Pirated word:
OK
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As in:
"Would you like some more coffee?"
"I'm OK"
"I know you're OK, but would you like some more coffee? submitted by Stan
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Oasis
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UK band take which don't even begin to conjure images of calm and palm trees. submitted by JAL
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Obscenity
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Politicans and the media now use "obscenity" to refer to any sexually explicit content. There is a distinction, however, between "obscenity" (sexually explicit content that is not protected by the first amendment) and "pornography" (sexually explicit content that is protected by the first amendment).
Further, even the use of the term "pornography" has been hijacked! "Child pornography" should more appropriately be termed "child obscenity", since pornography is entitled to first amendment protection, whereas obscenity is not. submitted by
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Occam
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is simply bad spelling for Ockham submitted by Trevor
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Oedipal complex
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oedipal, schmoedipal, the boy loved his mother! What's wrong with that? Is this complex? What's up with that? submitted by J Seinfeld
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On the ground
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As in - "What's the political situation on the ground in Iraq?" As opposed to what? The political situation of people in swimming pools? More words make it seem like reporters are really saying something... I guess. submitted by Julien Fry
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Opportunity
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This is sales-speak for anything whatsoever that one can do, such as taking out the trash, calling a client, doing the filing, or launching a new project. How can opportunity knock but once when everything is an opportunity? submitted by UTroorat
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Order of magnitude
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An order of magnitude means there is a difference of 10X between two values. People use it to mean "a big difference" when they don't really mean an order of magnitude. Foe example, "this project is orders of magnitude more difficult than our last project" submitted by Alex Kilpatrick
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Orientate
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This one is even in the dictionary, but I just don't see why we can't use the word "orient" instead. When I began my current occupation a few years back, my boss said that I'd get along fine as soon as I was orientated. That is the first I had ever heard of the word, but over the last few years, once I became oriented with my surroundings, I have heard it over and over and over. It drive me nuts, and the fact that the dictionary definition is "to orient" makes me believe that someone altered it somewhere along the way. Probably not a pirate, but close. submitted by Bryan
Pirated word:
Original
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The word original, as I've ever known it, means creative or unique. Now, it means whatever a company wants it to mean. Example? Any Disney Channel "original series." submitted by Grima
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Out of mind!!!
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Here is a manager who forgets almost each and every matter discussed during previous day and when reminded about any of them, he says it's just out of my mind!!! Now if each and every matter is out of mind, let's discuss about something in your mind!!! submitted by Kushal
Pirated word:
Outage
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Just when did outage, as in power outage, replace power failure, which is more accurate? An outage sounds like your local utility deliberately turned off the juice, when what happned was the power failed. This sounds like a word invented by a utility company PR department. submitted by Bob
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obligated
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The word is OBLIGED submitted by
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obsessive
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Pirated word:
office
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Office is the noun for a place where business is conducted. It is not a verb. One does not 'office' at home, ever. submitted by sem
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ohy
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ohy mateys
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old john silver
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on a daily basis
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Since this means daily or every day, why add basis? I don't exercise on a daily basis; I exercise daily or every day. submitted by David Scheinman
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on the online
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You don't go "on the online". That is impossible. submitted by dubdubdub
Pirated word:
one
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From the Army recruitment campaign, "An Army of One." (As pointed out in the cover story of the October 2003 Harper's magazine.) This is ludicrous. The Army's ad agency is positioning the Army as exactly the opposite of what it is--and has to be. When you enlist, you will be not be allowed to be alone, a 'rugged individualist,' or unique in any way. You will follow orders, within a large group of (perhaps diverse, but) like-minded people. submitted by Thos
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one eyed willy
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Pirated word:
one to one
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it really means a ratio (1:1), a quantitative, mathematical relationship, however, somehow in their glee, a marketing team decided it will have a qualitative meaning. seems like they confused with one-on-one. see http://www.cibcwoodgundy.com/brand/ for example. also look for the term used in the title of several marketing books and web sites. submitted by Anonymous Coward
Pirated word:
ones
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...as in "these ones are better than those ones". Can 'one' really be pluralized? What's wrong with 'doohickies', 'doodads', and 'thingamabobs' anyway? submitted by Adam
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opinion
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organic
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Organic originally referred to anything "having to do with living matter". This means that anything NOT organic, is by definition, inorganic, which can be interpreted as 'plastic' or 'synthetic'. Sooo.... we eat organic vegetables because they are better than inorganic plastic ones? submitted by
Pirated word:
orgasm
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Orgasm is BEING USED as an intransitive VERB tooo MUCH. It sounds ridiculous.. "After about five fruitless hours, she finally gave up, reached for the rabbit and ORGASMED". It sounds RIDICULOUS. ORGASM should be a NOUN and ONLY a NOUN. You want to say ORGASMED-- moved to France.. otherwise, USE "CAME". submitted by starsixnine00
when will they ever learn??? submitted by
Pirated word:
orientated
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It really isn't a word at all. It just is beginning to sound like it is because those who don't know, like to sound like they do, and use big words they don't understand, but think they have heard somewhere...For those who care - it's ORIENTED - 'nuff rant. submitted by Christina
This is an example of adding multiple suffixes to a root word to create a non-word that means the same as an existing, simpler word. You go to orientation to get ORIENTED, not "orientated." when you lose your bearings, you have become DISORIENTED, not disorientated. Maybe if these morons got an education, they'd be educated (or, as they'd probably say "educationalized"). Similarly, people in a conversation are conversing, NOT "conversating." submitted by Schleprock
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orlando bloom
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= HOTTNESS submitted by stacy
Pirated word:
outage
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Pirated word:
outed
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outrageous
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'Outrageous' is one of those words trampled to death by marketers. Where once it denoted something that was apt to deeply unsettle or offend (that is, outrage) a person, group or community, it's now applied to everything from soda flavors to lipstick tints... a synonym, it seems, for 'pleasant,' 'unusual,' or simply 'appealing,' and used particularly when the object described is, in fact, rather dull. (see also 'extreme') submitted by AG
Pirated word:
outsourcing
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Outsourcing used to mean using another company to do work for your own company that your own staff might otherwise have done on its own, but chose not to for one reason or another. Now, the media has used it so often where it should have used "offshoring" (outsourcing to a foreign entity) that the original meaning has been completely lost. submitted by
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oversight
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oversize/d
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It means too big.
Often incorrectly used instead of "large". submitted by dmb06851
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own goal
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