Words that need to die

[JamesM]

Poopdick.

[shredguitar7]

Anything a white high school girl who goes to a mostly black school says is pretty much on this list. My reaction to it -----> http://www.frontarmy.com/wp-content/...-339999194.gif

And then her friends do this ----> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...cdf4b95304.gif

[potatohead]

I hate the term "murdered out." What retard thought that was a good idea?

[flint757]

Originally Posted by potatohead

I hate the term "murdered out." What retard thought that was a good idea?

Never heard that before what's it mean?

[traditional]

I don't know if this happens anywhere else, but in Australia jokes about cancer have been circulating. For example; "I'd rather have cancer than do this test."
It's easily one of the most inappropriate 'jokes' that gets around at the moment. It's up there with the dead baby, holocaust and rape jokes. I just stare at people, absolutely enraged when I hear them.
Also, the C-bomb. The way that word has become common place in Australia frustrates me to no end, especially on public transport when people (scum) say it in front of young children and the elderly.
/rant

[Waelstrum]

^ For a bit I thought you were saying C-bomb to refer to making light of cancer (which would make a lot more sense). I don't see .... as being any more offensive than dick. I wouldn't say either in front of a child, but the elderly are grown ups, and can handle something as harmless as a word.

[bigchocolateman]

I used to work at a McDonald's.

It's not a MACchicken or MACdouble, It's McDouble and McChicken. There is no A involved in their pronunciation.

[Alberto7]

^ Isn't that how it's pronounced, though?... I don't know, perhaps it's because I'm not a native speaker, but I thought that's how it was, and it is how I hear it all the time from people whose native language is English. Unless they were exaggerating the "A" sound, which would be just weird in any context, really .

[bigchocolateman]

Originally Posted by Alberto7

^ Isn't that how it's pronounced, though?... I don't know, perhaps it's because I'm not a native speaker, but I thought that's how it was, and it is how I hear it all the time from people whose native language is English. Unless they were exaggerating the "A" sound, which would be just weird in any context, really .

Nah. Those ones are pronounced with the the Mc. I think most people that say it get it from the Big Mac so they pronounce it that way. Although I will say that I bet it depends on what part of the states you are in. I just know that in Michigan and everywhere else that I've been in the states it's pronounced like "Mick"!

[kevdes93]

the latest trend in western massachusetts is ghetto wannabe thugs replacing "g" with a "q"

on facebook i see all the qhetto qurlz doin it.



all of my hate.

[SirMyghin]

The unword - Irregardless.

Unfortunately idiots have elected to make this part of the dictionary, as a more severe version of the word they meant to use... So this doesn't look good.

[flint757]

^^ Super Regardless

Never thought about it, but you are right they are the same in use. I do have a habit of saying irregardless though it sounds better (flows better) IMO

[Waelstrum]

Wouldn't irregardless mean with regard? ir-(not)-regard-less-(without) = not without regard

[flint757]

I'm reading online that it is the same, but technically irregardless is just not as formal because it is based on american dialect.

The origin is said to possibly come from irrespective and regardless like ginormous is gigantic and enormous.

[SirMyghin]

Originally Posted by flint757

I'm reading online that it is the same, but technically irregardless is just not as formal because it is based on american dialect.

The origin is said to possibly come from irrespective and regardless like ginormous is gigantic and enormous.

Wikipedia can be your friend I suppose , but as I said, pandering to idiots who cannot keep 2 words straight without making a super word. People use it as they are both mistaken, and the negative syllable makes it feel like a stronger word, hence using it to imply a stronger meaning (if they didn't happen to just use it by accident. Waelstrum should be by all accounts correct, but english is retarded.

[flint757]

Originally Posted by SirMyghin

Wikipedia can be your friend I suppose , but as I said, pandering to idiots who cannot keep 2 words straight without making a super word. People use it as they are both mistaken, and the negative syllable makes it feel like a stronger word, hence using it to imply a stronger meaning (if they didn't happen to just use it by accident. Waelstrum should be by all accounts correct, but english is retarded.

English doesn't follow any rules. We have rules, but most words we use are exceptions to the rules. It is ridiculous.

[potatohead]

Originally Posted by flint757

Never heard that before what's it mean?

When something is completely blacked out... A car, a guitar, whatever.

[rectifryer]

Originally Posted by traditional

I don't know if this happens anywhere else, but in Australia jokes about cancer have been circulating. For example; "I'd rather have cancer than do this test."
It's easily one of the most inappropriate 'jokes' that gets around at the moment. It's up there with the dead baby, holocaust and rape jokes. I just stare at people, absolutely enraged when I hear them.
Also, the C-bomb. The way that word has become common place in Australia frustrates me to no end, especially on public transport when people (scum) say it in front of young children and the elderly.
/rant

Are you against profanity in general?

I am against vulgarity in front of children, but there is some cursing that I think is silly to be offended by in any scenario because it just boils down to semantics as I don't see the connotations really making that big of a difference in communication versus the alternatives.

What is a "C-bomb"? ....? That probably shouldn't be said in front of children.

[flint757]

.... is no worse than dick and that gets thrown around a lot more.

On my local radio this morning they were saying that calling a man creepy is the worst thing you can call him because there is no defense and it isn't just a word, but your actual impression of someone.

I could see that being true since you can't just say I'm not creepy or ignore it (also perceived creepy). To me that would be just as bad as someone saying you look like a pedophile. Not referring to like Halloween creepy, but creeper creepy.

[traditional]

If we put it down to categories, then yes, .... is on the same level as dick. However, in terms of their interpretation and the meaning they carry, they're obviously on considerably different levels.
You call your girlfriend/sister/etc a dick, then call her a .... and see which one produces the biggest reaction. And no, I don't mind the word. I use it when I'm in the company of my band or close friends where that's okay.
However, it's not a word to be used around children, the elderly or even people that you don't have that understanding with. IMO.

[Waelstrum]

If people over react to a word that has just as harmless a meaning as a similar word that they don't mind, that's a problem with them, not me.

[flint757]

^^ more than that elderly are not children they are in fact older than said person who said word. It may be disrespectful, but it is not as if when you get old you revert back to being a child again.

Don't get me wrong I wouldn't say it to either, but I don't see the issue.

[makeitreign]

I just don't like the c-word. I don't know what it is about it. I guess its like how some people really hate the word "............." Because I use that "............ all the time.

I worked with an old foreign guy who had only lived in America for a few years, but could speak English. Not that well, but better than some that were born and raised here. He was really ....ing smart and we got along pretty well.

One day I came up to him and was like, "What's up mutha....a!"

His eyes got really wide and he said, "NO NO NO, I NO DO THAT!!!"

God, I couldn't apologize enough.

[ilyti]

^ HAHAHA awesome.

Yeah, I go to another forum absolutely FULL of Aussies, and they throw the C word around all the damn time. and I get SICK of even just seeing it.

[traditional]

Originally Posted by flint757

^^ more than that elderly are not children they are in fact older than said person who said word. It may be disrespectful, but it is not as if when you get old you revert back to being a child again.

Don't get me wrong I wouldn't say it to either, but I don't see the issue.

Not a stab, but that seems like an incredibly closed-minded/ignorant view of it. We, as young/middle aged people in today's society don't see a problem with it. They, as the elderly, come from an era where that word carries a lot more meaning and significance, therefore it becomes something else entirely.
Saying it's "their problem" if they don't like it and continuing to do so is incredibly disrespectful.

EDIT: Also, when you get old you do, to a degree, revert back to being a child. I don't know if you've ever dealt with a grandparent/elderly person with dementia, but in stage 4 they are significantly dependant on other people - same as a child. It's not just dementia though, there are countless other examples of the elderly requiring the same amount of care and observation as a child.