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Banished Words 2009 - It's That Time of Year Again

DalbozDalboz Resident Puppy EaterRight behind you...Registered User regular
edited January 2009 in Debate and/or Discourse
Lake Superior State University has published their annual list words to be banished from the Queen's English for misuse, overuse, and general uselessness. For the first year ever, the list includes an emoticon.

The list year (just the list; details on each in the above link):
Green
Carbon Footprint or Carbon Offsetting
Maverick
First Dude
Bailout
Wall Street/Main Street
-Monkey
< 3
Icon or Iconic
Game Changer
Staycation
Desperate Search
Not So Much
Winner of Five Nominations
It's That Time of Year Again

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  • NocturneNocturne Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Dalboz wrote: »
    Lake Superior State University has published their annual list words to be banished from the Queen's English for misuse, overuse, and general uselessness. For the first year ever, the list includes an emoticon.

    The list year (just the list; details on each in the above link):
    Green
    Carbon Footprint or Carbon Offsetting
    Maverick
    First Dude
    Bailout
    Wall Street/Main Street
    -Monkey
    < 3
    Icon or Iconic
    Game Changer
    Desperate Search
    Not So Much
    Winner of Five Nominations
    It's That Time of Year Again

    Fucking god yes

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  • emnmnmeemnmnme Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    They banned "monkey"? How can you ban an animal?

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    edited December 2008
    emnmnme wrote: »
    They banned "monkey"? How can you ban an animal?

    l2read the article plz kthxbyeluvu

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    every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.

    the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    I think they banned it as a suffix - wage-monkey, grease-monkey, that type of thing.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Agree with all selections.

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    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

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  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    cheeky-monkey

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  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    What about the guy who cleans out the primate house at the zoo? You know, the monkey-monkey.

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  • emnmnmeemnmnme Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Feral wrote: »
    emnmnme wrote: »
    They banned "monkey"? How can you ban an animal?

    l2read the article plz kthxbyeluvu


    EDIT: Got it.

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  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Dalboz, you should edit the thread title to say: "It's that time of the year again..."

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  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Yeah this seems reasonable to me

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    edited December 2008
    emnmnme wrote: »
    "Especially on the Internet, many people seem to think they can make any boring name sound more attractive just by adding the word 'monkey' to it. Do a search to find the latest. It is no longer funny."

    I still don't get it. Feral-monkey?

    Yeah I think they're referring to wage-monkey, grease-monkey, etc. like Rhesus-monkey was saying above.

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    every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.

    the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    emnmnme wrote: »
    Feral wrote: »
    emnmnme wrote: »
    They banned "monkey"? How can you ban an animal?

    l2read the article plz kthxbyeluvu

    "Especially on the Internet, many people seem to think they can make any boring name sound more attractive just by adding the word 'monkey' to it. Do a search to find the latest. It is no longer funny."

    I still don't get it. Feral-monkey?

    Are you slow son

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  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Dalboz wrote: »
    Drez wrote: »
    Dalboz, you should edit the thread title to say: "It's that time of the year again..."

    Done.

    hehe :)

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  • DalbozDalboz Resident Puppy Eater Right behind you...Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Drez wrote: »
    Dalboz, you should edit the thread title to say: "It's that time of the year again..."

    Done. :)

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  • FeralFeral ＭＥＭＥＴＩＣＨＡＲＩＺＡＲＤ interior crocodile alligator ⇔ ǝɹʇɐǝɥʇ ǝᴉʌoɯ ʇǝloɹʌǝɥɔ ɐ ǝʌᴉɹp ᴉRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    There are a couple of companies that sell carbon offsets that are actually meaningful.

    And a gazillion that are full of shit.

    Feral on
    every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.

    the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
  • deadonthestreetdeadonthestreet Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    But I less than three less than three

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  • skippydumptruckskippydumptruck begin again Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Feral wrote: »
    There are a couple of companies that sell carbon offsets that are actually meaningful.

    And a gazillion that are full of shit.

    I bet the carbon offset market is in the shitter due to the economy. I mean, even more than other industries.

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  • deadonthestreetdeadonthestreet Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Also I like not so much

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  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Feral wrote: »
    emnmnme wrote: »
    "Especially on the Internet, many people seem to think they can make any boring name sound more attractive just by adding the word 'monkey' to it. Do a search to find the latest. It is no longer funny."

    I still don't get it. Feral-monkey?

    Yeah I think they're referring to wage-monkey, grease-monkey, etc. like Rhesus-monkey was saying above.

    It seems that I'm the right poster to comment on this expression.

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  • ElJeffeElJeffe Roaming the streets, waving his mod gun around.Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited December 2008
    deadonthestreet wrote: »
    But I less than three less than three

    Is it still okay if you use them in series, like <3<3<3?

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    edited December 2008
    skippydumptruck wrote: »
    Feral wrote: »
    There are a couple of companies that sell carbon offsets that are actually meaningful.

    And a gazillion that are full of shit.

    I bet the carbon offset market is in the shitter due to the economy. I mean, even more than other industries.

    That's a good question. Probably. I've been following a really high-profile project in San Francisco involving 3Degrees who seem to be on the up-and-up. They're going to install kiosks at the SF airport to allow travelers to buy carbon offsets matched to the estimated emissions of their trip. I thought it sounded fucking stupid until I investigated the company a little more. Right now, it's barely in the planning stages, but it's still going forward.

    Feral on
    every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.

    the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    ElJeffe wrote: »
    deadonthestreet wrote: »
    But I less than three less than three

    Is it still okay if you use them in series, like <3<3<3?

    What about the </3?

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  • FeralFeral ＭＥＭＥＴＩＣＨＡＲＩＺＡＲＤ interior crocodile alligator ⇔ ǝɹʇɐǝɥʇ ǝᴉʌoɯ ʇǝloɹʌǝɥɔ ɐ ǝʌᴉɹp ᴉRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Rhesus Positive wrote: »
    ElJeffe wrote: »
    deadonthestreet wrote: »
    But I less than three less than three

    Is it still okay if you use them in series, like <3<3<3?

    What about the </3?

    Is that a closed heart?

    Feral on
    every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.

    the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Broken heart.

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  • deadonthestreetdeadonthestreet Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    love love love is ok

    But broken heart is not

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  • ElJeffeElJeffe Roaming the streets, waving his mod gun around.Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited December 2008
    deadonthestreet wrote: »
    love love love is ok

    But broken heart is not

    </3

    :(

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  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    What about other Internet abbreviations and emoticons? Have they been targetted in previous lists?

    Because my texting and MSNing won't withstand a culling of the winky and tongue guy.

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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    <3 is awesome.

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  • MedopineMedopine __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2008
    this list is totes terrible

    except I am down with maverick being banished forever

    totes down with that

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  • FeralFeral ＭＥＭＥＴＩＣＨＡＲＩＺＡＲＤ interior crocodile alligator ⇔ ǝɹʇɐǝɥʇ ǝᴉʌoɯ ʇǝloɹʌǝɥɔ ɐ ǝʌᴉɹp ᴉRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Lists of words to be ban[n|ish]ed are always terrible.

    Feral on
    every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.

    the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
  • ElJeffeElJeffe Roaming the streets, waving his mod gun around.Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited December 2008
    T... totes?

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  • MedopineMedopine __BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2008
    tewtally

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  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    We have our first contender for 2010!

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  • ElJeffeElJeffe Roaming the streets, waving his mod gun around.Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited December 2008
    If we kill Medopine, will it stop this at the source?

    Or is the outbreak already rampant?

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  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    It's totes rampant.

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  • DarkCrawlerDarkCrawler Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    PUT THE FORUM INTO QUARANTINE, QUICK.

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  • RentRent I'm always right Fuckin' deal with itRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    What's up with the "Winner of Five Nominations" one
    Why is it so specific is what I am asking

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  • FeralFeral ＭＥＭＥＴＩＣＨＡＲＩＺＡＲＤ interior crocodile alligator ⇔ ǝɹʇɐǝɥʇ ǝᴉʌoɯ ʇǝloɹʌǝɥɔ ɐ ǝʌᴉɹp ᴉRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Rent wrote: »
    What's up with the "Winner of Five Nominations" one
    Why is it so specific is what I am asking

    You don't win a nomination.

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    every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.

    the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
  • Salvation122Salvation122 Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    ElJeffe wrote: »
    deadonthestreet wrote: »
    But I less than three less than three

    Is it still okay if you use them in series, like <3<3<3?

    It took me probably three years to figure out those were supposed to be hearts. I always thought they were scrotums.

    I was a very strange child.

    Edit: Disable smileys

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  • RentRent I'm always right Fuckin' deal with itRegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Feral wrote: »
    Rent wrote: »
    What's up with the "Winner of Five Nominations" one
    Why is it so specific is what I am asking

    You don't win a nomination.

    That's what I thought, why didn't they just banned "Winner of X Nominations"
    Why five?
    Also, list is missing staycation, which I absolutely fucking despise with every fiber of my being as a word
    It's hard to make an oxymoronic word, but they fucking did it, and made it rhyme too
    God I hate that fucking word

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