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Re: into the dustbin, where it belongs
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:15 pm
by Elihu
"legalize drugs / drug legalization"
take out the orwell and you get: "end prohibition"
Re: into the dustbin, where it belongs
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:20 pm
by Simulist
"People of faith."
(With the attendant implication that those outside the acceptably narrow boundaries of "religion," necessarily aren't.)
Re: into the dustbin, where it belongs
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 8:00 pm
by Nordic
"Dustbin"
Seriously, how much "dust" is in a modern trashcan?
"Trashcan" is the american name for this, and it fits far better. Who knows trash better than the americans, anyway?
"Trashbin" is acceptable I suppose ...
Re: into the dustbin, where it belongs
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 10:41 am
by Jeff
"Everything is on the table."
Always spoken when the things that really should be, never are.
Re: into the dustbin, where it belongs
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 12:46 am
by MacCruiskeen
"narrative"
"paradigm"
- these words are usable sometimes, but look at the fecking way they are actually used, not least (but not only) on this board.
Re: into the dustbin, where it belongs
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 11:44 am
by NeonLX
Hope I ain't repeating here:
"market-based"
Re: into the dustbin, where it belongs
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 2:35 am
by Nordic
The Old Testament god. The asshole.
Re: into the dustbin, where it belongs
Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 2:25 pm
by brainpanhandler
I don't agree with everything they say (even when I agree with next to nothing they say) but they have a point when they say...
Re: into the dustbin, where it belongs
Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 4:35 pm
by Searcher08
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Prime
be
being
been
am
is; isn't
are; aren't
was; wasn't
were; weren't
Contractions formed from a pronoun and a form of to be:
I'm
you're; we're; they're
he's; she's; it's
there's; here's
where's; how's; what's; who's
that's
E-Prime likewise prohibits contractions of to be found in nonstandard dialects of English, such as the following:
ain't
hain't (when derived from ain't rather than haven't)
whatcha (derived from what are you)
yer (when derived from you are rather than your)
Re: into the dustbin, where it belongs
Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 8:54 am
by Joe Hillshoist
Yeah searcher... you win this thread.
Re: into the dustbin, where it belongs
Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 1:05 am
by MacCruiskeen
"speak to"
Just fuck off with that. It's inevitably cant and sanctimoniousness.
Re: into the dustbin, where it belongs
Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 2:14 am
by jingofever
Searcher08 wrote:whatcha (derived from what are you)
I thought it was derived: what do you > what do yuh > what d'yuh > what djuh > what cha. QED. See also 'So what'cha want' by the Beastie Boys. But anyway, does E-prime alter cognition in any provable way? Or should I just stick with
bath salts LSD?
Re: into the dustbin, where it belongs
Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 6:55 am
by MacCruiskeen
Wow, just wow. Unbeknownst to me, this thread like totally speaks to my core strengths. It isn't about words, it's about people, people.
Just sayin'.
Kthx.
Re: into the dustbin, where it belongs
Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 3:32 am
by Nordic
cat memes on the internet.
Re: into the dustbin, where it belongs
Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 12:02 pm
by undead
"Keyword Highjacking"
"Meme Reversal"
"Woo"