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 (five years ago) link
Those clods are dead though
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Friday, 11 January 2019 19:59 (five years ago) link
"rather" is undead
― difficult listening hour, Friday, 11 January 2019 20:00 (five years ago) link
li-cherally.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 11 January 2019 20:01 (five years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
controversial position
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 11 January 2019 20:07 (five years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
xps alf m8 tisnt gold yere given a fella to work with yknow
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Friday, 11 January 2019 20:54 (five years ago) link
Affirming a negative in a question - “Santa Claus isn’t real, right?”
― calstars, Saturday, 12 January 2019 00:58 (five years ago) link
Full stop.
― mookieproof, Saturday, 12 January 2019 02:27 (five years ago) link
^ 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 (five years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
especially when it's like "brings home a cool $10 million a year"
― suggest boban (Will M.), Tuesday, 15 January 2019 21:23 (five years ago) link
it's a relic. money used to be metal. thus, "cold, hard cash", too.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 15 January 2019 21:26 (five years ago) link
i did a thing
― Mordy, Thursday, 17 January 2019 23:51 (five years ago) link
^ 100%
― flappy bird, Friday, 18 January 2019 06:41 (five years ago) link
"performative"
― resident hack (Simon H.), Friday, 18 January 2019 06:42 (five years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
soupçon
― peace, man, Friday, 18 January 2019 12:35 (five years ago) link
skosh is better than soupçon
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 18 January 2019 16:46 (five years ago) link
bombshell allegations
― joygoat, Saturday, 19 January 2019 14:32 (five years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
"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 (five years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
It has indeed been corrected.
― pomenitul, Monday, 21 January 2019 16:53 (five years ago) link
Guardian keeping close tabs on thread
― Rhine Jive Click Bait (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 21 January 2019 16:59 (five years ago) link
As it should be.
― pomenitul, Monday, 21 January 2019 17:01 (five years ago) link
The situation probably was more diffused than defused.
― jmm, Monday, 21 January 2019 17:05 (five years ago) link
chud kidschud kidschudkids
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 22 January 2019 16:28 (five years ago) link
"work" as aggrandisement of stuff you wanted to do that nobody asked you to do
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 16:35 (five years ago) link
lmao otm
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 16:36 (five years ago) link
I WAS TALKING ABOUT YOU
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 16:36 (five years ago) link
lol j/k thats not tru <3
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 16:37 (five years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
hmm that means yr still on probation in my book tbh
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Tuesday, 22 January 2019 16:40 (five years ago) link
Ratioed
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:34 (five years ago) link
"... said no one, ever"
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:46 (five years ago) link
thousandths
― gray say nah to me (wins), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:35 (five years ago) link
*chef kiss* and *checks notes*
― ultros ultros-ghali, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:50 (five years ago) link
i'm *checks notes* still on board with "*checks notes*"
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:50 (five years ago) link
"Let's link"No
― nathom, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 22:05 (five years ago) link
i have usually heard "link up" which is also horrible
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 23:15 (five years ago) link
it means "meet at some future date"
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 23:17 (five years ago) link
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 (five years ago) link
― nathom, Thursday, 31 January 2019 08:24 (five years ago) link
"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 (five years ago) link