1) CONVERSATION : As a result of social media, such as Twitter, these days we suppose that ideas, notions, controversies, and news, is all up for discussion. Some "conversations" go on for years, but most fizzle. Like my favorite TA once said, "Sometimes it's good to let a conversation go."
"Are we still having a national conversation about the Democratic Candidates Debates?"
2) SEX PEST : This one is pre Jeffery Epstein scandal and Harvey Wienstein scandal. I personally believe it is United Kingdom lingo gratis Daily Mail UK. SEX PEST is an umbrella term to describe everyone from the over-compliment-er who keeps "noticing" what you wear to work or whose eyes linger noticeably too long, to a hands on sexual harasser, to a stalker. There is however, a slight sense of humor to the term, so that Epstein and Wienstein are overqualified for it.
"That weird guy at the coffee house is such as sex pest, he should get a life."
3) CLOSURE : Closure is B.S. It is assumed that the most horrific losses that result in grief will end when you have "closure" but this is rarely so and puts a false expectation that you will be done already with it. One of my personal most hated terms, probably spawned by an overly psychobabble-effected culture.
"They lost everything, their house, everything in Hurricane Dorian. When they get a roof over their head again, they'll get closure."
4) GET A MOTEL : Used to let people know their Public Displays of Affection are making you uncomfortable or that if they don't want you wish to join in. Upgraded to the more posh GET A HOTEL or locally, CHATEAU MARMONT. Best delivered with deadpan intonation and raised eyebrow.
"Ah, you three should really go to the Chateau."
C 2019 Christine Trzyna
Showing posts with label words that become viral. Show all posts
Showing posts with label words that become viral. Show all posts
5/16/13
CONTAGEOUS WORD USAGE : OVERUSED WORDS
Recently I was thinking about someone I knew years ago who used the word Copacetic every other sentence. Made me want to scream. "Basically... bla bla bla Copacetic.
MERRIAM WEBSTER ON DEFINITION COPACETIC
It means Very Satisfactory.
Where is Strunk and White?
Why not say "I was pleased?"
The words that I find overused (very overused) these days, because I not only hear them but read them are:
ICONIC and UBIQUITOUS.
ICON
ICONIC is an ADJECTIVE and I think newly invented.
UBIQUITOUS
Why not say "Common?"
MERRIAM WEBSTER ON DEFINITION COPACETIC
It means Very Satisfactory.
Where is Strunk and White?
Why not say "I was pleased?"
The words that I find overused (very overused) these days, because I not only hear them but read them are:
ICONIC and UBIQUITOUS.
ICON
ICONIC is an ADJECTIVE and I think newly invented.
UBIQUITOUS
Why not say "Common?"
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