Forbidden message board buzz words of 2004

[babomb]

Verisimilitude - I can barely type it, let alone say it.

It's a darn useful word. The only other good choice is <i>realism</i>, and if you use that, you'll get people saying "It's a fantasy game. It's not supposed to be realistic. ".

As for pronunciation: http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?verisi02.wav=verisimilitude

Ubiquitous(sp?) - again, WTF? use omnipresent for freaks sake!

I don't see the advantage of using <i>omnipresent</i>, apart from it being slightly easier to spell. (You have <i>ubiquitous</i> spelled correctly by the way.) In many cases, the connotation of <i>ubiquitous</i> is more appropriate. In the same way, <i>enormous</i>, <i>huge</i>, and <i>immense</i> are synonyms, but they don't mean <b>exactly</b> the same thing.

<b>Edit:</b> typoes.

 

[Mouseferatu]

I don't know if this subject has been broached before but here's a couple of words I'd like to see go away forever!

How about "miniature" and "battlematt"?

 

[Tom Cashel]

I've got one: "fluff" used as a pejorative.

You know, the old "rules vs. fluff" chestnut. One is essential, the other is lightweight, airy...who'd notice if it were to simply blow away?

 

[Derulbaskul]

I would like to see 2004 become the Year of the Apostrophe or, more specifically, the Year of the Proper Use of the Apostrophe on Messageboards.

Yes, let's use the apostrophe correctly. "It's" means "it is", it is not the possessive form of "it" which is simply, "its". The plural form of nouns that end in the letter "s" do not require an apostrophe before the magic "s".

Of course, I would like to see 2005 be the Global Year of the Return to Real English Not the Bastardised American Version but I'm sure this will place me in an even smaller minority.

Cheers
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[Ferox4]

Of course, I would like to see 2005 be the Global Year of the Return to Real English Not the Bastardised American Version but I'm sure this will place me in an even smaller minority.

 

[Malk]

oh yes, real english...as opposed to what it evolved from. Or as opposed to what <i> that </i> evolved from. It drives me crazy when someone says that there is one "real" way to speak and/or write a language. Why dont we speak the language of Dickens, or the language of Shakespeare, or the language of Chaucer? Because language evolves, its a beautiful ever changing creature.

oh yeah did i mention i dislike grammer....and to think i wanted to be an english/lit major.

 

[Mystery Man]

(pic above) LoL!

Oh sweet moses I just about popped out an eyeball I laughed so hard!

 

[Nightfall]

Ferox,

That was DAMN funny!

I still think I'm a forbidden word to some.

 

[Mark]

Forbidden message board buzz words of 2004...

Got any more?

Pimp

 

[Nightfall]

Pimp

Indeed! mack daddy pimp here!