Pirated word:
EPROM
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English
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English originally related to the language and people of England; it now refers to US English. submitted by Martin Sewell
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Equal
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There are several misuses of the word equal. Equal is an adjective. Equals is a verb. However, what really bugs me is the person who tries to use "equal" comparatively. Two items are either equal or they are not equal. When comparing two sets of items, one set can not be more equal than the other. See also: Unique submitted by Bryan
Pirated word:
Equal (R)
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See "zero calories." submitted by The Legal Eagle
Pirated word:
Errrrrrr
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Much like the word "the". You don't find it in a dictionary, just a connection word. I.e. "Errrrrr, what's going on?" submitted by Skye
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Escalator
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To escalate is to raise or increase,,,, so how can an escalatot take you down? Shouldn't it be a downelator? submitted by Chris Kuller
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Evacuated
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The mind boggles. Houses can be evacuated. Towns can be evacuated. But the people who inhabit them should not be evacuated unless there are as many toilets -- and newsreaders -- handy as there are people who were evacuated. submitted by
Pirated word:
Event
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As best explained by George Carlin, a word overused by meteorologists everywhere, as in "The East Coast experienced a rain event today and we can expect a wind event tonight." Can't they just say "It rained," or "It will be windy?" Why the need for extra words that just sound moronic? submitted by Melissa
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Exactly right
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This phrase does not mean "exactly right," or even "right." It simply denotes the user's strong agreement with the previous remark. submitted by Harvey
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Excel
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when somebody is outstanding submitted by marcel
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Executive
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Executive -- from execute (to carry out, to perform, to do) -- formerly meant someone who put things into action. But now, executives don't do anything; its all done with committees and focus groups.... (How many so-called executives in recent memory have claimed no responsibility, from Regan with Iran-Contra all the way to Kenneth Lay with Enron, and on and on......
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How many times have airline personell told you that you were "experiencing" a flight delay? Experience implies that you're actually going to learn something from it. submitted by
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each and every one
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Redundant. Generally used so that you will know the user really means it this time. "Each person" or "everyone" is all that is needed. submitted by Donna
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Pirated word:
earn
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as in so'n'so earns £3m per year when they mean he(mostly)/she is paid £3m. People who EARN wages/salary and pay taxes find the idea of millions a year beyond comprehension submitted by Bill Harvey
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eating
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echolades
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Definition: Ghostly memories of past accomplishments.
Example: The Grand Theater held echolades of once great performances.
™ Machiavellean & Lesko submitted by Machiavellean & ... Lesko
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eco-terrorism
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See also: Terrorism.
The destruction of equipment and property to advance an ecological agenda is sabotage. Flying planes into buildings and killing thousands of people, or strapping a bomb on yourself and walking into a crowded restaurant -- that's terrorism. As reprehensible as the destruction of property may be, it is not morally equivalent to the slaughter of innocents. submitted by Dr. Bonzo
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ecosystem
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Technology companies use the word ecosystem in an attempt to make the glob of computers and software applications that they've spent millions of dollars on sound as if they can come together as a richly diverse and thriving unit. Some software vendors prey upon the vast amounts of dollars spent on "islands" of software by proclaiming the ability to convert them into an ecosystem, or by proclaiming that suppliers, buyers, and distributors can be networked into an ecommerce ecosystem. Are we so bold to think that mankind can recreate something as vastly diverse as an ecosystem with machinery and software when at the same time we unabashedly label things and stick them into tidy little boxes in an attempt to bring order to the diversity that surrounds us? submitted by cp
Pirated word:
elect
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Old meaning: a vote of the people to choose public officials
New meaning: selection by the Supreme Court.
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Pirated word:
emails
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If the postman delivers a couple of letters and a package to you, you have received three items of mail, not three mails.
There is no reason to pluralise the word "mail" because it is electronic (that's what the "e" in email means).
It's email (singular), whether there is only one item or several.
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embedded journalist
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This phrase has been appended to journalist's names with such reverence as if to connote that reporting on an event from deep inside one perspective is somehow more desireable than reporting on it from an objective vantage point. It has been co-opted to indicate detailed and exclusive coverage, when in fact these embedded journalists often need the permission of their military escorts into order to file a report, potentially setting up a skewed perspective in the outgoing information. submitted by Tara Liloia
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emergent
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Emergent is an adjective describing something that is growing or emerging. It has become common in medicine to use it in place of the word emegency. Example "The surgeon performed an emergent appendectomy on the patient." submitted by
Pirated word:
emotive
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Pirated word:
enormity
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Enormity means wickedness. It is often confused with "enormousness" which means "hugeness." submitted by BY
Pirated word:
enter
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epicenter
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The "epicenter" of an earthquake is the point *on the surface* of the earth directly above the "hypocenter", the location below the surface of the earth where the earthquake actually happened. "Epicenter" is now being used to refer to primary location of some activity, such as "Silicon Valley is the epicenter of the computer industry." submitted by Larry Bickford
Pirated word:
errr me harty
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Pirated word:
essentially
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Pirated word:
estimate
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Changed to guestimate. Why would you elongate a word to
achieve the same meaning? I guess. submitted by
Pirated word:
euphemism
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Pirated word:
euphonism
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Once upon a time, this word meant a pleasant sounding combination of words or sounds like "cellar door" or the "shk-crack-fizz" of an ice cold beer on a hot summer day. Somehow, over time, people have misconstrued it to mean profanity. Profanity doesn't exactly sound pleasant, now, does it? submitted by Bryan
DOES NOT mean that it is invisible or whatever word follows the word "but". It really means exactly what it says, it is everything except invisible. submitted by Ken Robinson
Pirated word:
executive produced
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Hollywoodians (maybe Hollywoodlums) seem lately fond of saying that a movie was "executive produced." As opposed to "underling produced"? Actually, the underlings have a lot more to do with making a movie good or bad than the executives, so maybe the distinction is important; whatever, the term is ugly. submitted by Calvin Demmon
Pirated word:
explicit
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as in explicit lyrics. Explicit simply means precise. the negative or sexual connotations applied to it are the result of fuzzy thinking. submitted by eric stanway
Pirated word:
express
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Pirated word:
extreme
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Used by marketeers to appeal to "GenX" (or, since that target demographic is getting on in years, just plain old teen) consumers whom they like to think like bungee jumping, street luging, and other assorted "extreme" sports. Also spelled "X-treme", because that's a more "extreme" way of spelling it. Often associated with the color neon green. If this word could smell, it would smell like testosterone and Mountain Dew. Cynicism and sarcasm towards this word on the part of the target demographic seems to have no effect in stopping it, only making it stronger and more likely to exclaim "Dude!" Our only hope is that it will be displaced by another obnoxiously pirated word, in the same manner that "extreme" displaced "awesome." submitted by
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