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The media minimizes the Islamic threat.
1 posted on 12/31/2007 8:13:18 AM PST by ricks_place
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Shoulda. Coulda. Woulda.


48 posted on 12/31/2007 8:38:25 AM PST by Carpe Cerevisi
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“cachet” is getting some cachet, especially in places like Target


50 posted on 12/31/2007 8:38:57 AM PST by gusopol3
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Sports announcers were urged to drop "throw under the bus" when assigning blame to a player. "It is a call for the media to start issuing a thesaurus to everyone in front of a camera,"

I thought they already pulled out the pages looking for other ways to say "beat", as in "Team X _______ Team Y"...

55 posted on 12/31/2007 8:40:17 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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I continue to be amazed at the never ending trivialization of “Amazing”.


58 posted on 12/31/2007 8:41:05 AM PST by drc43 (Defeat is slipping from our grasp... Nancy Pelosi)
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Misuse of "decimate" is one of my pet peeves. Back in the day, the Romans handled pacification a little more directly than we do today. They'd just line up the village and stick a sword into every 10th man. Ergo..."decimate".

You can never "completely decimate" anything. There will always be 90% of it left.

Oh well. It is what it is.

61 posted on 12/31/2007 8:42:21 AM PST by wbill
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Can we also do away with," To be honest,...."

I absolutely hate that. I'd prefer that one would always be honest when speaking.

67 posted on 12/31/2007 8:44:16 AM PST by yooling
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Some words and phrases sagged under the weight of overuse, contributors said, citing the application of "organic" to everything from computer software to dog food.

Related to this is the annoying trend in referring to computer systems and their associated software and hardware peripherals as "ecosystems".... /gaaah

79 posted on 12/31/2007 8:48:40 AM PST by tarheelswamprat
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I nominate “meltdown.”


84 posted on 12/31/2007 8:51:08 AM PST by Cap Huff
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Other teenage linguistic indiscretions such as the often meaningless use of "random"

I have a teenager and this is like finger nails on a chalk board to me.

90 posted on 12/31/2007 8:56:35 AM PST by murphE (These are days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed but his own. --G.K. Chesterton)
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My pet peeves (overused, faddish, or downright incorrect words):

"Robust" for strong. "Going forward" for "in the future." "Ongoing" for "going on," as in "negotiations are ongoing".

93 posted on 12/31/2007 8:58:48 AM PST by hellbender
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The word ‘thwart’ got it’s fair share of overuse this past year. SHortly after Chertoff used it when describing the derailed plot to hijack airliners out of London, not a day went by when I didn’t read an article using that word.

Writers need a thesaurus.


94 posted on 12/31/2007 8:58:48 AM PST by SueRae
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“Sooner rather than later”. Seven syllables that, if they mean anything at all, mean the same as the one syllable “soon”.


96 posted on 12/31/2007 8:59:01 AM PST by Paine in the Neck (Nepolean fries the idea powder)
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"x is the new y," as in "(age) 70 is the new 50" or "chocolate is the new sex."

"Back in the day"

You have no idea how much I despise these two. Arrrghhh.

97 posted on 12/31/2007 8:59:09 AM PST by ShadowDancer ("To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone.")
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How about “conversate”. Needs to go IMO.


99 posted on 12/31/2007 8:59:43 AM PST by johnnyd
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This topic is sooooo 1990s. These folks need to get a life. Here’s quarter, call someone who cares.

(Did I get them all?)


100 posted on 12/31/2007 9:00:58 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Hunter 2008)
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The one scenario where I would correctly apply the overused term "perfect storm" would be if the Senate and Congress became heavily Democratic, and we end up with a liberal Democrat in the White House.

In the movie, three storms converge to become an unusual threat...

104 posted on 12/31/2007 9:05:40 AM PST by Sender (You are the weapon. What you hold in your hand is just a tool.)
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Ya know what I’m saying?
Thinking outside the box
Infrastructure
New paradigm


105 posted on 12/31/2007 9:05:50 AM PST by Poser (Willing to fight for oil)
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Bullcrap Bingo
108 posted on 12/31/2007 9:08:20 AM PST by Revolting cat! (We all need someone we can bleed on...)
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“Get your ________ on”


114 posted on 12/31/2007 9:16:53 AM PST by denydenydeny (Expel the priest and you don't inaugurate the age of reason, you get the witch doctor--Paul Johnson)
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I’m sick of issues.

At work, my boss will ask, “Do you have issues with that?” I reply, “No, Dr. Phil has issues, I have PROBLEMS!


122 posted on 12/31/2007 9:25:56 AM PST by AnnGora (Southern conservative Gooberette)
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