[Lets choose] the ENworld un-word of 2008

[Random Axe]

"Douche." Or "douchebag."

Disagree. These references will NEVER go out of style. Some people will just remain douchebags, no matter what.

 

[Stoat]

"Dumbing Down"

 

[Oni]

conformity
selling-out
corporate greed

 

[Psion]

"Gish, Mob, Toon" are not used that often to deserve this place...

Toon really must go.

But on usage as well as sheer negativity thus contained, I think I'd have to hand the award to Nerdrage.

 

[joethelawyer]

In my mind, versimilitude is hands-down the most over-used word, even if someone thinks I have an agenda for thinking so.

-O

Agreed. I had to look it up to see what it meant, then I saw it was a useless word.

 

[Jack7]

Now that I've seen these choices I also like "Dumbing Down Conformity," and "Corporate Toon Greed," and "Selling Out Versimilitude."

And may I ask whatever happened to "Geek Slaughter," or "Hyper Real Fantasy Simulational Warforged Battlemat LARPing?" You know, HRFSWBLARPing?

I'm just asking...

Come to think of it I thought versimilitude is when someone gets just depressed enough to write an emo poem on the internet. So I guess I don't think it means what I think it means.

 

[Evil_Dead_Jedi]

Verisimilitude

and

EPIC FAIL (especially this one!!!!!!)

 

[Jack7]

EPIC FAIL (especially this one!!!!!!)

Yeah, you'd think EDJ that a fantasy gaming board would be a good place for anything EPIC, wouldn't ya?

But that's not always the case, is it.
Sometimes EPIC FAILS.

 

[El Mahdi]

...Well, what are the criteria? The word:
- has been used far too much
- in a way that was "sachlich grob unangemessen" aka "i don´t think that this word means what you think it means"
- really got on your nerve because it became so damn ubiquitous.

We can have a proper poll later on, now lets just nominate words and say why.

I vote for "Ubiquitous". (because I had to look it up.)

 

[DracoSuave]

Five votes for 'Simulationist'