Comments on: Word Fever

By: Jill

Jill — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:10:08 +0000

Oh, how I’ve enjoyed this post. I can’t stand “colorway”…similar to pricepoint. Just say “color” for Cunt’s sake!

By: hammie

hammie — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:45:00 +0000

Oh Sis; m is the new n – if you don’t believe me ask Imelda!

By: honeypants

honeypants — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:32:50 +0000

Yes, submit lesbitious! I think it is embiggen. And two people said pricepoint to me the other day, and I didn’t know how to respond. Gak!

By: Sister Wolf

Sister Wolf — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:24:49 +0000

JK – Glad to be of service.

Bex -Cunt goes with every sentence, like a nice French rosÃ©.

Stella Mayfair – Sounds like a book I need! Thanks!

honeypants – Ugh, “artisan” and extreme both awful. How about “robust?” That one has been killing me.

Ann – Cunt will always be good (one hopes.)

Deni – All marketing words are horrible. “Pricepoint” is just a stupid word for price. Ugh!

Hammie -I LOVE embiggen. I thought it was enbiggen, though.

honeypants – I should submit that one to Wordnik, right?!

La Belette Rouge – It’s hard to name a blog. The best name ever is I, Asshole. (It belongs to a friend of a friend.)

By: La Belette Rouge

La Belette Rouge — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:20:09 +0000

“All hyphen and no substance” Where was this woman when I was looking for a blog name?

By: honeypants

honeypants — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:02:33 +0000

oh and let’s not forget the SW classic, lesbitious!

By: hammie

hammie — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:03:42 +0000

I love new madey uppy words that enough people have used to get into O.E.D.

I am voting for “embiggen” xx

By: Deni

Deni — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:28:38 +0000

I remember the first time I heard the word “sexy” used in conjunction with a marketing campaign; it was a horrible experience. To paraphrase: “We have a sexy new product for release!” No, it wasn’t clothing, or an apparatus of any sorts . . . it was insurance coverage, ugh! That was over 15 years ago and I haven’t gotten over it yet!
SW, thank you for Wordnik. I also subscribe to Wordsmith (word-a-day), Dictionary.com (another word-a-day), and Delancey Place (excerpt-a-day), and I still fuck up the English language, but onward and upward . . .

By: Ann

Ann — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:35:13 +0000

I’m with Honeypants – I can’t deal with the word extreme. I may be alone in this, but I would endure a lifetime of epic and smitten if it meant I didn’t have to hear the word extreme ever again.

Cunt is great fun to say aloud – always has been! I worry it’s becoming pedestrian though, as its shock value seems to be wearing off. Thank goodness you’ve trademarked your phrase.

By: honeypants

honeypants — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:22:19 +0000

That wordnik site is great, thank you! Though I was already groaning within 5 minutes of checking it out…

I realize that it’s the way language grows — the redefinition, combination, and other such mutation of words. I’ve coined quite a few phrases of which I’m fond. However, I hate the raping and pillaging of some words so much, it’s unbearable. “Sexy,” in the above context is a perfect example.

Another thing I can’t stand is when a buzzword works its way into everyday speech, losing its original meaning in the process. I wasn’t around for “gay,” but I was definitely begrudging “alternative,” every step of the way. When I was 14, it was a word with which I very much identified. And now, It’s been exploited, marketed, packaged and sold — available at a mall near you.

Don’t even get me started on “extreme” or “artisan.”

Off the soap box now, I’m sorry! It sure is good to know so many other people take these things as personally as I do!