I was expecting something pornographic in nature.
I found this instead.
What a disappointment.
Posted on 08/28/2009 10:25:13 PM PDT by Wardenclyffe
As guardians of the English language, usually garrulous tongued UK residents are finding themselves at a loss for words.
Many of their favourite phrases have been banned.
Dozens of taxpayer-funded organizations in the UK are drawing black lines through dozens of common words and phrases they’ve decided are offensive.
You won’t find any "gentleman’s agreements" being made in the halls of the National Gallery in London. Such bonds are now "unwritten agreements."
No place is safe from being suspect – even the "master bedroom" is a problem for uber-sensitive officials at Newcastle University.
But on this side of the Atlantic, one curious word seems to be under attack.
Not that’s it’s offensive. But because it makes people — especially women — feel icky.
Entire websites now revolve around a hatred of "moist."
There are a dozen Facebook groups calling for an end of the word, with ‘I HATE the word MOIST!" boasting 822 decidedly dry members.
University of Pennsylvania linguist Mark Liberman has traced the evolving resentment over the adjective. He’s found humans carry around a propensity for "word aversion." Among those that give us the creeps, are “hardscrabble,” “pugilist,” “squall” and “giggle.”
(Excerpt) Read more at cnews.canoe.ca ...
Had to borrow your post for a reply to Phil... See below (well, I guess it’s above this post). And I didn’t even MEAN to steal your post, either... It’s what really did come to mind! :)
OK, my 17-year-old is too smart for her own good... She answered my question (and seeing as I’m her homeschool teacher I find it funny that SHE helped ME see this...).
Daughter says, “The hippies’ children were raised without ANY order whatsoever, therefore they crave order and they seek to create that order by controlling others.” She also mentioned that most “hippies” are Communists, and really are control freaks themselves, they just PRETEND not to be.
Seriously, I think the student has now surpassed the teacher... Good thing she’s a senior this year! LOL
lmao!
You forgot one -
Terrorist Act - Replaced with “Man Made Disaster.”
I’m omitting my comentary which would get me banned...
“I sat on my homeless person, silently propelling my boat through the rainforest wetland.”
Doesn’t quite convey, “I sat on my bum, while I silently paddled my punt through the jungle swamp.”
“Executive privilege...is what makes her...`damp’,
“That’s why the First Lady is a tramp!”
(Don Imus’ 1995 sendup of the old Sinatra standard)
BTW, what’s wrong with making a woman `moist’? Something any red-blooded guy should aspire to, JMHO.
People need to get a grip. If something "offends" them, they need to reckon with it and move on.
How arrogant is it to expect to modify an entire language just because the sound of one or two of the words "offends" someone?
Crybabies.
The pseudo-word I hate the most is “prolly”.
I get it now. If a word evokes a feeling of discomfort or reminds you of something distasteful, then ban the word so you don’t have to feel uncomfortable anymore.
Why don’t we ban the word pain and call it “urgent bodily feedback.?”
Yeah. That’ll work. :0/
I think they are just being niggardly.
I was expecting something pornographic in nature.
I found this instead.
What a disappointment.
Terrorist Attack - Replaced by Accident
What word would you use to describe that guy?
Sounds like they’re acting a bit niggardly.
you sir a very brave
Nonsense!
"President Barak Obama."
Ever seen a group of children on a fenced play ground? They tend to play right up to the fence. Take those same children onto a unfenced play ground and you end up with two groups, a small group that tends to leave immediately and run amok and a much larger group that tends to stay together and as far away from the boundary as possible.
The second group is now in charge. Because they have no idea where the reasonable boundaries are they are building new and much more restrictive ones.
This is moist certainly true.
Ignorance can be fixed, but idiocy is forever. These are people with way too much time on their hands. I'd love to give them something to do...
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