"Banned" words to avoid - Page 5

aigiqinf · 01-07-2009, 05:53 PM

value-add

-_-

mommusic · 01-07-2009, 06:26 PM

In "win" and "fail" I think we are seeing the language being used in a new way by the young.

If I triumphantly said "I am full of win" about something I think my kids would roll their eyes. But they would know what I meant.

captmarklpmd · 01-07-2009, 10:03 PM

#1 frosh son has returned with an F in each course. I've read other tales here and elsewhere. I just want to cry and the hardest thing to confront is that I did the same myself (but with a couple of Cs) ...more than 40 years ago and I managed to talk my parents into sending me back as he wants us to. I did only marginally better academically 2nd semester, eventually dropped out and then went back 5 years later with great success. My wife and I have different viewpoints: she says make him get "back on the horse" with a contract and conditions and I say "yank him" to let him work for a while and take some cheap courses at the CC. I can see the argument about "getting back aboard" so as to encourage the building esteem but when a kid bombs this badly...he either specialized in sleeping or fantasy football, or both...but had nothing to do with school !

captmarklpmd · 01-07-2009, 10:04 PM

#1 frosh son has returned with an F in each course. I've read other tales here and elsewhere. I just want to cry and the hardest thing to confront is that I did the same myself (but with a couple of Cs) ...more than 40 years ago and I managed to talk my parents into sending me back as he wants us to. I did only marginally better academically 2nd semester, eventually dropped out and then went back 5 years later with great success. My wife and I have different viewpoints: she says make him get "back on the horse" with a contract and conditions and I say "yank him" to let him work for a while and take some cheap courses at the CC. I can see the argument about "getting back aboard" so as to encourage the building esteem but when a kid bombs this badly...he either specialized in sleeping or fantasy football, or both...but had nothing to do with school !

Modadunn · 01-07-2009, 10:15 PM

Quote:

CHANCE ME: Overused to the point where it has become meaningless. Most often used by overqualified potential applicants looking for affirmation.

This is the exact definition! Classic. Game Changer, however, has been added to websters. It's here to stay.

mommusic · 01-07-2009, 10:24 PM

captmarkland--you may want to post in a different thread, or start a new thread for your problem.

linfort · 01-08-2009, 09:44 AM

Who said it means "darling" all the time. Could be darn, damn, dirty, dull, dumb, derelict, etc. I could think of more, but not always appropriate. I do sometimes think them in my head when dealing with DS, DD, and DH.

somemom · 01-08-2009, 04:23 PM

If we did not use DD or D1, etc to post would you have us type out Oldest Daughter, silly husband, etc in each post? I think it makes sense as the people are already anonymous so the D1 or DH or DW is like "she" but slightly more specific.

ThisCouldBeHeavn · 01-08-2009, 06:18 PM

da sh1t is like totally hella legit. don be hatin aite?

musicallylatin · 01-08-2009, 08:15 PM

^ Oh my...

Ernie H. · 01-09-2009, 06:51 AM

Yes, PLEASE let's do away with this D S DS DD DS1 DD2 DH DW nonsense!!! If you can't take the time to write "my son" or "my daughter," you are simply pathetic.

applejack · 01-09-2009, 11:28 AM

^
agreed. I'm actually okay with D1 or whatever, but there's no need for DH (darling husband or dear husband or dead husband or whatever it means). He's your husband. I don't care about your emotional feelings about it.

Another word that should be banned is "Socialist". I think the people who use it the most (usually disparagingly) have little to no concept what it actually means. It was abused in the election (at the same time that Republicans were socializing our banking system) and has become a catchphrase to attack anyone who doesn't want to privatize the police force and pay a toll to exit their driveway.

So long as there is taxation, there is redistribution of wealth. Whether it goes to corporations or to working families is a matter of values and is a worthy debate, but it's not an entirely different economic model. Colin Powell had it right.

mommusic · 01-09-2009, 12:54 PM

Sorry people who hate DH, DW.

I will use H when I say H parked the car while I ran into the office.

But I will say DH ran the car into the fence while trying to demonstrate how to steer on ice.

It's more...nuanced.

Solon · 01-09-2009, 04:41 PM

Bailout ? Not so much ...

Greybeard · 01-10-2009, 02:06 AM

I'll confess that until reading this thread, I've been tipping my head the wrong way all these years, and thought that <3 was an expression of (how do I put this delicately) masculine enthusiasm.