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SHWACK
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SHWACK means to masturbate. I know this becuase Shwack is and has been my nickname for years. SHWACK MEANS TO JACK OFF. submitted by Shwack
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SNAFU
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This is a acronym meaning Situation Normal, All Fucked Up.
I even see this being used in corporate communications. I kind of like it when I hear the politically correct dipshits using it though!!!!!! According to Webster's this is a term from around 1941. If I were to bet, it sounds military to me. I think it was used in the book "Catch 22". But I doubt it was invented by the author. submitted by
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SPAM
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SPAM: I must have just missed it because I canNOT believe I'm the first to submit this one to the pirate pile! Anyway, SPAM was introduced by the Hormel Co. in 1937 as SPiced hAM. It obviously had nothing to do with annoying emails! In 1945 Khrushchev credited SPAM with helping to feed the Russian soldiers during WWII and later former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher lauded the stuff as a war-time delicacy. Check out Hormel.com. (No, I'm not employed by this company, just thought it was a fun pirating trivia.) submitted by Gra cie-A
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S up
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Savvy
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Scum Bay
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Scumbag
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Sevey
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When and why did the News media stop saying, "Raped" and start using ,"Sexually Assaulted." submitted by David O
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Shanty
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Shiver me timbers
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Signage
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Why did they make up a two syllable word just to say SIGNS? submitted by Joe C
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Sleep with somebody
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What part of "sleep with" do you not understand?
Sleep : close your eyes
With : ......
We use "sleep with" to mean "have sex" today. submitted by Jacko
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Smile
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A Smile is the crescent shape our mouth makes to show happiness. McDonalds now owns this word. I hope you don't get sued for having the word on your site. Check the packaging on any thing you buy from corporations for words every one uses that are followed by a little circled "R" or "C", or even TM. submitted by
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Smoke me a kipper
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Source
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"Source" is not a verb.
Try "locate" instead. submitted by Veganator
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Spin doctor
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I believe the phrase originally referred to a player of pool, or snooker, or billiards, or some similar game, who was particularly adept at making use of spin on the ball to achieve their desired shot.
Now, of course, it's in daily use as a replacement for PR (Public Relations) official. Pointless and ugly. submitted by Veganator
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Sprawl
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Sprawl has recently been used to describe new developments on the periphery of a city, redevelopment of old sites in a city and development of completely new towns or villages outside of existing cities - leaving pretty much no possible type of development.
If you mean to say that you are anti-growth, just say it instead of anti-sprawl. submitted by p-diddy
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State of the Art
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Been hijacked to imply "leading-edge", as opposed to it's traditional meaning of "current, mainstream "...
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Stealing
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Some organizations like to say that copyright infringement is "stealing." This is so wrong it hurts. If you steal, then the person you stole from no long has what you stole. If a person were to steal a Britney Spears song, then she would no long be able to sell albums with that song. Copying music doesn't take anything away from anyone. submitted by
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Stupid
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It used to mean development that was good for the environment, for people and for profits i.e. a positive - sustaining the environment
Now its been used to means development that can be sustained because we've produced enough reports on harm minimisation to buy off the politicians, i.e. sustaining the development. submitted by Mitra
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System
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System originally means a flow of process or order of activity in a pre-designed criteria. Now with all these techies around, it has primarily become a synonym of a computer system. System essentially means a computer system or information system and just try using this word during a discussion with techies on whatever issue, they will jump up and catch the word to change the issue of discussion!!! submitted by Kushal
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safe haven
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haven itself means safe shelter, so it needs no qualifier....so basic yet so misused submitted by vik sarakula
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sailer
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sales credits
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pushing sales and credit attempts submitted by
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sandwich
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santorum
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Santorum is a clinical term for a by-product of anal sex. It has been hijacked, however, by some asshole Senator. submitted by Savage Lover
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save
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Related to "savings" (q.v.). In the usage: the more you buy, the more you save. Buying is not saving, buying is spending. This Madison Avenue meme lets fools-soon-to-be-parted-with-their-money feel that they're being smart when they buy more than they need just so the price of the surplus is lower.
Don't fall for this one!!! When you hear it, engage those higher brain functions. submitted by Bekaybo
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savi
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savings
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So ingrained in our culture, it might be America's oldest lie. Marketers, salespeople, and peddlers of every kind of snake oil all purport a 'savings' when you purchase an item at a bargain price, when in fact, you save nothing, but only spend a little less. The only point at which you save money at all is when you decide not to make a purchase. Still fooling people after 200 years or more. submitted by JohnR
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savoy
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savvy
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savy
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schizophenia
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Schizophrenia is NOT multiple personality disorder. While it has many symptoms, the most common are hearing and seeing things that aren't real - NOT having different personas inhabiting a single body. submitted by
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school
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sciencedirect
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scrum
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The rugby scrum is a carefully engineered human structure in which the power of eight large men is channelled and focused in direct opposition to the force of eight other large men as both groups try to secure possession of the ball in the middle. A malformed scrum can result in serious injury.
American sports announcers frequently and erroneously refer to football and basketball dogpiles as 'scrums'. John Madden and Bill Russell... get it right! submitted by Adam
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scumbag
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scurvy
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scurvy dogs
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scurvy scallabag
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sea dogs
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security
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From latin "securitas, -atis", and this from "securis, -is" (an axe , hatchet; esp. the headsman's axe; hence, supreme power, Roman supremacy); meaning: freedom from care; peace of mind , composure; carelessness, false confidence. Transf. later: freedom from danger.
The latter, being the modern meaning of the word, is a fallacy, as no freedom from danger can ever be expected in absolute terms. The concept is being used maliciously by almost every government in the world (mainly western governments) to justify almost every otherwise unjustifiable action they carry out. This includes: surveillance, personal data mining and management, police brutality, warfare, and so on...
Security has become a god to whom citizens are willful to sacrifice all of their liberties and criticism. They should remember that death lurks anywhere and anytime, which is known by humanity since long ago, so they should at least be always suspicious whenever anything is done "for their security". submitted by F. R. Oipol
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segue (SEGway)
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This was a musical term meaning to continue on to the next piece without pause. It's come to mean changing the subject, as in "Let's seque from the weather in Trinidad to a new film on itsy bitsy bikinis." submitted by Barbara Shaw
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semi-automatic
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Something is either automatic or it isn't. Commonly used when describing 'self-reloading' arms. I wouldn't say I semi-crashed my car because I semi-hit and semi-killed your cat. The cat is alive or dead, no semi about it. A little car crash is still a crash. submitted by
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send a message
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Used by pretty much everyone when they want to be vaguely threatening, or to explain why a behavior is wrong. Often used with a variation of "think of the children." "We think Canada's loosening of laws prohibiting medical marijuana sends the wrong message to our children." Or, "our presence in Iraq sends a message to terrorists."
What happens when a message is "sent"? How do you know it was received? How do you know it was interpreted as intended? What if someone else was also listening, or not?
In most cases, a single well-chosen word would do. In the above examples, "encourages" and "frightens" would work.
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service
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I think it's been pirated because it sounds fancier than serve, but the service has either automobile or animal husbandry connotations to me. submitted by
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services
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As in TELESERVICES. Something is a service translates to someone doing a service for you, as opposed to telemarketer associations calling them Teleservices. submitted by
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settler
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ethnic cleanser
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sevy
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sex
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sexed up
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Now means exagerated, made more appealing (as in dossier). Did mean that you've been fucked both ways by a miming eighties proto gay icon duo who turned out to be fronts for session singers...(as in "I wanna sex u up") submitted by Mavis Hovis
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sexy
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shama lama ding dong
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share
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shit
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shiver me timbers
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fuck you submitted by Trevor
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shrunk
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shut up
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sickening
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sierra
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A sierra is a range of mountains. Therefore, the phrase "Sierra Nevada Mountan Range" is redundant. submitted by Bryan
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sign off
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it simply means sign...pirated to make the speaker feel more important submitted by vik sarakula
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silliousness
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"the trait of being sillious (as opposed to serious).
actually it hasn't been pirated yet, but it describes very good what is going on with all the language abuse and word stealing and i want to make sure it is here before big-corp tries to take it away. submitted by
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silver
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There's no silver in U.S. change anymore, so why call coins silver or dollar coins "silver dollars"? Yet the government, banks and most of us still do. If there is any silver still out there, its removed from circulation as soon as its noticed. submitted by The Legal Eagle
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silver dollar
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See "silver." submitted by The Legal Eagle
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silverware
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The dictionary defines silverware as: "Tableware made of silver or silver plate" and later added "or pewter or stainless steel." But now when we ask for silverware most often we get not even metal, but plastic. Let's call a fork a fork, its "plasticware," nothing else!
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skull
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skull and crossbone
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slatchets
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it's a pocket submitted by sir prince of wales
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sleep
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slut
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small
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small medium large
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It used to be that you could go to a fast food restaurant, truck stop, whatever, and actually get a small soda, which is more than I ever need, but today small has all but disappeared, replaced with medium, large, and extra-large(supersize/grande/fuckin' huge). I always ask for a small and when I'm told they have no small I ask for the smallest size they have rather than participate in this marketing ideology that says bigger is better. submitted by
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smokefree
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snooty pirate
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I want to pirate these words, Snooty Pirate. I like the idea of being an uppity pillager and plunderer. submitted by Marie
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social network
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social security
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is neither submitted by
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societal
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software
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solice
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solution
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It's an answer to a problem, but marketers want to apply it to every product and service they offer. It's long ago lost its punch. submitted by John de Hoog
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soup nazi
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southern
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space
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"Well, our company used to operate in the server space, but that got crowded, so now we're just playing in the DNS optimization space..." Pardon me while I puke! This new use of a perfectly ordinary word was invented by techies (cyberspace, phasespace) and confiscated by venture capitalists and consultants who wanted to make their business moves sound more scientifically derived. They don't just invest, they "play in a space." When I hear this phrase used this way, the only thing I can think of is the "space" between their ears! submitted by Matt O
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spagetti
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its was stolen by italy submitted by
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specialize
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I enjoy seeing motor mechanics' premises (for example) wherein they have proclaimed on their signage that they "specialize in..." and then go on to list ALL the things a motor mechanic does. That ain't specializing. That's generalizing. submitted by Chris Poole
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spending cuts
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It used to mean you reduced the amount spent. Now, the government uses it to describe reducing the amount of budget INCREASE. They're not cutting spending, they're cutting the amount they increase the spending. submitted by Mike
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spin
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sposed
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starboard
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stealing
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steep learning curve
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Many people refer to things that are difficult to learn as having a "steep learning curve." However, if a learnign curve is steep, this means that for smaller increments of time, larger gains in learnign are accomplished - a smaller run leads to relatively more rise int eh curve, so this would mean that the item was actually easier to learn. One would have to say "difficult learning curve' or "long learning curve."
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stickerbush
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stolen
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story
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stowe
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because it is my name submitted by
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stuffed
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stupid
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i love orlando bloom
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sub par
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Sub par means something is good, Anything under par in golf is great. But now the stupid humans use it convey a bad performance, ie: that sure was a sub-par performance. I'm not a golfer, but I wan't to be able to use the phrase correctly and not be looked at strangly. submitted by headshop
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suicide
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Don't know if this falls into the category of a pirated word, but it and a few others are being used incorrectly, I believe, and it is one of my pet peeves. For example, changing it to a verb, as in, "He suicided." submitted by
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summer
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sunny skies
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Excuse me. There is only one sky. submitted by Dale Edwards
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surf
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surreal
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Used and overused by someone who really means "unreal." But is has gone so far as to mean any experience or phenomenon that is shocking, strange, odd, ironic, or even mildly unexpected. All this from a word which has a distinctive and specific meaning in psychology and art. submitted by
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surveillance
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survivor
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I've recently seen people using the word survivor to put a positive heroic spin on victimhood. A harassment survivor? A rape survivor? A survivor of discrimination? NO! You survive something that is potentially lethal, such as a plane crash or a battle. You do not survive just anything that is unpleasant. This is silly. submitted by
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suspense
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swashbuckler
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