow them in gyms?

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 02, 2008 12:27 AM (SVHMz)

150 "The football."

As opposed to what - the baseball? The basketball?  A Velveeta cheese ball?  My hairy left ball?  I don't see any other kind of ball out on the field during this game, which is a football game; so of course it's a football, you headset-wearing nin-con-fuckin-poop.  Just call it the fucking ball and be done with it.

Posted by: Alex at January 02, 2008 01:02 AM (Rt4ou)

151 Howsabout "special investigative commitee"?Clintonion I know but hey,its where it came from

Posted by: lance p at January 02, 2008 01:05 AM (/25ta)

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Posted by: DB Cooper at January 02, 2008 01:57 AM (Cwho3)

153

"sales event" - no, it's not an event, it's just a frickin' sale. Stop adding extra meaningless words to 'poof-up' (homophobe!11!) old-as-the-hills concepts. It's how ridiculous phrases like "senior citizen" sneak into the lexicon and get so entrenched that hardly anyone even notices. (And what if they're not a citizen - 30 years down the line are we going to be overrun with "elderly undocumented retired guest-workers"?)

And I swear, it'd be almost worth voting for Ron Paul if he promised to use his evil Stormfront nazi minions to round up all those "I could care less" dumbasses... stick 'em in a camp where they could, y'know, concentrate on what words actually mean.

 

Posted by: jhb at January 02, 2008 03:43 AM (Y3Sui)

154 "At the end of the day"

Posted by: headhunt23 at January 02, 2008 09:10 AM (OMCBg)

155 "Clearly"

Posted by: Pat at January 02, 2008 12:33 PM (f3PWB)

156

Fingerbang

Douche tool

Ass hat

Rubbing it against my face while I'm asleep is not foreplay

Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at January 02, 2008 12:37 PM (56nQN)

157 I see that "At the end of the day" has already been suggested.  That would be at the top of my list.

Posted by: connertown at January 02, 2008 01:06 PM (lhJxs)

158 And this one is borrowed from Gawker's takedown of an online douche tool douchebucket earlier this year:

"Anyone who uses the phrase 'nuff said' and is not Stan Lee needs to be informed that it's clobberin' time."

Posted by: Alex at January 02, 2008 04:23 PM (dSFRJ)

159 Sherlock, thanks for not saying "not so much".  It needs to go wherever "don't go there" went.

Posted by: blooch at January 02, 2008 05:07 PM (yYiIV)

160 "don't go there" just called.  He's drinking amaretto sours with "marvy" and "super".

Posted by: blooch at January 02, 2008 05:12 PM (yYiIV)

161 I say ban anything that "just called""...especially if  it wants something back.

Posted by: blooch at January 02, 2008 05:15 PM (yYiIV)

162 "teh".Ban. It. Now. And any sentence riddled with periods.   And any word in *sphincters*.  That is all. And that,too.

Posted by: blooch at January 02, 2008 05:22 PM (yYiIV)

163

1) no brainer

2) grow the company

3) brought his A game

4) religion of peace

5) step up to the plate (when not talking about baseball)

6) Insurgent (when they mean terrorist)

7) Undocumented worker

almost every word spoken by  Dick Vitale during a basketball game and about 50% of the words spoken by John Madden at a football game  

 

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