Banished words

**Hitcher** · 23rd January 2007, 12:50

The BDOTGNZA are encouraged to see evidence of like-minded souls -- even if they do speak American "English".

http://www.lssu.edu/banished/current.php

**ManDownUnder** · 23rd January 2007, 12:56

2 comments

"Now playing in theatres"... yes well it could also be released in any of a number of media formats. Playing in theatres seems a sensible way to describe it. Or should it be showing in theatres or something else? That's just being anal for the sakes of it - and I'm not talking sex fun anal - just poo head anal.

"We're pregnant". Agreed entirely. Who was the leftie pinkio PC fucken wowser that decided men conceive at the same time their genetically enhanced other does?

**Beemer** · 23rd January 2007, 12:58

I love it! I have a few words you can add to the list:

They are "doesn't", "can't" and "jazzed up" - I always thought they were acceptable, but my tutor at Massey crossed them out and wrote "agh, too colloquial for an academic essay!" on my last assignment... tosser...

**ManDownUnder** · 23rd January 2007, 13:01

Originally Posted by Beemer

I love it! I have a few words you can add to the list:

They are "doesn't", "can't" and "jazzed up" - I always thought they were acceptable, but my tutor at Massey crossed them out and wrote "agh, too colloquial for an academic essay!" on my last assignment... tosser...

Go the other way then. Fire a few paragraphs up in here and let some of our linguistically enhanced members embellish it with the exact, 25 character, surgically precise language that would make your head spin.

I'm sure Fish and Hitcher would enjoy it

**Fatjim** · 23rd January 2007, 13:08

Personally I'd like to see the banishment of unnecessary adjectives.

for example

Terrible disaster - when is one not terrible?
Real danger - It's hardly dangerous if it's not real
Stupid woman - no comment necessary

**Beemer** · 23rd January 2007, 13:11

Originally Posted by Fatjim

Personally I'd like to see the banishment of unnecessary adjectives.

for example

Terrible disaster - when is one not terrible?
Real danger - It's hardly dangerous if it's not real
Stupid woman - no comment necessary

And "dumb bloke" - if that's not an oxymoron, I don't know what is!

**Chisanga** · 23rd January 2007, 13:16

Originally Posted by Fatjim

Personally I'd like to see the banishment of unnecessary adjectives.

for example

Terrible disaster - when is one not terrible?
Real danger - It's hardly dangerous if it's not real
Stupid woman - no comment necessary

Those are tautologies i.e. Use of a redundant word. e.g Stupid Idiot

**jrandom** · 23rd January 2007, 13:18

Originally Posted by Beemer

And "dumb bloke" - if that's not an oxymoron...

Roffle.

My dear lady, I do believe you're thinking of a tautology.

But thank you, regardless.

Goddammit. Beaten to it. I must stop letting this 'work' thing distract me from my posting.

**Fatjim** · 23rd January 2007, 13:19

Originally Posted by Chisanga

Those are tautologies i.e. Use of a redundant word. e.g Stupid Idiot

Originally Posted by Beemer

And "dumb bloke" - if that's not an oxymoron, I don't know what is!

I rest my case.

**Hitcher** · 23rd January 2007, 13:19

"Home invasion" is on my list. There's no such crime. The media created it. Try aggravated burglary instead.

Even worse is the addition of a preceding adjective, as in "Vicious".

**SwanTiger** · 23rd January 2007, 13:25

fuk i gld i gt a diksonery 4 xmas odawis i wdnt b abl 2 undustand dis fred.

**Jantar** · 23rd January 2007, 13:25

This is a great attempt to clean up language, even if they are going a bit far in banning the word "search". When I go out to my shed to look for a particular item for my bike, I do search for it, I do not google it.

I also take issue with nouns being changed to verbs by adding -ize or -ized on the end. eg Your house was burgled by the burglar, it wasn't burglarized.

**Chisanga** · 23rd January 2007, 13:29

I don't like it when people write (and say too I suppose

) "Would of" instead of "Would have" I guess because they are used to the sound of the abbreviated "would've".

**Fatjim** · 23rd January 2007, 13:29

i hate the word cognizant. eg, "I was cognizant of the fact", instead of "I knew". Those farkin merkins think they need to use long words instead of short ones to sound intelligent. All their brains where lost in a storm on the Mayflower trip.