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⌈ Secret Post #6649 ⌋

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[Paapa Essiedu as Professor Snape, new Harry Potter series]



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[The Magic Schoolbus]



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Comments

Words that bug you

[(Anonymous)]

The word "chilling" in news or opinion pieces makes me want to throw a bus. I know it's not a new word, but its sudden spike in usage in place of other words that mean the same thing gives me an icky feeling like nobody can think for themselves about their word choice and is using a trendy word about a serious issue.

Anyway, what words irrationally bother you?

Re: Words that bug you

[thewakokid]

Most unnecessarily emotive words in news articles in general. This isn't your blog, you're writing for a serious publication.

But my real pet peeve is words that people only know by context, and use because they're /supposed/ to be used at a certain point, but then they're used wrong because they're not words anymore, they're just conversational clip-art that people add without thought.

Best shown by example:

People used to use the term "scantily clad" to describe female character designs. And I get it. Scanty - Little, Clad - clothed in. Simple. But then the meaning of the term "scantily clad" stopped being the actual words, and became this... cliche that just has to be thrown into the conversation at an appropriate point.

So, I'll see a games journalist, or a talking head, or whoever - and I KEEP seeing it - say something like "Eve from Stellar Blade is wearing such scantily clad clothes" because they don't know that scantily clad are themselves words that already have meaning and the clad part already means "Clothed in", and instead they're just a phrase that needs to be used because everyone else uses it.

IDK, Maybe best to put it down as an even dumber version of the "ATM Machine" annoyance. I just... I just wish people would THINK about the words they're using, and not just talk like they're on autopilot, you know?

Edit because I remembered another one:

"The Belle Epoque Era" Come on! Don't just let your mouth form the words that you feel belong, ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT THE WORDS YOU ARE PUTTING INTO THE AIR!

I can forgive PIN number and ATM machine, because acronyms are sort of deigned to be come their own shorthand and it's easy to forget what the N stands for. But you gotta hear yourself say Epoque Era, or Clad clothes, and it HAS to hit your ear wrong, surely.

Re: Words that bug you

[(Anonymous)]

Emotional manipulation is so easy to spot. It's fine in the opinion articles. Not so much on the News. It's like they think the readers are 10 year old and need to be told how to react in any given situation.

Re: Words that bug you

[(Anonymous)]

I feel similarly about most news headlines these last 15 years tbh. So sensationalist and/or misleading. If I wanted to be entertained, I'd watch a movie.

Also the word "destroys." I get it's more along the lines of emotional or psychological attacks, but it's used so much that it's meaningless now. (And frankly, most of the targets are either too dumb to know they're being "destroyed" or don't care.)

Re: Words that bug you

[(Anonymous)]

I never want to hear the word "unprecedented" ever again.

Re: Words that bug you

[(Anonymous)]

"Problematic" needs to be put on a shelf until people can use it responsibly.

Re: Words that bug you

[(Anonymous)]

When people use "I'm obsessed" to describe anything and everything that they like.

You can just like IPAs or that new sweater you got on Amazon Basics. You don't have to be OBSESSED by it Ashley.

Re: Words that bug you

[greghousesgf]

"living at home" to mean living with parents. wherever you're living is your home!

Re: Words that bug you

[(Anonymous)]

Irregardless
You mean regardless?

Re: Words that bug you

[(Anonymous)]

Not one word, but I hate everything about Miette meme. Just the flow of this words make my skin itch

Re: Words that bug you

[(Anonymous)]

"Gas light"

I still struggle to grasp the difference between "gas lighting" and "lying" and I spent a lot of my life not having the most healthy relationships so I never use "gas light". When other people use it, I always struggle to understand if it's being used accurately or being used incorrectly.