'deal breaker'

back alley said:
language is a living thing, i thought...
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There's language that lives, and then there's language that cannibalizes.

"Nonplussed," thanks to its constant deployment as a synonym for "unfazed," has come to mean the opposite of its denotative definition, pictorially depicted thusly: :eek:. The OED has been revised to state the two incompatible definitions. So, the new definition hasn't added meaning so much as acquired its secondary meaning by negating its primary meaning.
 
mgermana said:
There's language that lives, and then there's language that cannibalizes.

"Nonplussed," thanks to its constant deployment as a synonym for "unfazed," has come to mean the opposite of its denotative definition, pictorially depicted thusly: :eek:. The OED has been revised to state the two incompatible definitions. So, the new definition hasn't added meaning so much as acquired its secondary meaning by negating its primary meaning.
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translation please...;)
 
The conversations of young females is an eye opener ... not all but a lot!

Hollywood 90210 and similarly shallow shows spawned a whole new type of human being with a language derived directly from the dross they were watching ... it's ****ing scary IMO how much this type of trash influences our language and culture!
 
My least favourite development (or, rather, devolution) in English is the now all but lost distinction between "disinterested" and "uninterested". Then there's the perpetual 'or' vs 'our' and 'z' vs 's' usages between the American version of English and the somewhat more English version(s).

...Mike
 
pakeha said:
" going forward "
" right sizing, downsizing "
" the reality is "
" we are going through a process "
" consensus " [ means individually we do not agree ]

:D
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"Paradigm shift" makes me almost as sick as "right sizing"

I have no problem with "downsizing", as at least it is honest. When was a right sizing an increase in headcount. ( yep, another for the list)
 
One of my favorite cartoons of all time was of two bums sitting on a park bench. One tells the other, "My company upsized, then they downsized, then they rightsized, and then they capsized." He had a big grin on his face. That was a Frank and Ernest cartoon from the 80's, I think.
 
I dislike "Touch Base"

"Harry, I'm just on my way over to touch base with you"

Frankly, Id prefer my base remain untouched, as it were.
 
I hate morons who say they are going to "pull the trigger" instead of saying they are going to "buy something". (oops. I re-read the thread and discovered Roger Hicks beat me to this one)

In another universe, I was severely admonished for insulting "lux" and "cron" posters. If I ran a camera website, anyone who used the term "lux" or "cron" would be subject to immediate banning.

I also really hate the term "walkaround" lens. What about "sitaround" lens, or "lay in a stupor" lens? Or "pass out in a puddle of drool" lens?

And I would like to slowly boil in rancid body fluids anyone who uses the term "go-to". That is my "go-to" lens. Or "go-to" restaurant. Or your "gone and went" restaurant.

But the most hideous, the most awful term of all, I haven't mentioned, because that battle has been long-lost. I may elaborate later.
 
OK, I will post the most irritating perversion of the English language in recent memory. And there is nothing to be done about it. The ship has already sailed. Even mainstream news websites, corporate websites (including Apple), and almost EVERYONE ELSE uses this disgusting breach of the English language.

The use of word ISSUES instead of PROBLEMS.

It boils my blood. Not only is it STUPID, but overly politically correct, asinine, and imprecise.

A "PROBLEM" is not an "ISSUE". Machines (almost always) don't have ISSUES, they have problems.

"I bought a camera on eBay and it has ISSUES." OH REALLY? Maybe it talks to you rudely?

http://languageandgrammar.com/2008/01/14/youve-got-problems-not-issues/

DO NOT SAY "ISSUES" when you mean "PROBLEM". WRONG WRONG WRONG.

IDIOTIC. MORONIC.

It can't be helped. It has gone mainstream. I noticed this starting about 15 years ago. By 10 years ago, this was a major annoyance, by 5 years ago, it "jumped the shark". (another horrible term). NO NO NO!

STOP USING THE WORD ISSUES. IT IS ASININE. Pick up a dictionary, idiots.

http://www.beedictionary.com/common-errors/issues_vs_problems

(unfortunately, this is a lost cause. non-native English speakers are now parroting the imbecilic English speakers who are propagating this abomination. one cannot escape this vile issue)

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...19.0...0.0...1ac.1.15.heirloom-hp.y78dzfw_R6M
 
Boris Stupak said:
OK, I will post the most irritating use of language in recent memory. And there is nothing to be done about it. The ship has already sailed. Even mainstream news websites, corporate websites (including Apple), and almost EVERYONE ELSE uses this disgusting breach of the English language.

The use of word ISSUES instead of PROBLEMS.

It boils my blood. Not only is it STUPID, but overly politically correct, asinine, and imprecise.

A "PROBLEM" is not an "ISSUE". Machines (almost always) don't have ISSUES, they have problems.

"I bought a camera on eBay and it has ISSUES." OH REALLY? Maybe it talks to you rudely?

http://languageandgrammar.com/2008/01/14/youve-got-problems-not-issues/

DO NOT SAY "ISSUES" when you mean "PROBLEM". WRONG WRONG WRONG.

IDIOTIC. MORONIC.

It can't be helped. It has gone mainstream. I noticed this starting about 15 years ago. By 10 years ago, this was a major annoyance, by 5 years ago, it "jumped the shark". (another horrible term). NO NO NO!

STOP USING THE WORD ISSUES. IT IS ASININE. Pick up a dictionary, idiots.

http://www.beedictionary.com/common-errors/issues_vs_problems

(unfortunately, this is a lost cause. non-native English speakers are now parroting the imbecilic English speakers who are propagating this abomination. one cannot escape this vile issue)
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i have real issues with this!!:angel:
 
Boris Stupak said:
OK, I will post the most irritating perversion of the English language in recent memory. And there is nothing to be done about it. The ship has already sailed. Even mainstream news websites, corporate websites (including Apple), and almost EVERYONE ELSE uses this disgusting breach of the English language.

The use of word ISSUES instead of PROBLEMS.

It boils my blood. Not only is it STUPID, but overly politically correct, asinine, and imprecise.

A "PROBLEM" is not an "ISSUE". Machines (almost always) don't have ISSUES, they have problems.

"I bought a camera on eBay and it has ISSUES." OH REALLY? Maybe it talks to you rudely?

http://languageandgrammar.com/2008/01/14/youve-got-problems-not-issues/

DO NOT SAY "ISSUES" when you mean "PROBLEM". WRONG WRONG WRONG.

IDIOTIC. MORONIC.

It can't be helped. It has gone mainstream. I noticed this starting about 15 years ago. By 10 years ago, this was a major annoyance, by 5 years ago, it "jumped the shark". (another horrible term). NO NO NO!

STOP USING THE WORD ISSUES. IT IS ASININE. Pick up a dictionary, idiots.

http://www.beedictionary.com/common-errors/issues_vs_problems

(unfortunately, this is a lost cause. non-native English speakers are now parroting the imbecilic English speakers who are propagating this abomination. one cannot escape this vile issue)

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...19.0...0.0...1ac.1.15.heirloom-hp.y78dzfw_R6M
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You may have some issues. Did I use it correctly?
 
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