Posted on 12/23/2016 7:24:10 AM PST by Michael.SF.
During a performance at Yoshi’s in Oakland, the late legendary Texas wordsmith Guy Clark asked the question: Is there a synonym for ‘Thesaurus’? He added that he never found one, but the word ‘lexicon’ was about as close as he could find.
The lexicon, the words and phrases used on a daily basis, constantly evolves as words may go in and out of vogue.
There is no decisive governing body determining which words to use or not use, but I sometimes wish there were. Words often need to be dropped, either from over usage, laziness, or because of misrepresentations of their true meaning.
With the above in mind, I humbly submit a list of words that should be banned in the New Year:
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
That's a trigger word.
I don't think it's my imagination. I've heard "Merry Christmas" more in the past three weeks than I've heard in the past eight years. (I answer "Bah, Humbug!" just to throw them off). j/k
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Or the verb form—to “conversate”. I heard a black woman say that.
Ha!
I couldn’t agree more!
” I’ll let you..........”
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