WWW.RIDESIDE.NET

home | about | tracker | comics

tome cusp
Posted by G lib on 2004-09-08 17:29:22 +0000

Least favorite words

Many of you know that my least favorite words are "Snoodle" (gross!) and "Hazlenut." (barf!) but I have a new one... "Bedding." I don't know what bothers me about this, it just does. Anyone else willing to reveal? (BTW-- I'm deliberatly changing the topic, as you probably know.)

Posted by tgl on 2004-09-08 18:10:07 +0000
You're not changing the topic, you're just making a new topic. What's wrong with a post-snoodle hazelnut coffee on the bedding?

Posted by Rory_Stark on 2004-09-08 18:30:16 +0000
Moist Rich (no offense dude), when refering to food. Crisp Panties Alone or together these words make my skin crawl.

Posted by rladew on 2004-09-08 19:11:55 +0000
Virtual attrition disenfranchise bifurcate tertiary alienate empower empiricism Ill have to get back to you on this... good thread glib !

Posted by on 2004-09-10 00:44:25 +0000
Rory, amen. especially panties....eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwww I would add: mealy curdle leech placid G(lib), what is a snoodle? It sounds like a snot noodle.

Posted by burkee on 2004-09-10 00:48:06 +0000
the above is me, even though i logged in twice. mealy deal.

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2004-09-10 02:25:24 +0000
UTILIZE - this word sucks so fucking badly. I used to think there were NO reasons to use it, until Chipman pointed out that there is a difference between a "used car" and a "utilized car". When used, it's generally a sign someone is trying to one up you. SOLUTION - This word used to mean a liquid containing solvents. Now everyone uses it a something relating to an answer. PROACTIVE - I don't think I have explain this one. Although I like alienate and empower, Rich, I'm with you on bifurcate and attrition. Funny because the attrition thing is less than a month old...

Posted by frame609 on 2004-09-10 05:09:26 +0000
A lot of wine terminology always struck me as bullshit: -Fruit-forward -Bright -Off-dry -Mouthfeel ugh. Aside from that, my current favorite annoying verbal tic is 'actually.' As in 'Can I actually get a salad?' On the same track is when someone's in a hurry and says 'Can I just get a _______,' adding more syllables to the transaction at the table and slowing things down ever so slightly. Ugh.Worse when used in conjunction with 'actually.'

Posted by tgl on 2004-09-10 05:26:14 +0000
[quote:2268730307="frame609"]On the same track is when someone's in a hurry and says 'Can I just get a _______,' adding more syllables to the transaction at the table and slowing things down ever so slightly. Ugh.Worse when used in conjunction with 'actually.'[/quote:2268730307] Whenever I'm at Zaftigs I just say, "The Lupo". It gets done.

Posted by frame609 on 2004-09-10 05:27:04 +0000
Efficient AND tasty.

Posted by Barney_Grove on 2004-09-10 05:43:09 +0000
pancake slacks (as in trousers, not the verb form which is fine) becoming (as in, "those slacks are very becoming on you") Rory_Stark is right about panties. I was thinking about this a while, and I'm convinced we need a replacement. The brits have something going with "knickers". Thoughts?

Posted by frame609 on 2004-09-10 05:43:49 +0000
'Grunties.'

Posted by rladew on 2004-09-10 11:39:38 +0000
holy shit. I thought Grunties too but I thought a Monty Python fagen would "alienate" and "disenfranchise" our readers..... along with utilized (and this is a phrase here so Im bending the rules) what about "gentlly used" can we find the mf who coined that phrase and severely beat him or her for bastardizing our wonderful English language?

Posted by G lib on 2004-09-10 13:08:00 +0000
"Grunties" is still kind of gross. It reminds me of Mike F. at boyscout camp calling a shit "a Crunch". That makes me feel sick to my stomach. How about we stick with the generic "Underwear"? PS. Eliza-- a snoodle is a snot. I think what I can't stand is swallowed sounds. Like "ULNa" "HazULNut" "uvULa" The letter U= evil. Maybe I can avoid *sing them at all?

Posted by frame609 on 2004-09-10 17:16:53 +0000
Oh my god, I had forgotten all about the crunch!

Posted by $Trippi$ on 2004-09-10 17:30:41 +0000
other bad words bright eyed and bushy tailed - what are you a fucking rabbit testies - I'm gettin a little testy balm - makes me feel dirty panties - don't be a hater new word chooch - someone who is lame

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2004-09-13 15:59:47 +0000
Closure. (thanx rladew for reminding about this one)

Posted by dawnbixtler on 2004-09-14 23:18:34 +0000
How about the phrases: "In so far as" or "In and of itself" Do they count?

Posted by tgl on 2004-09-15 01:59:00 +0000
I heard "utilize" today. I cringe now, I cringe for Ned, too.

Posted by frame609 on 2004-09-15 05:31:02 +0000
People have this annoying habit of being in a hurry and adding extra syllables to the transaction by inserting dumb, meaningless phrases like "Can I just." Grrr.

E-mail to tgl@rideside.net to add your tumblr.
Find me on github.