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Bullsh*t words/expressions that have got to go! 2020 Edition
Bullsh*t, non-English expressions that make people irredeemable to me as soon as they use one. Their original English language meanings have been distorted beyond recognition, and in many cases they now exude that unctuous quality that Our Overlords use to conceal their insidious totalitarianism.
No free thinker as defined as such in 2020 should ever use these cringeworthy expressions. They belong to the mob.
Feel free to add. We need a complete list. I am sick of:
validate
platform, especially as in “give a platform to”
share
problematic
move forward
reach out
story/stories
conversation
inclusive (x 1000000000!!)
diverse/diversity
community/communities
privilege
listen
support
ally
voice(s)
brown
I am actually tempted to add “white” and “Black.”
Those definitely don’t mean what they actually are.
Published in General
Any -ize word. Use is better than utilize. People are trying to sound smart by using a big word where a small one works better.
YES. Very astute
I find this post problematic. Please let me know your employer so I can inform them.
“Inform” is good, but on the traditional side. See the original Russian, circa 1937.
Do better.
“Stakeholder” is one that has grated on me for a while. All of these words have a useful meaning distorted by jargonistas.
“Dialogue” which means to sit still and be lectured to.
Here’s one courtesy of husband: science! 🤣
“Validate” is critically important when I don’t want to pay for parking.
This article was recently mentioned at Ace of Spades. Explains how these bad ideas get into the mainstream through what they call “idea laundering”.
“tolerance” as in “I only tolerate things and people who agree with me”.
Any academic discipline ending with the word “Studies” as in Whiteness Studies, Gender Studies etc. These are not real things.
One thing I’ve noticed recently when commentators or pundits or reporters are saying whatever they say… They’ll be speaking an English sentence that contains a foreign word, such as a word in Spanish.( I think I’ve heard it in Spanish most of all). When they speak that foreign word within the sentence, they adopt the foreign accent for that word, and then immediately switch back to the English/American accent for the rest of the sentence. It really jumps out at you and hurts my ears. Has anyone else noticed this? It’s definitely new, and obviously some kind of a virtue signaling or “I’m smarter than you” thing.
Horrific.
This is the word you use to modify any event that could be exploited by the woke, in order to make sure they know you are on their side.
The word that is the most disturbing to me is…Disturbing. Everything in connection with the Wuhan Coronavirus is disturbing. The actions of BLM are major disturbing!
These uncertain times
The new normal
Kingsley Amis said the worst word of his time was “workshop.”
How about “safe” spaces? Fascist?
Interestingly, leftists are “disturbed” by everything. On our end, I see a healthy return of the adjective “deranged.” Also “unhinged” is proving itself indispensable lately.
“Safe” absolutely
systemic (The person who first said this thought they sounded VERY clever. Don’t remember hearing it before BLM).
Spanish is a big crowd pleaser.
I notice some goofy accents going on: Beto trying to sound Hispanic, AOC and Biden trying to sound black (“you ain’t black”). Remember Hillary trying to sound southern??! 🤣
All of these have perfectly valid uses that have been trashed by the Wokandans.
For example, lists and ranges can be inclusive or exclusive.
I don’t know why but I do agree. “Horrific” has a virtue signaling insincere ring. It is a real word though.
fake !!!!
Various forms of pseudo-justice; racial, climate, social, environmental.
____ of color
LGBT, etc.
Oh wow. “_of color” has GOT to go. That is absolutely the worst.
I propose Ricochets editors take note and kick anyone off who uses one of these idiocies in its new modish incarnation gets kicked off. They can go play on with the lefties on Twitter.
Actually I think “gender” has been sorely used.
Off subject: This reminds me of something my dad says when he pays for a parking space downtown. He gets a slip that says Monthly Parker. He says it sounds like one of those newfangled girls’ names🤣🤣🤣
To add to your list:
Violence… unless it actually means violence. (There is direct violence, which does not always mean what you think it means, structural violence, i.e. systemic violence, and cultural violence.)
Tolerance… until it means tolerance.
My pronoun is… unless you are Pat from that old SNL skit.
Narrative… unless you’re openly telling me a story.
Micro aggressions… unless you’re talking about Lego Wars.
“This is my daughter Monthly, and that’s my son Weekly.”
“Who’s that kid in the corner?”
“Oh, he’s my nephew Occasionally. He visits from time to time.”