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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
Corporate culture is a real thing. For instance, I almost got a job at Autodesk but did not dress dyke enough to succeed.
When Bank of America in San Francisco was sold to a corporation out of the Carolinas, there was much weeping and gnashing of teeth, as it meant that the corporate culture would be more Southern belle than ladies in leather. Lots of talk in business pages of East Bay newspapers about how unfair that slant would be. Bosses might come to be expected to be married and talking about their families. I mean, the inhumanity of it all!
I find this exercise pleasingly cathartic. It’s like: “no, we DO notice all these smarmy turns of phrase and we know what you REALLY mean!”
“If there was hope, it must lie in the proles, because only there, in those swarming disregarded masses, eighty-five percent of the population of Oceania, could the force to destroy the Party ever be generated.” 1984 Orwell
Proles unite!
How interesting. I too was not picked for a job once because I didn’t look like a dyke. I was trying out for the job and so was dressed as for a traditional job interview and didn’t have tattooed sleeves and a gut.
The word “protest” has probably outlived its usefulness, especially these days. The word starting with “pro” suggests automatic-and-always a good, positive thing.
But even withe the long I it sounds like you’re going to be on tv.
Okay, I’m adding that to the Liberal Lexicon.
Trans folk is creepy. It sounds like some kind of cross-dressing Keebler elves.
Or a long-bearded bluegrass band in dresses. With a bad attitude.
Protest fits perfectly on this list because they say “protest” (“largely peaceful”) but what they mean is riot or dare I say coup.
Seems à propos to quote Matt Walsh from the Daily Wire:
Lol. I agree. Have you heard of Furries?
Yes.
Yup, you grasped it. The school district announced yesterday there will be NO in-person classes for anyone (that’s over 27,000 students K-12) this fall, until at least after October 30. Hmmm– I wonder what might be going on about 3 days after Oct. 30th — some sort of national event, perhaps?
“No matter how cynical I become, I just can’t keep up.” (attributed to various, including Lily Tomlin)
Weren’t all Keebler elves rather cross-dressing-trans-kind of folk to begin with? (Of course I wouldn’t suggest pissing them off, because they do have cookies.)
Are you sure they actually live in the trees? I remember the ads with the cookie “factories” in the trees, but not their homes. Maybe they only work in the trees, not live in them?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEflt_tFRa4&t=183
It all started with Ernie and Bert.
Can we add “clap back”? As in . . .
Damn right we can. 🤢
Am I the only one who doesn’t know what “clap back” is?
It generally means “respond to” but the connotation is that you totally pwned that guy!
I think you meant “astutitized”.
Or my kid who went off to college and transitioned to “Laundry Day.”
Maybe that whole “transitioned” thing should be out too.
Yes. I just used it, reluctantly, to describe how we are changing the style in our living room, “transitioning” our style (out of that international Airbnb wannabe Scandinavian commie look). I tried to give the uncomfortable couch to my eco-fascist colleague: “it’s communistic and you’re a communist!” Well I didn’t SAY that…
I suspect this thread may become immortal.
One of the newspapers I typeset has the word “Transportation” in the title, and we used to abbreviate it “Trans” in our file system.
Not anymore.
No need, there will be a new one next year anyway…
Lol. My French husband made me an “LBT” sandwich once (he meant BLT!) 🤣🤣🤣🤣😍
In the future every good Democratic family’s filing cabinet will have a folder labeled “Trans” : inside, “Jennie’s bottom surgery”, “Alba’s top surgery”, “testosterone for Lily”…