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B2BDMF
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This is the business development guy who spurts pirated words without care for the quantity, in a manner that is smarmy or unbelievable, as is generally used in marketing PC's and peripherals. submitted by Sniglet
Pirated word:
Back In The Day
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What day are we talking about? This overused expression makes no sense. What is meant is "back in the dayS (plural)"
and should be followed by some modifying phrase like "when
men were men," or "when I was a kid." "Back in the day" when used alone is vague and stupid. While we're at it, let's do away with "Old school," too. submitted by Schleprock
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Basically
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Basically, the word has become the replacement for "UMM..." in people who are stalling to collect their thoughts and want to sound more erudite. It is supposed to mean that the speaker has condensed a confusing topic. Instead, it basically has nothing to do with what is being said at all. submitted by Aaron Hoffman
This is a great ideal to have. Shame it's a slogan for the army. submitted by Outlandish Josh
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Beg the Question
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'Beg the Question' is a phrase used to describe a logical fallacy. You must accept the conclusion of an argument in order for the argument to carry any weight - ie "I met an angel" "How do you know it was an angel?" "Cause he said he was an angel, and angel's don't lie"
B'eg the Question' does not mean a circumstance that brings up a separate, related line of questions. submitted by
Pirated word:
Begging the Question
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from http://skepdic.com/begging.html:
Begging the question is what one does in an argument when one assumes what one claims to be proving.
An argument is a form of reasoning whereby one gives a reason or reasons in support of some claim. The reasons are called premises and the claim one tries to support with them is called the conclusion.
If one's premises entail one's conclusion, and one's premises are questionable, one is said to beg the question.
The following argument begs the question.
We know God exists because we can see the perfect order of His Creation, an order which demonstrates supernatural intelligence in its design.
The conclusion of this argument is that God exists. The premise assumes a Creator and Designer of the universe exists, i.e., that God exists. In this argument, the arguer should not be granted the assumption that the universe exhibits intelligent design, but should be made to provide support for that claim.
"Begging the question" does *not* mean asking for an answer! submitted by
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Believe in
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When you "believe in" something, you have faith in its existence. Pirates are now using "believe in" to mean "support" or even "promote", as in, "I believe in speaking my mind." or "I don't believe in peeing on streetcorners." Well, sad to say, it happens.
Or (to begin with a conjunction) take the case of this comment found elsewhere on this board. "You either believe in freedom for Iraq or not." What does "believe in" mean there? submitted by UTroorat
Pirated word:
Best of Breed
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Traditionally Best of Breed is a class in a Dog (or livestock) Show or might appear in an advertisement for stud services. Who knows why they picked this one for business (specifically tech consulting). I have cringed everytime I heard it in a presentation. It brings to mind pictures of Nazi Experiments during World War II when applied to human beings. submitted by Jim Moran
Pirated word:
Bill Gates
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Everybody thinks now this a succesful business man from a giant software company. But instead it are two seperate words. A bill is what you get after you've ordered something and it shows the amount of money you have to pay. It is used commonly in a restaurant.
And gates are those iron things that keep you off somebody's land. Also known as fences. So damnit, it is no multimillionair. submitted by Kingjay
OK I know I'm not helping to keep this site word- or phrase-related. (Damn Humans.) But most many posts here seem to be aimed at those dastardly, skurvy-ridden, word-mangling marketeers. And who's the champion of 'em all? Hey Bill, we don't deny that philantropy is good, and Malaria (and other diseases and viruses) do need fighting, But the irony can't be denied. How many security holes in Windows and IE could you patch for $168 Million? submitted by
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Blow job
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Niether blows nor is it a job, in anyway.
Doesn't pay. So people like to joke about "How can one suck and blow at the same time", in short, "blow" is meaningless, which it actually means "suck" submitted by Bill Klinton
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Bow Spirit
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Building blocks
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Building blocks are wooden cubes that small children play with. Building blocks are not any things that make up anything. I'd rather my biology teacher ask what the "monomers" of proteins are rather than the frickin' "building blocks." Apparently all the genius chemists have no better way to describe small things to us that make up other things than by using a child's plaything. submitted by D Dub
Pirated word:
Bump
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Airlines all tend to overbook their seats (that is, they sell more seats than they have knowing that a percentage of passengers will not turn up). When more passengers actually show than there are seats available, the unlucky ones without seats are denied travel and are said to have been "bumped" submitted by Richard English
Pirated word:
Burn
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means to set something on fire, now people use it as a phrase to make fun of someone and also it is used as a phrase in the recording of music on Computer devices submitted by
Pirated word:
Butt Pirate
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Yah, like someone can really pileage your ass. As if. submitted by
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back in the day
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back to basics
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bald-face
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balls
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bambozold
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baseball
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basically
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"composed of"; "fundamentally" = pirated to be a boring substitute for "Errr..." submitted by Alec in France
Pirated word:
beautiful girl
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beds
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bespoke
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An archaic English term, it is the past participle of the verb bespeak, which means to arrange or to order. It was carried into modern language and used almost exclusively by tailors. So, if you aren't ordering a custom suit, refrain from using bespoke, unless you want to sound like a pretentious wanker submitted by Red Wolf
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best friend
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best practices
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"Practices that i like and that have worked for me, or at least would have if people really listened and did what they were supposed to." Used to suggest that anyone who doesn't adopt your favored practice is an idiot for ignoring the the apocrophal reports, committee standards, or long history of being told this is a good idea. submitted by Bret Pettichord
Pirated word:
beverage
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Pirated word:
billion
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billion is 1 million squared ie. 1,000,000,000,000 NOT 1,000,000,000 which is clearly 1 thousand million. No idea why it was pirated, but no doubt because someone didn't understand the basic number system. submitted by Lee
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bipartisan
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An instance where both (major US) political parties cooperated on an effort.
It has been coopted to mean "Agreeing with my position." Politicians from both US parties misuse this word constantly when attempting to put members of the opposing party in a bad light.
(Though both parties are egregiously guilty of this, Congressional Democrats during the Clinton Administration raised this to a high art.) submitted by Bob Stratton
Pirated word:
bird in hand
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bitch
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The definition is a female canine. We all know how it's used, rightly or wrongly ;) submitted by terpia
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black beard
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how are you
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black markety
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Pirated word:
blogging
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board
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bomb
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bon voyage
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boot mas
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booty
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plunder, trophies of victory, spoils taken through overcoming - not the rear end of a person submitted by Cynthia
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borrowing
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This is routinely used at my school to mean stealing. An example: Someone borrowed my laundry detergent. It's called stealing if you never get it back, not borrowing. submitted by Elizabeth
Pirated word:
box set
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A box set is a set of boxes.
What is inevitably meant when this is used is a BOXED set. submitted by dmb06851
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boycott
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braden
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brand
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The dictionary sill defines a brand as "a mark made by burning with a hot iron to attest manufacture or quality or to designate ownership". John Wayne and John Huston did a lot of this in Hollywood. The communications industry has hi-jacked 'brand' and 'branding'and uses it to describe a wide variety of marketing activity designed to sell an idea rather than a specific product. submitted by arthur einstein
Pirated word:
brave
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bread
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breanne is cool!
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bright
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Apparently Atheists think they are smarter than everyone else and want to be called "bright".
With all due respect to their beliefs (or lack thereof), I don't think it's appropriate to try and reinforce your decision by charging that your smarter than most people. submitted by
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buccaneers
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bunghole
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Pirated word:
burglarize
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The word doesn't exist. There's a verb "burgle", which means to steal (eg from a house) without assaulting a person (which would be "robbery").
The person who commits this crime is a "burglar", and what he/she does is "burglary".
An illiterate somewhere has taken "burglar" as the root, and added a verb ending to create "burglarize".
The next step is, presumably, burglarization, then burglarizationer, then burglarizationerize, and so on ad nauseam. submitted by Keith Jillings
Pirated word:
burglarized
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The word is BURGLED submitted by
Pirated word:
bush
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Pirated word:
but yet / and yet
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The word yet is enough. It needs no qualifiers. This has become so pervasive in the English language and especially on T.V. Tell me I'm not the only one! submitted by David Harford
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buttsex
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