SoCalDem
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Tue Jan-15-08 03:16 PM
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Phrases I'd like to see removed from our "news" vocabulary |
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Edited on Tue Jan-15-08 03:20 PM by SoCalDem
"Move forward" "Get past it" "Move On" (not the organization..just the term) "Credit Crunch" "Election glitch" "Real Estate Slump"
All of these are "passive"..as in "hey there's nothing we could do about it"..it just "happened"..and of course there's nothing to be learned form any of the underlying REASONS these things happened...we just need to shove them under the rug with the rest of the shit under there..and go watch American Idol..or Lost..or Desperate Housewives....
and in other news: "Missing woman" (blonde or otherwise) "Britney Spears"
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Tue Jan-15-08 03:17 PM
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1. "Surge"--in any context. Make it stop. |
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Tue Jan-15-08 03:18 PM
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2. "Some people" "Purported" i really haye that word. |
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Tue Jan-15-08 03:34 PM
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3. It's strange, isn't it, considering these people are in the business of words. |
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Tue Jan-15-08 03:45 PM
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4. "That's incredible." "Absolutely right, John." |
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I'm incredibly, absolutely sick of the overuse of these words by newscasters.
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zingaro
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Tue Jan-15-08 03:46 PM
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5. I'm for tossing out "crisis" in any form unless it's about midlife. nt |
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Tue Jan-15-08 04:01 PM
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Tue Jan-15-08 04:12 PM
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7. Slippery slope, robust, horserace, campaign trail |
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One we don't hear anymore is "popular wartime president."
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Tue Jan-15-08 04:30 PM
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8. You know what word really annoys me? "Amazing". People use it all the time, but |
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there really is very little in life that qualifies as "amazing". Totally cheapened by common use.
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