hyacinth416

Lol, me too. That is sort of obnoxious...

Vernalagnia

Staycation is one of the most absolutely pointless ideas/words ever invented.

I <3 <3 though.

kid112

i completely agree with banning "chance me" from CC. its as if somehow hearing confirmation from a random cc user means a college is going to admit you??

lantzk

I would assume the point of asking for someone's interpretation of your chances is meant to soothe your mind and soul (if after application has been sent in) or so that you can then pointlessly gripe about all those extracurricular activities you wish that you had displayed a "passion" in.

Just my two cents.

vicariousparent

Pwn, Pwned.

I thought the D in DH was just "dear".

Nick017

i totally agree about green. Hippies... they want to save the earth but all they do is smoke pot and smell bad ~ Eric T. Cartman

neethus1

Lmao for Tufts' "Who are you?" I was going to write about being a "maverick" just so I could crack Palin jokes.

Hehe :P I didn't in the end though.

I could have used "I am a maverick. My actions are just so... mavericky. *insert Palin's notorious accent*"

*snorts*

ryuzaki2012

"<3 – Supposed to resemble a heart, or stand for the word 'love.' Used when sending those important text messages to loved ones. "Just say the word instead of making me turn my head sideways and wondering what 'less than three' means." Andrea Estrada, Chicago."

Odd. I always thought that looked like lips kissing, I never knew it was supposed to be a heart..

mommusic

xSteven--S1, S2, D1, etc. are used to preserve anonymity yet retain brevity when avoiding your actual children's names on CC.

What am I supposed to use, "the oldest one, the next oldest one, the 3rd one, the girl, the smart one, the addlepated one"?

Actually, I kind of like addlepated. Except for being longer to type.

neethus1

I could not agree more.

andr0128

I would also like to nominate:

Guesstimate/guesstimation
"Much" in the sense of "tired much?" or "bored much?"

And just a word that is overused in scientific publications: Novel

jamesford

Let's ban all contractions and homonyms! There. They're. Their. Your. You're. Except. Accept. Its. It's. I know people who have barely been citizens of the US who could kick native speakers' @$$es in grammar.

Also, ban all words that get commonly mispronounced. Diff-rent. Li-bary. Nucular. etc. etc.

Roger_Dooley

I guess we'll know CC has really hit it big when "chance me" gets into the Merriam-Webster list of new words! (Are phrases allowed?)

fencersmother

If I read "IMHO" once more, I will likely give someone an opinion they'll not be happy to read. Please. Just state yours and move on.

I am fairly certain I will never say the words "change" or "hope" again either. Sick of those, as words, not necessisarily as ideas.

neethus1

Lmao I love IMHO - it has such an undertone.

To add to jamesford's list: aksing. JUST SAY ASKING FOR GOD'S SAKE.

Dude, I love this thread (if it's not obvious from the number of times I've posted on it)... it's such a rant.