Does that observation have any merit?
Others for the pot:
Abstain, ithsmus..and..hmm..oh yeah!
CANADIAN BACON
OT: Lame Words
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- Banned
- 6127 posts since 1 Apr, 2004 from Et in Arcadia Ego
Squids, I'm getting an impression from the words you have chosen you may be a latent hypochondriac.
Does that observation have any merit?
Others for the pot:
Abstain, ithsmus..and..hmm..oh yeah!
CANADIAN BACON
Does that observation have any merit?
Others for the pot:
Abstain, ithsmus..and..hmm..oh yeah!
CANADIAN BACON
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- Sonic Reality Head Chef
- Topic Starter
- 8566 posts since 11 Mar, 2002 from Florida
Abstain or even just stain is a good lame word.
I am not a hypochondriac. But that's a good lame word I think!
I am not a hypochondriac. But that's a good lame word I think!
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- KVRAF
- 4878 posts since 13 Jun, 2002 from Montreal
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- KVRAF
- 7879 posts since 16 Apr, 2003 from -on the outside looking in
for your consideration:
ointment --
texts -- the singular is fine, but plural is impossible to pronounce without over enunciating.
slough -- don't know how to pronounce it, -don't like any of the options.
ointment --
texts -- the singular is fine, but plural is impossible to pronounce without over enunciating.
slough -- don't know how to pronounce it, -don't like any of the options.
..what goes around comes around..
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- KVRAF
- 7879 posts since 16 Apr, 2003 from -on the outside looking in
I thought of adding "paradigm" and "synergy" but they may be cases of pretentious overuse. The "g"'s in them do make them suspect.
..what goes around comes around..
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- KVRAF
- 4143 posts since 7 Sep, 2001 from Melbourne, Australia
Lame as a word itself is quite lame. Don't know how it could be otherwise.
"plot" - I don't like this word. Plod seems so suitable and then with such a minor variation you're still thinking plod but saying plot.
"plump" - another word I don't like due to the pronounced 'p' at the end of the word combined with the first word. Makes me feel queasy if I say is slowly. The better the diction, the less I like it.
"testacles" - and its abbreviation. I find it such a weird cumbersome word to describe someone's balls.
"fruityloops" - had to put this one in there. What a stupid title. No wonder it changed. Fits into the same category as....
"mboom" - Muzys was a much better title.
"onomatopoeia" - what a dreadful word to inflict on us all. It's meant to mean a word that sounds like it's meaning (or similar). Is that meant to be a sick joke?
"noice" - ok it's Australian slang but I'm sick of people in Australia saying it. "Nice" is bad enough without having to sound like you're saying it through clogged sinuses.
"tumescent" - yuck. I want to say I have a hard-on but it sounds like I have a tumour.
"pubescent" - once you start knowing what public hair is, you just don't want to associate a whole person with it.
"puerile" - I used to think the word was cool because of its direct descendency from the Latin "puer" meaning "boy". But it just happens to sound ghastly when you say it. pyewrile.
"putrescent" - I like this word but it's lame. Again it's the pyew sound that does it.
Caleb
"plot" - I don't like this word. Plod seems so suitable and then with such a minor variation you're still thinking plod but saying plot.
"plump" - another word I don't like due to the pronounced 'p' at the end of the word combined with the first word. Makes me feel queasy if I say is slowly. The better the diction, the less I like it.
"testacles" - and its abbreviation. I find it such a weird cumbersome word to describe someone's balls.
"fruityloops" - had to put this one in there. What a stupid title. No wonder it changed. Fits into the same category as....
"mboom" - Muzys was a much better title.
"onomatopoeia" - what a dreadful word to inflict on us all. It's meant to mean a word that sounds like it's meaning (or similar). Is that meant to be a sick joke?
"noice" - ok it's Australian slang but I'm sick of people in Australia saying it. "Nice" is bad enough without having to sound like you're saying it through clogged sinuses.
"tumescent" - yuck. I want to say I have a hard-on but it sounds like I have a tumour.
"pubescent" - once you start knowing what public hair is, you just don't want to associate a whole person with it.
"puerile" - I used to think the word was cool because of its direct descendency from the Latin "puer" meaning "boy". But it just happens to sound ghastly when you say it. pyewrile.
"putrescent" - I like this word but it's lame. Again it's the pyew sound that does it.
Caleb
Happiness is the hidden behind the obvious.
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- KVRAF
- 7879 posts since 16 Apr, 2003 from -on the outside looking in
The Greek Hero?Caleb wrote: "testacles"
Caleb wrote: "tumescent" - yuck. I want to say I have a hard-on but it sounds like I have a tumour.
Caleb
good point. Always disliked the word!..what goes around comes around..
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- KVRAF
- 4878 posts since 13 Jun, 2002 from Montreal
Adjectives that have been made nouns through misuse are by definition lame I would say. Xerox is a good example.prophylactic - surely there could've been a better word for these
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- KVRist
- 199 posts since 19 Sep, 2002
not necessarily lame, but words i hate
'lame' itself when used in this context
asinine
contextualise
litigious
‘fess (as in fess up)
back-in-the-day (eugh)
eugh
quoth (esp when used incorrectly as in ‘someone quoth’; the subject comes after, as in ‘quoth the raven’, which only makes it sound more pretentious)
and my current most hated
seminal - would someone please tell CM that every synth, effect and artist from before 1999 does not have to be seminal
talking of whom, not an abuse of the language, just of common sense :
“I’m honored to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his hand cut off by Saddam Hussein.” —George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 25, 2004
'lame' itself when used in this context
asinine
contextualise
litigious
‘fess (as in fess up)
back-in-the-day (eugh)
eugh
quoth (esp when used incorrectly as in ‘someone quoth’; the subject comes after, as in ‘quoth the raven’, which only makes it sound more pretentious)
and my current most hated
seminal - would someone please tell CM that every synth, effect and artist from before 1999 does not have to be seminal
nouns made verbs, such as i'll xerox this are even worse, or how about Bush's xeroxalisationismsAdjectives that have been made nouns through misuse are by definition lame I would say. Xerox is a good example.
talking of whom, not an abuse of the language, just of common sense :
“I’m honored to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his hand cut off by Saddam Hussein.” —George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 25, 2004
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- KVRAF
- 6519 posts since 13 Mar, 2002 from UK
Rhymes with how. I live there, therefore I know*.ouroboros wrote: slough -- don't know how to pronounce it, -don't like any of the options.
Unless you're talking reptile skin, then it rhymes with snuff.
Lamé, that's lame.
*Doesn't rhyme with Slough.
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- KVRist
- 57 posts since 24 Jun, 2002 from Just round the corner behind the shops
Not really lame but the word
Genre when said by artsy fartsy pompous head up their own arses pricks just infuriates me . Its the way some of them say it like gaaaaaaahnre
Ill carry on taking the pills
Genre when said by artsy fartsy pompous head up their own arses pricks just infuriates me . Its the way some of them say it like gaaaaaaahnre
Ill carry on taking the pills
Ian F
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- KVRAF
- 4143 posts since 7 Sep, 2001 from Melbourne, Australia
I tend to agree with you on alot of these.Hengy wrote:
'lame' itself when used in this context
asinine
contextualise
litigious
‘fess (as in fess up)
back-in-the-day (eugh)
eugh
quoth (esp when used incorrectly as in ‘someone quoth’; the subject comes after, as in ‘quoth the raven’, which only makes it sound more pretentious)
and my current most hated
seminal - would someone please tell CM that every synth, effect and artist from before 1999 does not have to be seminal
xeroxalisationisms
Contextualise sounds bad enough to force whole civilisations to stand up as one and vomit blood.
And litigious makes my skin crawl. Just say it aloud and I'm sure you'd get the same feeling.
I must remember xeroxalisationisms for the benefit of my mother whose head will probably turn bright purple with indignant rage at the idea of the English language being so butchered until at some stage her head will explode. I think I'll wait for Christmas lunch for that one.
Caleb
Happiness is the hidden behind the obvious.
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- Skunk Mod
- 21249 posts since 10 Jun, 2004 from Pony Pasture
Not lame, not really a word even. But y'all might enjoy one of my eXXtreme wurdz:
utilizate
Yes, I've managed to create a word-like object that outdoes the military-industrial complex's legendary "utilize." And it still means exactly the same thing as "use."
[Note: "utilize" does have a distinct definition, in addition to being a sesquipedalian circumlocutory surrogate(*) for "use." It can mean "to put something or someone to profitable or practical use." Which sounds like the same thing but it's a shade-of-meaning kinda thing.]
Meffy
(*) Take that, flopsy (most of you won't know flopsy, sorry :-D)
utilizate
Yes, I've managed to create a word-like object that outdoes the military-industrial complex's legendary "utilize." And it still means exactly the same thing as "use."
[Note: "utilize" does have a distinct definition, in addition to being a sesquipedalian circumlocutory surrogate(*) for "use." It can mean "to put something or someone to profitable or practical use." Which sounds like the same thing but it's a shade-of-meaning kinda thing.]
Meffy
(*) Take that, flopsy (most of you won't know flopsy, sorry :-D)