Ahhhhhh, stop typing that!

[Style]

The horror. The horror. Where do I start?

As mentioned above, FIFY is just awful. Death to all who use it. Specifically, death by vomit drowning.

People who use "frak" from BSG in conversation or in their posts. Ridiculous. It's on the same level as saying "May the Force be with you" or "Live long and prosper" with any degree of seriousness. For pity's sake, get a life. Or just swear like a normal person and let the filter FIFY!

Phrases like "keep it real" or "take it to the next level" drive me into paroxysms of postal rage.

And I wholeheartedly concur with the absurdity of "nucular", "intensive purposes" and (my current hate) "persay".

I'll come back when I have thought of some more. There are plenty, believe you me.

People. Hate them all.

 

[Atavar]

People who use "frak" from BSG in conversation or in their posts. Ridiculous. It's on the same level as saying "May the Force be with you" or "Live long and prosper" with any degree of seriousness. For pity's sake, get a life. Or just swear like a normal person and let the filter FIFY!

I disagree with this one. I've found a well-placed "frak" to be quite useful and amusing.

Later,

Atavar

 

[Tewligan]

That doesn't mean anything other than enough people have made the same mistake. Dictionaries are entirely descriptive and not prescriptive. To quote Anatole France: "If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.".

Just to nitpick, I think you're off by 49 million...

 

[Goldmoon]

Just to nitpick, I think you're off by 49 million...

Nice, was that always your sig?

 

[Style]

I disagree with this one. I've found a well-placed "frak" to be quite useful and amusing lame and pathetic. Oh, what a witless geek I am. The shame.

Later,

Atavar

FIFY.

 

[Tinker Gnome]

I really dislike the term "Jones" as it is sometimes used on this forum to indicate that someone wants or likes something.

I mean WTH is up with that. I want to kill it!

 

[werk]

Here is Milwaukee, you get a lot of:

It's a mute point. (What, did Helen Keller first make the point in question?)
It's not my billy-whack. (Who is Billy and what--or who--is he whacking?)
I borrowed him some money. (Good--now, I'll learn you some grammar.)

I can confirm this assertion, at least for #1 and #3.

Mute point...I hear this in corporate strategy meetings [rolleyes]

 

[kenobi65]

I really dislike the term "Jones" as it is sometimes used on this forum to indicate that someone wants or likes something.

I mean WTH is up with that. I want to kill it!

That's an old, old term. Cheech and Chong had a song called "Basketball Jones" back in the early 70s, and that, I think, was a spoof of a song called "Love Jones." I wouldn't be surprised if the etymology of "jones" goes back even further.

"jonesing" as a term for wanting / desiring something seems to have had a resurgence in the past few years, however.

 

[Tinker Gnome]

That's an old, old term. Cheech and Chong had a song called "Basketball Jones" back in the early 70s, and that, I think, was a spoof of a song called "Love Jones." I wouldn't be surprised if the etymology of "jones" goes back even further.

"jonesing" as a term for wanting / desiring something seems to have had a resurgence in the past few years, however.

I still want to kill it!

 

[bodhi]

I still want to kill it!

And loot the body. Can't forget that part.