Ten Words Which Need To Be Banned

10) Bimonthly. Nobody can agree whether it means twice a month or every two months, so it's a useless fucking word. Same goes for "biweekly".
9) Aural. Another useless word. It means pertaining to the ears, but it sounds exactly like the word "oral" which means pertaining to the mouth.
8) Pronounciation. There is no "pronOUnce" in "pronUnciation".
7) Irregardless. This is a non-existent word and people use it exactly as they should use the word "regardless".
6) Undernourished. Say "starving" instead. "Undernourished" people are starving. There's no need for a dehumanizing euphemism here.
5) Utilize. Just say "use" you fucktard. I'm not impressed when you use an unnecessarily lonɡ word to describe a simple concept.
4) Vagina. What a stupid-sounding word for such a beautiful thing.
3) The prefix "narco-": narcotrafficking, narcoterrorists, etc. Just use the word "drug". Especially since those words are usually used for people who have nothing to do with narcotics like coke dealers (cocaine is not a narcotic).
2) Terror, in the sense of "terrorism". Terror is an emotion. TerrorISM causes terror in people. They are two very different things. Get it straight, people.
1) NUCULAR! Isn't it scary how Bush is in charge of what happens to our nuclear weapons and he can't even pronounce "nuclear weapons"?

what are you talking about

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Originally Posted by ermitonto

10) Bimonthly. Nobody can agree whether it means twice a month or every two months, so it's a useless fucking word. Same goes for "biweekly".
9) Aural. Another useless word. It means pertaining to the ears, but it sounds exactly like the word "oral" which means pertaining to the mouth.
8) Pronounciation. There is no "pronOUnce" in "pronUnciation".
7) Irregardless. This is a non-existent word and people use it exactly as they should use the word "regardless".
6) Undernourished. Say "starving" instead. "Undernourished" people are starving. There's no need for a dehumanizing euphemism here.
5) Utilize. Just say "use" you fucktard. I'm not impressed when you use an unnecessarily lonɡ word to describe a simple concept.
4) Vagina. What a stupid-sounding word for such a beautiful thing.
3) The prefix "narco-": narcotrafficking, narcoterrorists, etc. Just use the word "drug". Especially since those words are usually used for people who have nothing to do with narcotics like coke dealers (cocaine is not a narcotic).
2) Terror, in the sense of "terrorism". Terror is an emotion. TerrorISM causes terror in people. They are two very different things. Get it straight, people.
1) NUCULAR! Isn't it scary how Bush is in charge of what happens to our nuclear weapons and he can't even pronounce "nuclear weapons"?

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Psh. I say Utilize... but yeah.. Vagina needs to be changed. It's such an unattractive word.

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Originally Posted by jkg114

what are you talking about

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What are you talking about??

Heh, you sound like a fascist :)

Alright, well maybe they don't need to be banned per se, but it would definitely be a plus if they were phased out of the language.

This is how duckspeak got started in the book 1984 there mister orwell fan.

It's called Newspeak, and it is based on the strong version of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis, which has been largely discredited. It is now generally recognized that change in language does not correlate to a change in the thought patterns of the people using the language, so using a language like Newspeak to control thought is quite unrealistic. Languages are extremely flexible tools and people will use them to get across whatever concept they are capable of thinking, even if they have to invent new words for it.

Wow, what an aweful aweful buzz kill.

Im gonna go smoke another bowl...Nerd *cough* *cough*
(which I am happy to say after 4 months i have gotten my hands on some)

'atissue' should be changed since no-one sounds like that when they sneeze
Ditto for 'cockadoddledoo' I mean admit it if a rooster walked up to you and said that you wud freak out,