Pirated word:
Faggot
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People often use this word to describe a gay person but actually a Faggot is a bundle of sticks. submitted by
Pirated word:
Favorite
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Favorite means "most favored or prefered". There can be no "least favorite" or "more favorite" or "next favorite". submitted by Eric
Should mean, mutineers and pirates throwing the loyal officers and citizens overboard, but has come to mean, Hand 'em over to our legal division, and have 'em experience the torments of the damned at our nation's judicial system. submitted by Elliott
Pirated word:
Feminist
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Stop acting like this is some kind of insult. Do you want the same opportunities as men? Do you want to be paid the same amount as men for doing the same job? Do you think it's wrong to be told that you can't do or have something only because you're a woman? Guess what, you're a feminist. submitted by
Pirated word:
Fewer
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This word is actually being held captive deep in a dongeon somewhere, and has been replaced in all situations with "less". Fewer used to be the correct word when referring to a collection of countable items, i.e. "I have fewer marbles than you." Now, the phrase "I have less marbles than you." passes without the bat of an eyelash. Every time I hear "less" used in place of "fewer", I have fewer hairs on my head! submitted by Stevex1
Pirated word:
Firefight
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Fire fight is when you attept to dowse fires, it is commonly used in the news to indicate a gun fight submitted by Colin Benbow
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Flap-Jacks
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What the hell are flap-jacks, i mean i've heard of pancakes but i want to know are flap-jacks related to jumping-jacks? submitted by Diamond Jim
Pirated word:
Food
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Pirated to refer to the characteristics of a football team's ability or characteristics at offense, or at defense. There is no dictionary definition of either offense or defense as being used this way. submitted by
Pirated word:
For free
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"Free" is not a value, it is a state of being. An item can be given away "Free of charge" or "for zero payment" but not "for free". submitted by
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Pirated word:
Free
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Free-given or provided without charge or cost. So how come we have to ( buy ) one, to get one ( FREE ) submitted by Tim Bannecke
Pirated word:
Free Gift
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A gift is given to the recipient by the giver. It is always free. There is no such thing as a "free gift." That term is only used by marketers as a come on. Hey, come ON, folks! submitted by
Pirated word:
French
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There is nothing French about french fries. submitted by FB
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fact of the matter
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redundant and irritating submitted by
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factoid
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Pirated word:
facts of the matter
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This phrase is pointless. It means "facts". It's yet another attempt to add pointless filler fluff words to make the speaker seem more intelligent (I first heard it from politicians)... The facts of the matter are that the entire phrase is mindless filler. The facts are that the entire phrase can be reduced to one word... Which is already in the phrase. Just STOP IT PLEASE!!! submitted by Zwack
Pirated word:
fag
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Pirated word:
faggot
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pre-1900, a faggot is a bundle of sticks, briefly during the first half or so of the 20th, it meant a cigarette. where did it go homo? submitted by
Pirated word:
fair and balanced
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Used to mean what it says, providing fair access to all opinions and a balanced presentation, even for the unpopular ones. (The Federal Communications Commission USED TO have a "Fairness Doctrine" hanging over the heads of TV and radio stations)
Cynically co-opted by News Corporation's Fox News Channel (along with the slogan "We Report, You Decide") in taking advantage of the long-running Conservative mantra of "Liberal Media Bias", therefore assuming (successfully) that a Conservatively Biased News Medium would just be simply perceived as "more Fair" by its fans.
Registering "Fair and Balanced" as a trademark was probably originally a defensive move, since case law apparently allows untruthful trademarks to be accepteded as "free speech", but they recently embarassed themselves with a failed lawsuit against satirist Al Franken for using "Fair and Balanced" in the subtitle of his latest book, not only getting thrown out of court but also providing oodles of positive publicity for Franken.
(Rumors are that the suit was pursued under pressure from Fox News personality Bill O'Reilly, skewered in Franken's book and embarassed in their joint appearances. In an unfair, unballanced and inaccurate statement, O'Reilly said "If Al Franken is a satitist, I'm Jennifer Lopez". Which may explain the cancellation of Lopez' wedding to Ben Affleck.) submitted by Wendell
Pirated word:
faith
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I don't know I need this for a paper. submitted by
Pirated word:
famdamily
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family
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clan, a group of persons of common ancestry or even a group of things related by common characteristics.
Family can now be anybody gathered one time with very little or almost nothing in common. Example: A radio announcer saying "Our family of listeners". In that case we don't even know who each other are, especially if you just tuned in to get the sports scores and are not a regular listener. submitted by Doug D.
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"family values"
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Pirated word:
fat free
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At least in the US, this just means less than 0.5g of fat per serving. So with the appropriate serving size, even butter can be fat free. submitted by Ian Poynter
Pirated word:
fathom
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Pirated word:
feasting
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To eat alot submitted by
Pirated word:
feel well
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OK, this hasn't been pirated so much as made up by people who want to sound smarter or classier than they really are. 'Well' is an adverb; therefore, in the phrase "I don't feel well", 'well' modifies the verb, 'feel'. In other words, "My sense of touch is deficient".
"I don't feel good" may not sound as classy, but isn't it more correct? Good, as an adjective, modifies 'I', meaning "I feel ill". Take that, snooty pirates. submitted by Adam
Pirated word:
feminist
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These words are NOUNS not VERBS. Is someone trying to use a big word when a 5 cent word makes much more sense? It's driving me crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! submitted by BB Carswell
Pirated word:
fireworks
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Pirated word:
fitful
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Pirated word:
five by five
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Originally, this was a designation for radio chat. The first number was for strength of the signal, from 1 to 5, and the second was the clarity of the signal, from 1 to 5. So if someone said, "I read you five by five," it's the same as saying, "I read you loud and clear." Now it's used as "all is well" on shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the like. At least let it mean loud and clear like it did originally. submitted by Johnny5
Pirated word:
flaunt
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To flaunt meant to show off something, often in an ostentatious manner. It is commonly used when one means "flout," which means to show contempt for a law or convention by openly disobeying or defying it.
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Pirated word:
fly
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Fly means to become airborne, being held aloft by air currents. It does not refer to an attractive woman. submitted by Nique
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foladgar
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for free
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Something which costs nothing is simply free. The word "for" is redundant.
If you want to use the word "for" in this context, the expression is "for nothing". submitted by David Bridgen
Pirated word:
for your convenience
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Used to describe an action, policy or object that results in less stress or effort for you.
Now it's a warning marker; on the other side of the comma is a procedure change that benefits the company, a new restriction on your activities, or a new obligation on your part.
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Pirated word:
foreign
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Way back when Ted Turner was boss at CNN, he was reputed to have banished "foreign" from CNN's news. He reasoned that foreign was like alien, it referred to something that didn't belong where it was, e.g., a foreign body in my eye. He figured that the world was too small a place for a human being to be foreign anywhere on it. CNN replaced it with "international," or something more specific, like "European" or "Australian." submitted by David S. Isenberg
Pirated word:
forsizzal my nizzal
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why is it realy taken over because SNOOP DOGG'S old television show and people have taken it over and why there cant be a new word like "FAMIAN MY DAMIAN". submitted by
Pirated word:
foshizzle
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memo to white suburban kids that just discovered hip-hop:
you are not the next snoop dogg. most of the time I don't mind when my white breaded brothers use "black expressions" but this one is just going too far. submitted by Chuck Mertzpeesez
Pirated word:
free gift
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if its a gift its free submitted by harry
Pirated word:
free software
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The "Free Software Foundation" (http://www.fsf.org) claims to promote the development of software that's "free as in speech, not as in beer." But the fact is that the software released by this organization is covered by a license which is blatantly anti-business and anti-programmer. It allows any user to use the software for free (making it "free as in beer," despite what the organization claims) but prevents a programmer who does not want to "reprogram the wheel" from using the code in an application that's sold commercially. In short, the code is not "free" at all. Read the group's "GNU Public License" for some truly devious and misleading propaganda. submitted by
Pirated word:
freedom
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Pirated word:
french
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french fries
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Pirated word:
friend
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Pirated word:
frined
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Pirated word:
fruit
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Pirated word:
fuck
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Pirated word:
fuck you
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Pirated word:
fuckin dumb
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because this had not fucking meaning to it and you all need to get a live fuckin hell dumb cunts submitted by
Pirated word:
full
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well, full - not as in "full half pound" - what's the opposite - an incomplete half pound? submitted by Alec in France
Pirated word:
fun size
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Much less for much more. submitted by
Pirated word:
fundamentalist
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A fundamentalist is someone who focuses on the fundamental, foundational aspects of their belief system, political movement, or field of practice. It's wrong to assume that someone is intolerant or has terrorist leanings just because he's a fundamentalist. submitted by spiff
Pirated word:
future reference
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I'm not really sure if this qualifies, but it's definitely redundant. When else would someone refer to something but in the future? submitted by Mad Davy Flint
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