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CP3S
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"friggin midgit devil teddy bear"There are certain words that come "into style" and suddenly everyone is using them, and often times it seems they use them completely wrong. Ugh, it gets really annoying. I think the word "literally" is one I've heard a lot lately. "Man, I drank a whole bottle of sriracha last night, and today my anus is literally on fire!", "I played so much Bioshock Infinite for so many hours last night, my eyes literally dried up and fell out of my head.", "I woke up with such a hangover this morning, my head was literally exploding!"
I was venting about this in my head on the way to work the other day, and decided it could make for an amusing topic. I even came up with a nifty pop cultural reference for the thread title.
In my later years of college, everyone used the word "random" constantly. "That's random" had to be a phrase I heard at least a dozen times a day, and most the time there was nothing random involved at all.
Me: "I'm broke. I tried to go by the bank and deposit my check yesterday after I got off work, but they were closed."
Friend: "That's random!"
Me: "No. No, it wasn't. I got there at 5:01 and it closes at 5:00..."
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Me: "I'm hungry for tacos..."
Friend: "That's random!"
Me: "No. You just mentioned tacos not five seconds ago, and that made me hungry for them..."
Ziggy Stardust
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This is very similar to how "lol" seldom means that the person who stated that is actually laughing out loud.
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CP3S said:
You will not. None of us will, except for a very old and dying Ziggy Stardust who will watch it through teary eyes as he remembers us all.
pittrek said:
I seriously hope I will live enough to see the original Star Wars trilogy in this quality
CP3S
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"friggin midgit devil teddy bear"Awkward is another one that seem really popular right now. It is usually used right, but every now and then I hear someone use it in a way that is really, well, awkward. I feel like people just think it is fun to say (especially in falsetto, for some reason), and every now and then decide it is time to say it the next time someone says something where it might halfway potentially fit.
"I met this cute girl at the bar the other day--"
"Awkward!"
"--and totally got her number."
"Dude, I ate a whole bag of mini Reese's Peanut Butter Cups this evening."
"Awkward!"
TV's Frink
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Ointment FlyInconceivable!
darth_ender
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"darth endeor was a meanyhead" - FatherSkywalker, et al--QFTCan we mention words that are generally used correctly, but end being overused by people attempting to sound pretentious? If so, I've got a few of those I've been hanging on to.
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Ziggy Stardust
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Is "correlation" one of them?
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CP3S said:
You will not. None of us will, except for a very old and dying Ziggy Stardust who will watch it through teary eyes as he remembers us all.
pittrek said:
I seriously hope I will live enough to see the original Star Wars trilogy in this quality
CP3S
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"friggin midgit devil teddy bear"darth_ender said:
Can we mention words that are generally used correctly, but end being overused by people attempting to sound pretentious? If so, I've got a few of those I've been hanging on to.
Yes, please do.
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"It is quite simple to turn an aquarium into fish stew. You boil it. Reversing the process is a bit more difficult." - A Russian Official
SilverWook
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I am ready for the trials!One of my instructors back in college had a pet peeve about the use of "filmed" to describe something shot on video. I have unfortunately inherited their madness.
doubleKO
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Heisenberg for PrincipalThis is a fantastic
This is a cool
This thread is awes
I love
This thread sucks.
Bingowings
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Magister Pontifex MaximusWhen I was young LOL meant 'lots of love' (a bit like SWALK being 'sealed with a loving kiss').
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- Anál nathrach,
- orth’ bháis’s bethad,
- do chél dénmha
darth_ender
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"darth endeor was a meanyhead" - FatherSkywalker, et al--QFTBingowings said:
When I was young LOL meant 'lots of love' (a bit like SWALK being 'sealed with a loving kiss').
That's funny. I recently heard a story from a coworker who told us of a friend who thought that in modern electronic discourse that is exactly what it meant. So when this friend heard that another friend had lost her husband, she sent a mass email to the friend and all else involved in the discussion that said, "So sorry for your loss. LOL." Oops.
The ROTJ collaborative thread is a wealth of ideas, both on how to edit Return of the Jedi, as well as how to collaborate in an edit. Emanswfan has taken leadership of the project.
Password for all ROTJ-related clips: ROTJ
A very rough edit of how the Battle of Endor could go
A very rough idea of how ROTJ could end
Rough edit based on the final script with some deviation:
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
darth_ender
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"darth endeor was a meanyhead" - FatherSkywalker, et al--QFTthejediknighthusezni said:
You know people who try to sound pretentious? :P
Indeed no, sir, but rather I find myself disadvantageously impotent when essaying to minimize my lexicon with picayune utterances.
In all seriousness, though I admit to probably coming off as pretentious, it's just the way I like to write. I tend to use a moderately larger vocabulary than others when speaking, but I can't imagine I am anywhere in the same league as Bingowings, who usually motivates me to look up at least one word or reference when reading his comments. But I try to ensure I use my words correctly, and I honestly make an effort not to resort too much to cliches. You'll find that I actually tend to modify my idioms so they don't come off as just another overused phrase.
But there are those who continually use the same stupid words over and over trying to sound smart, especially in the news and politics. Words like:
rhetoric
warmongering
optics
diversity
micro- (look on your shampoo bottles, nutritional supplements, lotions, etc.--they're all filled with micro-somethings!)
epic
war on...(drugs, women, minorities, Christians, Muslims)
fiscal cliff
I'll try to think of some more.
The ROTJ collaborative thread is a wealth of ideas, both on how to edit Return of the Jedi, as well as how to collaborate in an edit. Emanswfan has taken leadership of the project.
Password for all ROTJ-related clips: ROTJ
A very rough edit of how the Battle of Endor could go
A very rough idea of how ROTJ could end
Rough edit based on the final script with some deviation:
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
doubleKO
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Heisenberg for PrincipalAccording to my son a lot of things are random. Things are also hectic or legit.
It's usually easier to bust people mis-using phrases when they are written, but the following are all too common:
one foul swoop
the power invested in me
for all intensive purposes
vicious cycle
There are some things I hate that aren't even considered incorrect, such as:
On accident
Come in useful
Went extinct
greenpenguino
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Double standards!!Bingowings said:
When I was young LOL meant 'lots of love' (a bit like SWALK being 'sealed with a loving kiss').
Oo! I like that one.
I'm the forums younger clone of TVs' Frink. Except sillier and more handsomer...
TV's Frink
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Ointment Flydarth_ender said:
Bingowings said:
When I was young LOL meant 'lots of love' (a bit like SWALK being 'sealed with a loving kiss').
That's funny. I recently heard a story from a coworker who told us of a friend who thought that in modern electronic discourse that is exactly what it meant. So when this friend heard that another friend had lost her husband, she sent a mass email to the friend and all else involved in the discussion that said, "So sorry for your loss. LOL." Oops.
My Mom did something very similar a few years ago, although it was much less embarrassing (along the lines of "drive safe, LOL")
TV's Frink
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Ointment Flydarth_ender said:
thejediknighthusezni said:
You know people who try to sound pretentious? :PIndeed no, sir, but rather I find myself disadvantageously impotent when essaying to minimize my lexicon with picayune utterances.
In all seriousness, though I admit to probably coming off as pretentious, it's just the way I like to write. I tend to use a moderately larger vocabulary than others when speaking, but I can't imagine I am anywhere in the same league as Bingowings, who usually motivates me to look up at least one word or reference when reading his comments. But I try to ensure I use my words correctly, and I honestly make an effort not to resort too much to cliches. You'll find that I actually tend to modify my idioms so they don't come off as just another overused phrase.
But there are those who continually use the same stupid words over and over trying to sound smart, especially in the news and politics. Words like:
rhetoric
warmongering
optics
diversity
micro- (look on your shampoo bottles, nutritional supplements, lotions, etc.--they're all filled with micro-somethings!)
epic
war on...(drugs, women, minorities, Christians, Muslims)
fiscal cliffI'll try to think of some more.
xhonzi
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of Earth.Ginormous
Ridonkulous
These are probably not the droid you are looking for... but I had to mention them and this thread was here.
By-the-by... don't we have a "Words Mean Things" thread. Oh, wait... that was a TheBoost thread. And he didn't send me a Christmas Card last year so screw'em.
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"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM
"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.
Darth Mallwalker
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THC-1138 meets TK-420Unique
However, in practice you must take into account the "fuckwit factor". Just talk to Darth Mallwalker...
-Moth3r
darth_ender
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"darth endeor was a meanyhead" - FatherSkywalker, et al--QFTChillax
The ROTJ collaborative thread is a wealth of ideas, both on how to edit Return of the Jedi, as well as how to collaborate in an edit. Emanswfan has taken leadership of the project.
Password for all ROTJ-related clips: ROTJ
A very rough edit of how the Battle of Endor could go
A very rough idea of how ROTJ could end
Rough edit based on the final script with some deviation:
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
TheBoost
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Better a bad bomb than a bombad"ad hominem attacks."
- PERSON ONE: Here's my point.
- PERSON TWO: You're an asshole.
- PERSON ONE: Lay off the ad hominem attacks.
An Ad Hominem argument requires that you claim that a person's argument is invalid because of who they are, not because of the argument. It has nothing to do with insulting someone. It could conceivably be complimentary.
- PERSON ONE: I think great people should get candy.
- PERSON TWO: You're only saying that because you're so great.
That's an ad hominem
TheBoost
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Better a bad bomb than a bombadxhonzi said:
By-the-by... don't we have a "Words Mean Things" thread. Oh, wait... that was a TheBoost thread. And he didn't send me a Christmas Card last year so screw'em.
Here's an example of a non-ad hominem insult:
Xhonzi is a poo head.
darth_ender
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"darth endeor was a meanyhead" - FatherSkywalker, et al--QFT^LOL!
By the way, funny joke!
The ROTJ collaborative thread is a wealth of ideas, both on how to edit Return of the Jedi, as well as how to collaborate in an edit. Emanswfan has taken leadership of the project.
Password for all ROTJ-related clips: ROTJ
A very rough edit of how the Battle of Endor could go
A very rough idea of how ROTJ could end
Rough edit based on the final script with some deviation:
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
Akwat Kbrana
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Token Linguistics NerdSilverWook said:
One of my instructors back in college had a pet peeve about the use of "filmed" to describe something shot on video. I have unfortunately inherited their madness.
I, too, have a pet peeve. It involves the (improper) use of a plural, gender-neutral pronoun when referring to a singular antecedent.
;)
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xhonzi
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of Earth.TheBoost said:
Here's an example of a non-ad hominem insult:
Xhonzi is a poo head.
I can't argue with your logic.
IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!
"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005
"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM
"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.
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