The 2008 list of banned words

[Robert Hendrix]

Actually, this list is for 2009 but they were either misused or overused in 2008

http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current.php

[Spivonious]

I definitely agree with Maverick, Staycation, and Main Street/Wall Street. I can't say I've seen anyone append the word monkey to anything though.

[Robert Hendrix]

I definitely agree with Maverick, Staycation, and Main Street/Wall Street. I can't say I've seen anyone append the word monkey to anything though.

Awww there's always somebody out there playing with their monkey.

[Ben...]

Allow me to add some more. These more fit with my age group though.

-Random - People use this for everything. They also use it as an adjective. Ex: "That's so random.". "I'm so random today."

-Beast - People use this as an adjective. "That's so beast".

-Like - This one has been around for ever. People seem to think a sentence isn't complete without using this terrible word. "That's, like, so, like, amazing." or "That's like the funniest thing ever." (So it's not funny? I hate it when people say that.)

I'll add more as I think of them.

[irnmadn88]

I am tired of:

extreme as a superlative

gay as meaning stupid

...and fierce

[Axewielder]

Damn I hate these threads, you try to take all my favorite phrases away!!!

(try and fail I might add)

[442w30]

I am tired of:



gay as meaning stupid

C'mon, that's just classic usage. You can't get tired of that, it actually made a little comeback this year. It was gone for all of the 1990's and early 2000's.

The PC backlash iis coming, along with the mullet in 2009.

I never got the whole Boston "wicked cool" thing. I am really glad that seems isolated to Mass. It's really weird to be around those folks.

[irnmadn88]

C'mon, that's just classic usage. You can't get tired of that, it actually made a little comeback this year. It was gone for all of the 1990's and early 2000's.

To each their own...

I could go even as far as saying that "You are such a retard" and "That's retarded" when used to insinuate someone or something is stupid irritate me as well.

Why?

I have a gay sister in-law and I spent three years working with Special Education students...

I have to draw the semantic line somewhere...

[Robert Hendrix]

Allow me to add some more. These more fit with my age group though.

-Random - People use this for everything. They also use it as an adjective. Ex: "That's so random.". "I'm so random today."

-Beast - People use this as an adjective. "That's so beast".

-Like - This one has been around for ever. People seem to think a sentence isn't complete without using this terrible word. "That's, like, so, like, amazing." or "That's like the funniest thing ever." (So it's not funny? I hate it when people say that.)

I'll add more as I think of them.

Hmmm, I never heard of That's so beast before.. LOL

I agree with the random one though.. and the rest of your example.. anytime somebody around me says "That's so random" I feel compelled to return with "How random is it".

And while we're on the subject, another thing that burns my ass... I hate shoping in a department store when someone comes over the PA system and announces something to the effect of:

"Attention shoppers, umm, we are ummm having a sale in our hartware(mispelling to demonstrate pronunciation) department. ummm so umm come on over and ummm check out the really umm great buys we umm have available".

What the hell is that???? Who gave morons a PA system?? Go the hell back to school and learn to speak like someone with half a friggin brain before you attemp to make a fool out of yourself again..

Sorry.. I lost myself for a moment.... I'm back now..

[Robert Hendrix]

I am tired of:

extreme as a superlative

gay as meaning stupid

...and fierce

Yeah, I hate that too. I know a few gay people that I respect, and that phrase really doesn't make alot of sense to me.

[phill_up]

i vote we still keep "Dude"

one word I have had enough of for a long time is... "Resilience" the USA is so blah blah, stick something in my ass and blow it up and I can take it because I am "Resilient" Dammit! "Resilient" people and Ford trucks and Cadillacs f@ck me

[fr0sty]

The wall street/main street douchery was bad enough, now they new fuckwads are using "mall street".

I definitely agree with Maverick, Staycation, and Main Street/Wall Street. I can't say I've seen anyone append the word monkey to anything though.

[phill_up]

I definitely agree with Maverick, Staycation, and Main Street/Wall Street. I can't say I've seen anyone append the word monkey to anything though.

Monkey Sex!

[eakinj]

Yeah, I hate that too. I know a few gay people that I respect, and that phrase really doesn't make alot of sense to me.

Main Entry: 1gay
Pronunciation: \ˈgā\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French gai, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German gāhi quick, sudden
Date: 14th century
1 a: happily excited : merry <in a gay mood> b: keenly alive and exuberant : having or inducing high spirits <a bird's gay spring song>
2 a: bright , lively <gay sunny meadows> b: brilliant in color
3: given to social pleasures ; also : licentious

it was only used for homosexuals in the last few decades so really, if they can take the word and use it to mean something else, there's no reason everyone else can't.

[phill_up]

like the word "Sick"
man that guitar is sick!
Why would you say that? I just bought it?