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Literally. That literally does my head in. My work colleagues are literally the worst offenders at misusing it at literally every possible opportunity.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 11 October 2003 10:16 (twenty-one years ago) link

four months pass...

1) "Pazz"
2) "Jop"

― jazz odysseus, Monday, 23 February 2004 18:35 (twenty years ago) link

"up close and personal"

― paulhw (paulhw), Monday, 23 February 2004 19:01 (twenty years ago) link

"Partner", in reference to a boyfriend or girlfriend.

― J-rock (Julien Sandiford), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 07:11 (twenty years ago) link

grotty

― Orbit (Orbit), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 07:12 (twenty years ago) link

detritus
vacillate
uproarious
human spirit
afterglow
dreck
shockah
cultural

― Le Coq, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 07:26 (twenty years ago) link

I hate the word 'admits' used in the Hello magazine sense, as in:

Victoria Beckham admits that her children are the most important part of her life
Jennifer Aniston admits that she is very much in love

You should only admit to bad things.

― Joe Kay (feethurt), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:17 (twenty years ago) link

People not only say mimimalist when they mean minimal but some people even say MINIMALISTIC (which isnt even a word). Makes me want to throw up.

― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:38 (twenty years ago) link

Supercaliminimalisticexpialodocious.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 12:03 (twenty years ago) link

six months pass...

I think Ronan, mentions it upthread, but "son" as an address at the end of a sentence and "sonned" make my SKIN CRAWL. There is nothing worse than an attempted belitting that is paternal and patronizing by someone mentally beneath you. Oh and if someone younger tries to use that on me, well, let's just say that their uppance will come.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 18:53 (twenty years ago) link

"the proverbial"

― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 18:55 (twenty years ago) link

"Boss", as you are endlessly called in London by shopkeepers who are trying to rip you off

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 18:57 (twenty years ago) link

My friend J had to show a London shopkeeper his nipple to get beer when we were about 16 - true story.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 18:58 (twenty years ago) link

It was good beer.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 18:59 (twenty years ago) link

I've been hearing "admiral" used in place of "admirable", and it is FINGERNAILS ON A GODDAMNED CHALKBOARD.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 23:28 (twenty years ago) link

seven months pass...

blogosphere

― ()ops (()()ps), Thursday, 14 April 2005 19:27 (nineteen years ago) link

guestimate, pro-active, synergy.

― AaronK (AaronK), Thursday, 14 April 2005 21:45 (nineteen years ago) link

Victoria Beckham admits that her children are the most important part of her life
Jennifer Aniston admits that she is very much in love

You should only admit to bad things.

I don't get your point here.

― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 14 April 2005 21:47 (nineteen years ago) link

pontificating
throatfucking
the ___ set
socialite
structuralist (and all variations of)
meathole
negritude stuff like 'shake your bootay' that is obviously the anomalous 'fun' bit in an article, usually film or fashion related, written by some white bitch that probably hates rap music and doesn't even keep in touch with Shantelle from college even for blackup purposes
anomalous
blackup

― LeCoq (LeCoq), Friday, 15 April 2005 00:32 (nineteen years ago) link

haha, i love LeCoq

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 15 April 2005 02:13 (nineteen years ago) link

wait a minute, what did i just say?!

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 15 April 2005 02:13 (nineteen years ago) link

Masculine. I hate this word. It's the most un-manly sounding word for manly.

― Hurting (Hurting), Friday, 15 April 2005 02:14 (nineteen years ago) link

schedule. when people say it like, 'shhhedule'

― Star Cauliflower (Star Cauliflower), Friday, 15 April 2005 02:48 (nineteen years ago) link

peruse.

― Remy (x Jeremy), Friday, 15 April 2005 02:51 (nineteen years ago) link

some white bitch that probably hates rap music and doesn't even keep in touch with Shantelle from college even for blackup purposes

Beautiful.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Friday, 15 April 2005 17:10 (nineteen years ago) link

Am I the only one who loves new words and ways of saying things? Maybe it's my linguistics degree that's to blame.

― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 15 April 2005 17:44 (nineteen years ago) link

around the newsroom here, whenever the reporters do good and pat each other on the back they say they "commit journalism." and a hush falls and tears are shed because it's a very HEAVY thing apparently. drives me fucking nuts.

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Friday, 15 April 2005 18:22 (nineteen years ago) link

'she already knows we all want to fuck her'

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 15 April 2005 18:30 (nineteen years ago) link

a friend of mine used to shiver like crazy whenever someone said "moist."

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 15 April 2005 18:31 (nineteen years ago) link

"hardcore bonefest"

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Friday, 15 April 2005 18:34 (nineteen years ago) link

"whatnot"

― fauxhemian (fauxhemian), Friday, 15 April 2005 19:19 (nineteen years ago) link

I knew a girl called Kirsten Moist

― Dialectical Dave (Dialectical Dave), Friday, 15 April 2005 19:48 (nineteen years ago) link

lol moist lol do you see

― Dialectical Dave (Dialectical Dave), Friday, 15 April 2005 19:48 (nineteen years ago) link

heteroglossic

― Dialectical Dave (Dialectical Dave), Friday, 15 April 2005 19:49 (nineteen years ago) link

stink

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 15 April 2005 20:09 (nineteen years ago) link

deal-io, as in "yo, what's the deal-io?" (I used to say this myself)

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Friday, 15 April 2005 20:22 (nineteen years ago) link

I thought it was funny when my local Dairy Queen put on its marquee "WHAT THE DILLY-YO." (This was maybe 1998?)

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 15 April 2005 20:24 (nineteen years ago) link

dude. that was at K.

― kelsey (kelstarry), Friday, 15 April 2005 20:40 (nineteen years ago) link

i know. it was my local dairy queen at the time.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 15 April 2005 20:40 (nineteen years ago) link

three months pass...

"Owned" (in it's various guises and spellings) is really awful isn't it? I suppose it always infers a sexual element, but when actually used to describe a sex act, then it becomes almost intolerable with hateful power dynamics and an economic cynicism. < /fun>

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 8 August 2005 17:34 (nineteen years ago) link

But what about "pwned"?

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 8 August 2005 17:40 (nineteen years ago) link

That's what I meant by "in it's various guises and spellings."

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 8 August 2005 17:50 (nineteen years ago) link

its

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 8 August 2005 17:52 (nineteen years ago) link

There are no power dynamics or economic cynicism (whatever that means) in "pwn," because it doesn't mean anything. You can't even pronounce it.

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 8 August 2005 17:53 (nineteen years ago) link

Haha, I was with my brother one time, and I forget the context, but he said something like, "Oh yeah, he was totally ... uh ... owned." I was like, "were you about to try to pronounce P-W-N?" He said, "Heh, yeah."

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 8 August 2005 17:55 (nineteen years ago) link

I see Spencer's point, tho, w/r/t ownership -- equating humiliating someone or putting them in their place with possessing them.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 8 August 2005 17:57 (nineteen years ago) link

THAT IS THE POINT

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 8 August 2005 17:57 (nineteen years ago) link

"Can we please use some less insulting insults?"

― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 8 August 2005 17:58 (nineteen years ago) link

Actually, I never really thought about it literally until just now. I've always just used it as a synonym for "SCHOOLED!" or something.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 8 August 2005 17:59 (nineteen years ago) link

I've always been bothered by it, but the tortoise sex face captioning finally made me do something about it!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 8 August 2005 18:01 (nineteen years ago) link

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