Another one that I could happily never hear again? "Perfect storm". Usually misused ....
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Toddson - May 27, 2008 10:50:08 am PDT #696 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
sumi - May 27, 2008 10:53:24 am PDT #697 of 10001
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Fred Pete - May 27, 2008 10:59:45 am PDT #698 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
"Perfect storm". Usually misused ....
It isn't one I use, but I'm old-fashioned enough to hestitate before using "in the loop."
If I were to use "perfect storm," it would mean that several things, each unpleasant in itself but not inordinately so, combine to create an epic mess. Yes/no/maybe?
Frankenbuddha - May 27, 2008 11:04:12 am PDT #699 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
If I were to use "perfect storm," it would mean that several things, each unpleasant in itself but not inordinately so, combine to create an epic mess. Yes/no/maybe?
We could probably leverage that definition.
runs away
Toddson - May 27, 2008 11:06:38 am PDT #700 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
As I understand it, the technically correct use is that a number of factors come together so that the final result is greater - far worse - than any of the individual factors.
Also - I can remember when people came on TV/radio and "commentated". They later became "commentators" (which is OK, so far). Unfortunately, this spawned a new verb, "commentating". ick.
And I also really hate the use of "task" as a verb (except as Melville used it). Also "authoring" - what's wrong with "writing"? And I really, really hate when someone decides to use a "big" word (again, in a usage that misses its exact meaning) rather than something less pretentious but more straightforward. sigh.
Laga - May 27, 2008 11:33:22 am PDT #701 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I dated a guy who liked to reclinate in a recliner.
Volans - May 27, 2008 11:36:19 am PDT #702 of 10001
move out and draw fire
I also do not understand the rise of "gifting" when we already had "giving."
Giving: The desire to do something nice for someone else, because their increased happiness is important to you.
Gifting: The desire to be recognized as better than other people, because you spend money.
The idiom that's been bothering me is possibly a regional VA thing; it's not Bureaucratic Bullshit Bingo anyway. It's dropping "to be" after "needs" but not adding an "-ing" to the second verb.
Like, "the dishes need done, the car needs washed, and dinner needs cooked."
Laga - May 27, 2008 11:44:30 am PDT #703 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I'm taking myself out to lunch. I think I'll go read my African novel in an Indian restaurant.
Scrappy - May 27, 2008 11:51:00 am PDT #704 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I think authoring has some tech uses. Don't you author a DVD because you don't write the content, but you do manage the viewer's experience to some extent?
sj - May 27, 2008 11:58:20 am PDT #705 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Someone just looked at the apartment upstairs. I'm selfishly hoping they don't take it. I'm enjoying my super quiet apartment.