LSSU Banished Words List

[Kepler]

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The way the Boomers talk it's going to be US committing that mass suicide. Apparently not wanting to work 80 hour weeks just to live in the bottom of a well means we want to bring Josef Stalin and Mao Zedong back from the dead and we're all going to burn in hell.

The only real negative stereotype I've heard about X-ers is slacker. They're "cool" and they put their own life first. A lot of Millennials look up to them (especially early ones like me who may have shared some of their memories.) I've never really heard of them getting the "entitlement" crap the Millennials got.

However, X-ers also get the dubious honor of dealing with Kurt "I Make Good Life Choices" Cobain as their spokesman.

I think this is fairly on point.

As a cusp Boomer / Gen X'er, I gotta tell you it's all up to you Millenials. Nothing noble is going to come out of the two generations preceding you.

[bigblue_dl]

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Lets ban the word "basketball"

[MountieBoyOz]

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Lets ban the word "basketball"

What would poor ESPN do then?

[goldy_331]

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In the employee evaluation forms my employer has enacted from the lesser, disease ridden bank we bought about three years ago, "outside the box" is a term found under the Leadership description. I responded that I never knew we were confined to boxes, but preferred to look at it from the point of view of a dodecahedron. My boss didn't find my response funny either.

I made a power point slide of the box I'm supposed to think outside of. One of the surfaces was "code minimum" one was "available technology" one was "occupant comfort", etc. I asked which side I could go outside of?

[bigblue_dl]

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I made a power point slide of the box I'm supposed to think outside of. One of the surfaces was "code minimum" one was "available technology" one was "occupant comfort", etc. I asked which side I could go outside of?

Definitely "code minimum"

[DaveStPaul]

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Incredibly.

[MountieBoyOz]

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The word re-gather needs to be stricken from the record.

[The Rube]

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Forward-thinking. Unless it's already been banned. Which it should have been.

[XYZ]

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"Touch base"

And my all-time most hated phrase: "To each their own." Commonly followed by ", I guess." I refuse to believe it has ever been used in non-condescending fashion. The only time that thing gets pulled out is when one doesn't agree with another, and the one whose opinion was challenged pulls it out in an invariably dismissal tone. Commonly heard any time anyone has the audacity to state that Thelonious Monk sucks.

[XYZ]

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While I'm here: "irregardless"

Then again, it's not even a word so I have no idea if it can even be banned. But to each their own, I guess.

[leswp1]

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It is what it is.

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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It is what it is.

I never realized people hated this so much.

How about the tendency to suffix "-gate" to the end of every minor scandal? I've especially noticed this annoying tendency for controversial actions/moments in sports - "Tigergate", "Clockgate", "Henrygate", "Fishgate", etc.

[alfablue]

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I never realized people hated this so much.

How about the tendency to suffix "-gate" to the end of every minor scandal? I've especially noticed this annoying tendency for controversial actions/moments in sports - "Tigergate", "Clockgate", "Henrygate", "Fishgate", etc.

One wonders how in the world the Watergate Hotel has kept it's name....

Although, what if we still used the Teapot Dome scandal? TigerDome, ClockPot, HentryTea.... It is what it is, irregardless. To each is own, I guess.


(my fingers quake at typing those words....)

[St. Clown]

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"Epic" and "fail" were both on the list last year. They should be on the list again this year. It's the point that I don't think people under the age of 26 know the real meaning of the word "epic."

[Kepler]

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One wonders how in the world the Watergate Hotel has kept it's name...

People stay in it just for the name. It's the best thing to ever happen to it. The "watergate" is just a swampy inlet that used to be a low density industrial dump.