FWIS3

dongle--a small piece of hardware that attaches to computer, TV, or other electronic device and enables additional functions.

fungi--plural of mushrooms, of course. My department at work was hiring an assistant professor of evolutionary mycology & curator of fungi, and for weeks I would get emails about the interview candidates. I could not stand seeing the word "fungi" in my inbox.

LIPS--ok, it's not such a bad word. But it's the acronym of a symposium in my line of work, and for some reason it grosses me out in that context. Once again, I get emails saying "Come to LIPS!" "Register for LIPS!" "Become a sponsor of LIPS!" on a weekly basis.

nuk--as in pacifier. But Russter is addicted to hers, and also always losing it, so we are forever referring to it. I gave in and started using nuk because it's the shortest version of the word. I also hate the shortened term "paci."

pumpkinpi wrote:LIPS--ok, it's not such a bad word. But it's the acronym of a symposium in my line of work, and for some reason it grosses me out in that context. Once again, I get emails saying "Come to LIPS!" "Register for LIPS!" "Become a sponsor of LIPS!" on a weekly basis.

Better than being frustrated with it and yelling, "come on LIPS!"

pumpkinpi wrote:nuk--as in pacifier. But Russter is addicted to hers, and also always losing it, so we are forever referring to it. I gave in and started using nuk because it's the shortest version of the word. I also hate the shortened term "paci."

We've always referred to them as 'binky' in our family.

-Fantastic!

yes, including the exclamation mark. this and last year's favourite bullshit bingo word. to be used for every mediocre accomplishment, no matter how trivial.

-Utilise

what the fuck is wrong with 'use'?

Normalcy

Morrolan wrote:-Fantastic!

yes, including the exclamation mark. this and last year's favourite bullshit bingo word. to be used for every mediocre accomplishment, no matter how trivial.

-Utilise

what the fuck is wrong with 'use'?

utilise

British variant of utilize

Here I thought utilize was an American bastardisation of utilise.

You can Australianise it thus:
How do we carry all these camping and shooting supplies to the site, a trailer?
Nah, we'll utilise it.

See Morrolan, you can't use, use in that FANTASTIC! sentence.

Australianise

I've recently developed a fondness for the word, "Fantastic!" due to my attachment to the tenth Doctor.

It was the Ninth Doctor that used "Fantastic!"

http://youtu.be/DUm5rM4fQxs

The Tenth Doctor used "Allon-Sy!"

brite wrote:It was the Ninth Doctor that used "Fantastic!"

http://youtu.be/DUm5rM4fQxs

The Tenth Doctor used "Allon-Sy!"

Well, he's the First Doctor for me, so it's hard to keep track.

Honey... the 4th Doctor was my first... I've been watching since it came on PBS in the 70's...

brite wrote:Honey... the 4th Doctor was my first... I've been watching since it came on PBS in the 70's...

Ditto.

The 4th was my last.
I started with the second.
Never got into it with the 5th so stopped there.

brite wrote:It was the Ninth Doctor that used "Fantastic!"

http://youtu.be/DUm5rM4fQxs

The Tenth Doctor used "Allon-Sy!"

that would be: "Allons-y" (let's go)...

As long as they don't encourage you to lock LIPS it's all good.

"Nod." As in "she got an Oscar nod." What a dumb, twee, irritating phrase.

"Destinated".

I don't care how many sources you come up with that say it's a real word (it is), it is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
misused.

signage

Commentator, using 'impacted' as a verb, oh the list could go on and on and on...

Am I the only one who thought of this for this thread.

"sorry"= a word that does nothing goes nowhere. ACTIONS matter.

Loresinger wrote:"sorry"= a word that does nothing goes nowhere. ACTIONS matter.

You absolutely can love or hate any word you wish to, but I'm "sorry", I don't agree. Yes, actions speak louder than words (as they say), but words are important, apologizes are important, and "sorry" is the standard way to do so. The fact that some people have such a problem saying it, shows how important it is.

But just saying "sorry" and continuing to do the same thing that required you to say that... yeah, that's not good.

Swift wrote:Yes, actions speak louder than words (as they say), but words are important, apologizes are important, and "sorry" is the standard way to do so. The fact that some people have such a problem saying it, shows how important it is.

But just saying "sorry" and continuing to do the same thing that required you to say that... yeah, that's not good.

or the half-baked apology. 'if i offended anyone then i regret my words.'

Swift wrote:Am I the only one who thought of this for this thread.

I've never seen that before. There's five minutes of my life I'll never get back...

If I offended anybody I take full responsibility.
Do you all feel better now?

I hate the phrase, "I take full responsibility".
Mainly because its says, "I fucked up. Now I admitted it, fuck you.Nothing is going to change. I am not going to do anything about it. I am not going to try to fix it. I just wanted you to know that it was me that fucked you over you little twerp and there's not a damned thing you can do about it".