tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post114671709094052503..comments2023-10-11T09:22:33.136-04:00Comments on Paperback Writer: Dodge WordUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1147085502089809112006-05-08T06:51:00.000-04:002006-05-08T06:51:00.000-04:00Interdigitated! (Why can't they just hold hands?)J...Interdigitated! (Why can't they just hold hands?)<BR/><BR/>JillBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1146876870684789222006-05-05T20:54:00.000-04:002006-05-05T20:54:00.000-04:00The "zeitgeist" comments reminded me of one of my ...The "zeitgeist" comments reminded me of one of my <I>favourite</I> word usages I've seen on the internet (ps, I don't care for the term "intarweb", but I'll cop to having used it in MSN chats with a cow-orker). There's a network of sites that start with 43, like 43things.com, 43places.com and 43people.com . The idea is that you make a list of places / people / things you want to go / see / do in your lifetime. There's a link on each one that's kind of a "tag cloud" link.<BR/><BR/>On 43things, it's labeled "zeitgeist".<BR/>On 43places, it's labeled "wanderlust".<BR/>And on 43people, to maintain the German ubercoolitude, it's called "Hasselhoff". I nearly spit up Coke, laughing, when I saw that one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1146868045388851022006-05-05T18:27:00.000-04:002006-05-05T18:27:00.000-04:00Bizarrely, I just went from here to the Old New Th...Bizarrely, I just went from here to <A HREF="http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2006/05/04/589885.aspx" REL="nofollow">the Old New Thing</A>, where "chiaroscuro" was used as an example of a word that's hard to spell.<BR/><BR/>I guess it must be some kind of zeitgeist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1146858532517091932006-05-05T15:48:00.000-04:002006-05-05T15:48:00.000-04:00Myself, I find a lot more of the current slang-y w...Myself, I find a lot more of the current slang-y words most repulsive. "Hottie" makes me want to throw things at the dimwit who thought that was an adequate description of an attractive man. As does describing said attractive creature as "yummy." <BR/> And while I love the Trace Adkins song (though I have no idea why. It truly is awful.) "Badonkadonk" is like sandpaper to my eardrums. <BR/> "Athleticism" and pronouncing "athlete" as "ath-uh-lete" is bad, too. <BR/> And of course, anything that ever comes out of a rapper's mouth kills me. Cutesy respellings (my local radio station's slogan is "Spell 'country' with a K" -- argh) and replacing "s" with "z" in plurals. Double ARGH!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1146850015682257512006-05-05T13:26:00.000-04:002006-05-05T13:26:00.000-04:00Ah, you mean homage, to rhyme with fromage?Irregar...Ah, you mean homage, to rhyme with <I>fromage</I>?<BR/><BR/>Irregardless: I remember in high school reading that irregardless is 'a meaningless verbal bastard.'<BR/><BR/>As for 'apotheosis': it's not so much that he would use the word, but (A) he used it in the 2nd sentence of the book, and (B) he regarded his words as so inviolate that he didn't change that one when he published (re-published?) the book. Excise that word! Excise that whole sentence -- it's unnecessary. Whatever happened to cutting unnecessary words, sentences, paragraphs, scenes, chapters?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1146834133869358102006-05-05T09:02:00.000-04:002006-05-05T09:02:00.000-04:00Doug, you curmudgeon, you. In the entire series o...Doug, you curmudgeon, you. In the entire series of seven books and Lord knows how many thousand pages, I remember seeing "apotheosis" once, and apparently it appears in one other, connected novel (a line about how, in another world, the last gunslinger slept under the stars in the apotheosis of all deserts), and it seems to me he was making fun of his youthful, show-off word choice there.<BR/><BR/>Now, words that I hate.<BR/><BR/>"orientate" -- I know it's valid, but I just want to grab someone by the collar, give 'em a good shake, and yell, "The word you want is <I>orient!</I>"<BR/><BR/>"unthaw" -- what, like to freeze?<BR/><BR/>"irregardless" -- "ça gratte sur les nerfs"<BR/><BR/>When people, speaking English, insist on pronouncing "homage" in the French manner, ie, "an <I>omahzhe</I>". The word has a pronunciation in English, and it sound pretentious to me to hear it in the French style unless you're speaking the rest of the sentence in French too.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and it bugs me when anyone says "an history". Certain British people can get away with this, but it's a bit of a pet peeve.<BR/><BR/>Ok, I think I'm done ranting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1146808173307032912006-05-05T01:49:00.000-04:002006-05-05T01:49:00.000-04:00Oh, this looks like a great thread. Something to e...Oh, this looks like a great thread. Something to enjoy while drinking several cups of coffee. I'll have to come back when my eyelids don't way a ton.<BR/><BR/>I, too, like <B>zeitgeist</B>. IIRC, I once wrote a post entitled, "porking the zeitgeist."<BR/><BR/>I think I've sounded off (here, in fact) on how much I hated the second line from Stephen King's Dark Tower book -- "the desert was the apotheosis of deserts." Maybe Mr. King throws words like that around, but not me. It's so not part of my weltanschauung.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1146803300874689992006-05-05T00:28:00.000-04:002006-05-05T00:28:00.000-04:00I'm happy to report that most of these words that ...I'm happy to report that most of these words that you dodge are words I've not only never used, but never heard of. Maybe ignorance IS bliss...Rob Gregory Brownehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11952008139132652259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1146792329775111942006-05-04T21:25:00.000-04:002006-05-04T21:25:00.000-04:00Double-entendre, because I just have to say it wit...Double-entendre, because I just have to say it with a rusty french accent and nobody knows what I just said.Simon Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02660767551431793439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1146790279096971502006-05-04T20:51:00.000-04:002006-05-04T20:51:00.000-04:00I heartily dislike "tour de force," especially whe...I heartily dislike "tour de force," especially when part of a review.fledchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17374038682367702854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1146787322511906732006-05-04T20:02:00.000-04:002006-05-04T20:02:00.000-04:00In my last job, the word was "instantiate." Now t...In my last job, the word was "instantiate." Now that I'm only working with mere mortals (PhDs vice egomaniacal techno-whizzes--yes, there's some sarcasm intended), I don't hear that word as often.<BR/><BR/>A phrase: "To be honest,...." (What? You're lying to me when you don't preface your statement with this phrase?)<BR/><BR/>"ideal" when "idea" is intended (and any other example of a similar mistake/regionalism)<BR/><BR/>Synonym abuse of any kind (their/there/they're; too/to/two; etc)<BR/><BR/>And a personal pet peeve: "That" abuse (using it when it isn't needed, but I've learned to skip it when I read and it doesn't need to be there--especially for friends who have strong feelings about keeping "that"s in their work; friends are worth more than "that")<BR/><BR/>This may be worth its own post.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01805501348812702651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1146782244420564732006-05-04T18:37:00.000-04:002006-05-04T18:37:00.000-04:00Cackles. There's far too much of it going on in ro...Cackles. There's far too much of it going on in romance loops. I have visions of witches hunched over keyboards. It's driving me crazy!Cassandra Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09639601541363567000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1146781704868667462006-05-04T18:28:00.000-04:002006-05-04T18:28:00.000-04:00At one point a couple of years back every freaking...<I>At one point a couple of years back every freaking lit-head was using chiaroscuro compulsively, like it was some elitist word mason's secret handshake into the snotty vocabulary club. After months and months of being battered with the damn word, I thought I would require professional treatment if I read it one more time.</I> Oh, how this paragraph brought me back - to a rush of RAGE at the repeated sight of the word "liminal".<BR/><BR/>Also, limn and hegemony. Hegemony was the word every freshman had to use twice a day my freshman year, but hey - freshmen. Limn and liminal, however, were required five times an article for all the lit crit reading. ALL of it. WHY, LORD, WHY?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1146775476964990062006-05-04T16:44:00.000-04:002006-05-04T16:44:00.000-04:00When used at the beginning of a sentence in conver...When used at the beginning of a sentence in conversation I dislike the words honestly or truthfully. Should I take it to mean that everything else the person said was a lie? Although, I admit I’ve used both exactly the way I dislike hearing them. I also cannot abide the word irregardless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1146775321288183322006-05-04T16:42:00.000-04:002006-05-04T16:42:00.000-04:00Oh, I can rant and froth about "Succulent" and "Lu...Oh, I can rant and froth about "Succulent" and "Luxuriate" (I posted a livejournal entry on those earlier this year to get it out of my system) <BR/><BR/>The sound of "succulent" just sets me teeth on edge, like fingernails on a chalkboard. And it's used oddly, so often...I really don't want to see a description of someones "succulent buttocks" yes, that book became airborne. <BR/><BR/>And I have a special loathing for "luxuriate" used once, it's okay, but if I see it at the start of a novel, I'm suspicious of the author afterwards, which isn't good for the suspension of disbelief. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the topic, SheilaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1146769480399331562006-05-04T15:04:00.000-04:002006-05-04T15:04:00.000-04:00I can think of all sorts of words I love but not a...I can think of all sorts of words I love but not any I hate. There is a phrase I've seen frequently that annoys me, but that's a phrase, not a single word.charlenetegliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061754720849284938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1146765516123281592006-05-04T13:58:00.000-04:002006-05-04T13:58:00.000-04:00Argh, that was suppose to be "instinctive" not "in...Argh, that was suppose to be "instinctive" not "instincted"... My fingers have been going a different direction than my mind lately.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1146765334606763672006-05-04T13:55:00.000-04:002006-05-04T13:55:00.000-04:00I dislike any dishonest or overly misused words an...I dislike any dishonest or overly misused words and phrases - for example... The answer I hear over and over to the question, "how are you?" gets this same insticted response all the time whether it's accurate or not - "I'm good" The same goes for "I love you" instincted response, often untrue - "I love you too" Not always... but one can tell. Actually, I can go on and on with words and phrases that make me cringe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1146764248123607372006-05-04T13:37:00.000-04:002006-05-04T13:37:00.000-04:00I'm with Holly--impact used as a verb always makes...I'm with Holly--impact used as a verb always makes me nuts. I also dislike the phrase "a savings."Sofie Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16830230500527705589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1146764128550742072006-05-04T13:35:00.000-04:002006-05-04T13:35:00.000-04:00verbiageverbiageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1146763044697682782006-05-04T13:17:00.000-04:002006-05-04T13:17:00.000-04:00schadenfreudeDon't see the musical Avenue Q. Ther...<I>schadenfreude</I><BR/><BR/>Don't see the musical <I>Avenue Q</I>. There's a whole song by that name. *g*Mary Stellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02186261066656584772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1146762763920850622006-05-04T13:12:00.000-04:002006-05-04T13:12:00.000-04:00Oh this is fun! I hate the word "doable." It loo...Oh this is fun! I hate the word "doable." It looks like it should read doh-able to me and I hate that. I don't mind it spoken, but I hate to see it spelled in all its rotten glory.<BR/><BR/>Imagine my chagrin the day I had to use it in a paper and it really was the only word that fit. Just about pulled my hair out. :)<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the link, btw. :)Lynn Raye Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05823590040842807378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1146759096667623402006-05-04T12:11:00.000-04:002006-05-04T12:11:00.000-04:00torrid & carnal. don't know why, just don't like ...torrid & carnal. don't know why, just don't like them. There are probably other ones but those are the big ones.<BR/><BR/>Words tend to amuse me more than irritate me... especially names. Wooster, Ohio... some sort of fish called a wahu ~pronounced wa-hoo. i hear words like that or read them and I start snickering and once more, I've shown the DH just how odd I am.<BR/><BR/>i think certain descriptions annoy me more than single words.Shiloh Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07785046046157000126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1146758090283853252006-05-04T11:54:00.000-04:002006-05-04T11:54:00.000-04:00I have not hate in me. ;) I have words I would rat...I have not hate in me. ;) I have words I would rather replace with other words, and often do so in my head while reading and coming across said word.<BR/><BR/>And sometimes it depends on who is saying them. Women who say certain man words gets on my nerves. And how can a man be sexy saying girly words?Pixel Faeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18106494560833984361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1146757866292082542006-05-04T11:51:00.000-04:002006-05-04T11:51:00.000-04:00Oh, yes. And PC-language-crapification, wherein pe...Oh, yes. And PC-language-crapification, wherein perfectly good swear words are reclaimed, perfectly good adjectives (fat, skinny, stupid) are reviled, and the Thought Police attempt to make some thoughts impossible by scribbling over the meanings of words they don't like in the hopes that people will forget what those words used to mean, and become incapable of thinking the thoughts those words used to represent. Fuck them. <BR/><BR/>Or perhaps we're reclaiming the word 'fuck,' too.<BR/><BR/>Sorry, Sheila. You hit a nerve with this question.Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07695965074806897164noreply@blogger.com