strunk+white call rather and very "leeches that infest the ponds of prose, sucking the blood of words" iirc
― difficult listening hour, Friday, 11 January 2019 19:56 (six years ago)
Those clods are dead though
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Friday, 11 January 2019 19:59 (six years ago)
"rather" is undead
― difficult listening hour, Friday, 11 January 2019 20:00 (six years ago)
li-cherally.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 11 January 2019 20:01 (six years ago)
everything is a matter of personal style and deployment and offering anything here in the spirit of correction as opposed to an "i dont like this meself" is snobbery
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Friday, 11 January 2019 20:05 (six years ago)
controversial position
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 11 January 2019 20:07 (six years ago)
xp You are correct, sir. Even the most tired of cliches has valid uses in the hands of a good writer. But it is not the purpose of this thread to inveigh against writers whose skill surpasses the bounds beyond which normally lie annoyance.
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 11 January 2019 20:11 (six years ago)
let it never be said about me that I am not a snob
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Friday, 11 January 2019 20:36 (six years ago)
xps alf m8 tisnt gold yere given a fella to work with yknow
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Friday, 11 January 2019 20:54 (six years ago)
Affirming a negative in a question - “Santa Claus isn’t real, right?”
― calstars, Saturday, 12 January 2019 00:58 (six years ago)
Full stop.
― mookieproof, Saturday, 12 January 2019 02:27 (six years ago)
^ both loathsome
I really can't stand when people do this? It's almost as if they don't have the confidence to state their opinions? It looks really precious and pathetic? I hate it?
― flappy bird, Saturday, 12 January 2019 03:23 (six years ago)
in light of the Tlaib controversy I kind of want to stake out a middle ground and say that, while I think there is nothing offensive about cursing in politics, I find it very corny. The use of "motherfucker" in political settings has the feel of the valedictorian trying to be "bad."
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Saturday, 12 January 2019 06:54 (six years ago)
Politicians are all very corny, it has been observed elsewhere on this borad recently.
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Saturday, 12 January 2019 09:00 (six years ago)
Like it's not that people like Tlaib are contributing to the degeneration of the society, it's that they are actually so NOT doing that that it sound ridiculous when they call the president "motherfucker."
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Saturday, 12 January 2019 16:41 (six years ago)
the amount someone makes described as "cool"
"makes a cool $10 million a year"
why is it cool
i mean yes money is cool but
― suggest boban (Will M.), Tuesday, 15 January 2019 21:20 (six years ago)
especially when it's like "brings home a cool $10 million a year"
― suggest boban (Will M.), Tuesday, 15 January 2019 21:23 (six years ago)
it's a relic. money used to be metal. thus, "cold, hard cash", too.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 15 January 2019 21:26 (six years ago)
i did a thing
― Mordy, Thursday, 17 January 2019 23:51 (six years ago)
^ 100%
― flappy bird, Friday, 18 January 2019 06:41 (six years ago)
"performative"
― resident hack (Simon H.), Friday, 18 January 2019 06:42 (six years ago)
lol i can see that but if you live on the internet and have strong opinions on what everyone should be doing then.... you're going to hear a lot of that word
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Friday, 18 January 2019 08:50 (six years ago)
soupçon
― peace, man, Friday, 18 January 2019 12:35 (six years ago)
skosh is better than soupçon
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 18 January 2019 16:46 (six years ago)
bombshell allegations
― joygoat, Saturday, 19 January 2019 14:32 (six years ago)
Probably not the right thread for this but it seems no one is able to tell 'defuse' apart from' diffuse' anymore, including The Graun: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/21/native-american-mocked-by-students-i-saw-my-country-being-torn-apart
― pomenitul, Monday, 21 January 2019 10:11 (six years ago)
"Fulsome", when people use it as an intensified version of "full". What is frustrating is that there is no effective substitute to what people think "fulsome" means but it does not. "Comprehensive"? idk
― flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 21 January 2019 15:25 (six years ago)
xp unless it has since been corrected that appears to be correct use of “defuse,” no?
― Rhine Jive Click Bait (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 21 January 2019 16:51 (six years ago)
It has indeed been corrected.
― pomenitul, Monday, 21 January 2019 16:53 (six years ago)
Guardian keeping close tabs on thread
― Rhine Jive Click Bait (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 21 January 2019 16:59 (six years ago)
As it should be.
― pomenitul, Monday, 21 January 2019 17:01 (six years ago)
The situation probably was more diffused than defused.
― jmm, Monday, 21 January 2019 17:05 (six years ago)
chud kidschud kidschudkids
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 22 January 2019 16:28 (six years ago)
"work" as aggrandisement of stuff you wanted to do that nobody asked you to do
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 16:35 (six years ago)
lmao otm
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 16:36 (six years ago)
I WAS TALKING ABOUT YOU
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 16:36 (six years ago)
lol j/k thats not tru <3
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 16:37 (six years ago)
I haven’t said that since i was an undergrad!!
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 16:38 (six years ago)
hmm that means yr still on probation in my book tbh
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 16:40 (six years ago)
Ratioed
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:34 (six years ago)
"... said no one, ever"
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:46 (six years ago)
thousandths
― gray say nah to me (wins), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:35 (six years ago)
*chef kiss* and *checks notes*
― ultros ultros-ghali, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:50 (six years ago)
i'm *checks notes* still on board with "*checks notes*"
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:50 (six years ago)
"Let's link"No
― nathom, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 22:05 (six years ago)
i have usually heard "link up" which is also horrible
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 23:15 (six years ago)
it means "meet at some future date"
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 23:17 (six years ago)
yeah, let's meet, let's exchange numbers, let's become friends. I thought I was posting that one into the void because this is the first time anyone has shared my dislike of "Let's link"
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 23:20 (six years ago)
― nathom, Thursday, 31 January 2019 08:24 (six years ago)
"Famously", as used by journalists when describing something not at all well-known, in which case it's condescending; or when describing something very well-known, in which case it's a get-out for the writer's laziness. In either case it's redundant.
― fetter, Thursday, 31 January 2019 09:34 (six years ago)