RE: Words you HATE
September 18, 2015 at 10:53 am
(This post was last modified: September 18, 2015 at 10:57 am by Alex K.)
(September 18, 2015 at 10:26 am)Cato Wrote: I don't hate any particular word, but I loathe the misuse, overuse or abuse of certain words; mostly because it gives me insight to how poor someone's mind is. Take for instance the word crazy. It's a most excellent word with multiple meanings, simultaneously playful and potentially insulting. For the last three or four years, every idiot near a microphone can be heard referring to anything and everything crazy...You see, "awesome" already was an overused exaggeration, but nowadays, even "awesome" is just not awesome enough any more. Now it has to be crazy to be awesome.
Brown bananas for sale...crazy.
Shoelace untied...crazy.
Hear a good singer...crazy.
Enjoy an outing...crazy.
Win the lottery...crazy.
Get hit by a stray bullet...crazy.
See a good movie...crazy
See a bad movie...crazy
It's as if someone magically purged all other adjectives from the English language.
This reminds me of a phenomenon in American media where recently, "Absolutely!" has become the new "Yes"
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
