Rex Hoppie Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 My work place people are very fond of "It is what it is" and then look as if hey said something profound. Life's a bitch and then you die. Link to post Share on other sites
polecat Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Dam, I'm afraid to talk now.I always thought I was using local slang.It appears that maybe too much time was spent in the parking lot during English class.Personally I enjoy running a sentence as long as I can without punktuation and love abbreviations.Gotta go now,Crosswords is on. Link to post Share on other sites
StormsGSP Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Drinkability. Link to post Share on other sites
Ben Hong Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Ben, nu-cle-ar is clearly 3 syllables. Merriam Webster may have been a semiliterate polititian. Must be regional differences Rex, because I don't say "on a cle-ar day you can see forever". The dictionary on my desk is the Oxford Dictionary which agrees with me. Whatever, the point I was trying to make is that there is only one "u" in the word nuclear. Link to post Share on other sites
Irish Joe Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Kumquat sounds like it should mean sooooo much more than just some fruit. Link to post Share on other sites
12ette Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 My work place people are very fond of "It is what it is" and then look as if hey said something profound. I am with you on this... What the $##$ else could it be jackass. Maybe, maybe not. I hate this too. This is the removal of every possibility. Insipid. Lacking in taste, (food); or lacking in qualities that interest or inspire. Callow. Lacking in adult sophistication. "... and the evening wore on...." Link to post Share on other sites
RASKE Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Obtuse. But "flatulence" is funny. Link to post Share on other sites
shinbone Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Some of my favorites: "Circumlocution": is an ambiguous or roundabout figure of speech. In its most basic form, circumlocution is using many words (such as "a tool used for cutting things such as paper and hair") to describe something simple ("scissors"). In this sense, the vast majority of definitions found in dictionaries are circumlocutory. "Disambiguation": is the process of identifying which sense of a word is used in any given sentence, when the word has a number of distinct senses. "Debottlenecking": Increasing production capacity of existing facilities through the modification of existing equipment to remove throughput restrictions. Debottlenecking generally increases capacity for a fraction of the cost of building new facilities. I've noticed that modern usage includes applying the term "debottlenecking" to administrative processes, as well. --shinbone Link to post Share on other sites
ccavacini Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 The next time a waiter says, "No problem" I'm going to tear his eyeballs out. Link to post Share on other sites
Breakfast Boy Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Dinkability. Must be a New Zealand sheep herder term. Link to post Share on other sites
popplecop Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Politically Correct, never have been, never will be. Link to post Share on other sites
12ette Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Politically Correct, never have been, never will be. I'll bet you are. People like to thing they are not. Link to post Share on other sites
Honeyrun Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Fugly - definition - use your imagination Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 The next time a waiter says, "No problem" I'm going to tear his eyeballs out. Where did this start? Bothers me too. It makes me want to CRINGE. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Ben, nu-cle-ar is clearly 3 syllables. Merriam Webster may have been a semiliterate polititian. Must be regional differences Rex, because I don't say "on a cle-ar day you can see forever". The dictionary on my desk is the Oxford Dictionary which agrees with me. Whatever, the point I was trying to make is that there is only one "u" in the word nuclear. Need to get you to TX. Noo-kew-ler fishin' -- LBJ, have no idea what he used for bait. Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now