Comments on: More Awful Word Usage

By: Sister Wolf

Sister Wolf — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:52:12 +0000

Steve, you read my mind! I’ve been complaining about “Look!” for ages but my husband aalways says “Get used to it.” (I don’t like that much, either.)

The ‘Look” that begins every answer by talking heads on the news is not only condescending, it’s vaguely hostile too. Make it stop!!!!!!!

By: Steve Snelling

Steve Snelling — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:29:04 +0000

I’ve noticed an annoying trend developing in pundit-speak: the use of the word “look,” as in “Look, this is how it is…” It seems to be employed as a tool of emphasis, as if to give more credence to the coming penetrating insight. I’ve heard it used on news shows, political reviews, etc. Tonight, Robert Reich used it in an interview with Keith Olbermann. It’s sounds like insecurity, a kind of “you better believe me.” It also sounds a little intimidating, and sadly low-rent. “Look” is becoming the new “listen,” as in “listen up, buster!” It’s dull, makes the speaker sound like a dweeb, and I wish it would go away.

By: Sister Wolf

Sister Wolf — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:51:02 +0000

Jesus Christ. He said ‘the laquered’ and left out ‘dresser?’

Add that to the ‘pops’ and you should have complained to his manager. Ugh. I was once looking at a small green Chanel bag and the sales girl informed me: “It’s nice to have a pop of color.” I was carrying my gigantic yellow handbag at the time, like Duh, bitch, don’t tell ME about pop-of-color!

By: Mark Jude

Mark Jude — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 06:32:10 +0000

When an interior designer says, “That really pops,” I want to puke. The other day, I was trying to figure out if it was really worth $6800 for a few dressers just so I could be in the presence of the interestingly sexy salesman who was trying to sell them to me. Then he said, “The laquered really pops,” and I decided it wasn’t worth it.

By: Beerzie

Beerzie — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:16:53 +0000

Yes, please send “no worries” back down under, with no return address.

It’s all good.

By: Sister Wolf

Sister Wolf — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:47:19 +0000

Whenever I hear ‘no worries,’ I think “Put another shrimp on the barbie!” Didn’t ‘no worries’ come from Australia, and can’t we send it back there?

By: Beerzie Boy

Beerzie Boy — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:01:41 +0000

No worries.

By: Honeypants

Honeypants — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:43:10 +0000

OMG, I so hate all those expressions too. I hate “so” as an adverb as well, but I use it. I suck! I SO suck!

Friends with “Good stuff,” and equally irksome, is “Good times.”

And did I mention (that’s pretty awful too, isn’t it? “did I mention”?) that “jump the shark” has totally jumped the shark too?

GOD! UGH!

I love you!

By: Sister Wolf

Sister Wolf — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:57:28 +0000

I know one of them.

By: hoochiegucci

hoochiegucci — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:33:48 +0000

Do you know what your problem is?