Still Cranky
The blog formerly known as "Chronic Fatigue"
Category: Lazy Language
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By now, we are all familiar with the ubiquitous acronym, "LOL". In case you have been living on the planet Zoltar for the last several decades, LOL is the internet acronym for "laughing out loud". There is also its saucier variation, "LMAO" ("laughing my ass off"), and the ever-popular "LMFAO" ("laughing my fucking ass off").…
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Lately, I've been seeing billboards around San Francisco for a company named…Namely. But until recently, I never had any idea what, exactly, Namely did. Then I finally saw their TV spot, and discovered that Namely is…an HR company! (or rather, an HR platform). HR? Really? Who would have guessed? I certainly never would have guessed…
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How excited are you to read this blog post? Not very? Gee, how can that be? My question already presumes you are wildly enthusiastic about reading my latest mindless rant. Besides, I'm just trying to keep up with the current interviewing trend. Have you noticed lately that whenever a TV interviewer asks someone a question,…
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My topic today is something I feel very passionate about; namely, the egregious overuse of the word "passion". I can remember when I was quite fond of the word "passion". Once upon a time, "passion" was a term mostly reserved for expressions of romance and desire. As in "10 Ways to Put the Passion Back…
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So, like, every day on my bus ride to work, I am, like surrounded by these 20- and 30-something girls talking like rully rully loudly on their cell phones. And it is like, so TOTALLY irritating. Seriously, I want to grab their iPhones from their gel manicured fingertips and run screeeeaming from the bus. Their…
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Overuse can turn a perfectly good word into a perfectly horrible one. One word that's currently on the road to linguistic lame-itude is journey. Have you noticed that suddenly, everyone in America is on a journey? Just glance at any "People" magazine cover or watch any celebrity interview, and chances are you'll learn about someone…
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Q: What do the following words have in common? "awesome", "fascinating", "incredible", "marvelous", "prodigious", "shocking", "stunning", "surprising", "unbelievable", "wonderful" A: They are all synonyms for "amazing". However…you don't hear any of those other words used much anymore. Because the only adjective that gets used to describe anything these days seems to be "amazing". Have you…
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It seems we Americans are having a lot of conversations these days. Just listen. You can't turn on a talk show or the nightly news without hearing someone say, "We need to start the conversation." We need to start the conversation about a whole bunch of things – from Teen Pregnancy to Immigration to Race…
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