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110%
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References to percentages have gotten totally out of hand, especially in the realm of sports, but now seeping into politics, entertainment, business, pretty much everywhere. If you're giving 110% to a task, it doesn't mean you're a hard worker, it means you're a mathematical idiot. submitted by Rod
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911
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It might be appropriate to use this is the USA but in New Zealand ( and other countries that use this ordering for dates) nothing of note happened on the 9th of November submitted by RanK
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ARRRRR Matey
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Peter Easton was among the most wealthiest and most successful pirates.
Peter Easton was born in England to a respectable family and he was raised to serve in Queen Elizabeth I's navy as a privateer. A privateer was a person who was commissioned by the government to seize and destroy any merchant ship from other countries.
Easton was a commander of a small British fleet doing convoy duty for some fishing boats. On his way to Newfoundland, he rescued "The Irish Princess" Sheila NaGeira from a Dutch warship. Sheila was the daughter of the King of Connaught. Legend has it that after Easton saved her, she fell in love with Easton's First Lieutenant, Gilbert Pike. He left Easton's crew and they got married and settled in Mosquito, which is now known as Bristol's Hope in Conception Bay.
In 1602, England and Spain were at war and at the end of the war, England did not need their navy anymore. So Easton was out of a job and he and his crew were stranded in Newfoundland with no money. He and his mates turned to piracy. He first tried pirating in the English Channel. But later in 1612, he set up headquarters in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. He raided ships along the coasts of Trinity Bay to Ferryland, Newfoundland. He sailed along the Eastern coast of North America, the Caribbean and as far west as the Azores. All the time adding to his wealth and his fleet. On just one of his trips, Easton looted thirty English ships in St. John's and French and Portuguese ships in Ferryland. Easton now commanded a crew of 500 men and 9 ships. He would force the captured men to join his fleet, this is called shanghaiing,.
One of the legends of Peter Easton tells us that while returning to Harbour Grace on
one occasion, he was attacked by five Biscayne and French pirates just off of Harbour
Grace Island. Easton was aboard the Great Spanish Galleon, St. Sabastian, which is
said to have been carrying the greatest treasure ever to have been captured on the Carribean
Sea. The warfare which ensured was described as the greatest battle ever fought in
Conception Bay. During the clash, Easton sunk the largest of his attackers, the St.
Malo, by forcing it onto Eastern Rock. In commemoration of the battle, Eastern Rock
was renamed to Easton's Rock. (www.hrgrace.ca/history.html)
In 1612, Peter Easton captured Sir Richard Whitbourne and held him for eleven weeks,
Sir Richard Whitbourne was the Admiral of the English Fishing Fleet. He was sent to Newfoundland to bring everything up to scratch and set up a court of law. Easton wanted Whitbourne to become his First Lieutenant.
Although Whitbourne refused to participate in Easton's scheme, he did agree to
go to England and support a petition for pardon, which would enable Easton to
return to England and spend his days living in royal splendor on his loot.
(www3.nf.sympatico.ca/mayad/princess/pete.htm)
So while waiting for his pardon to come, he realized that
Harbour Grace could be easily attacked by sea should the King decide to send a
fleet against him, so Easton moved to Ferryland and fortified the harbor. He now
had his armada of 40 ships, a fortress which was virtually unassailable.
(www3.nf.sympatico.ca/mayad/princess/pete.htm)
When Easton did not receive his pardon in two years, he thought he would leave Newfoundland. He sailed for the Azores to capture the treasure ships of the Spanish Fleet. He seized three ships that were brimming with treasure. This was one of the most richest plunders by a pirate.
So in 1614, he left for Villefranche, Savoy which was a free port for pirates with a reported two million pounds in gold and he became the "Duke of Savoy". After he married a Lady of noble birth and considerable wealth, he became the "Marquis of Savoy". He built an enormous mansion in Savoy and Easton and his wife lived there. After this, there is no record of whatever happened to Peter Easton.
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ATM Machine
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The "M" in ATM stands for "Machine". See also "HIV Virus" submitted by Critz
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A Legalized Pirate
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A well-known secret
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Huh?
Its just another thing conjured up by the media to make up for the journalist's stupidity. submitted by
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Absolutely
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Usually means "yes". submitted by dmb06851
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Actually
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Actually you don't actually need to actually use the word 'actually' to actually mean what you actually say. submitted by Brian
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African American
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Make up your mind! Either your an American or you are not. submitted by J. Jackson
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Agnostic
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Often taken to meaning not believing in God, this word actually means that one is unable to understand (or know) God. The word stems from the Greek, 'a' meaning no, and 'gnostic' meaning knowledge, therefore 'agnostic' basicaly means 'no knowledge'. submitted by Billy
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All
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Used with a form of "to be" in the present tense to mean "said," "explained," "commented." Usage: "So I asked him what he thought, and he's all, 'I want to stay here.'" Similar to "go" for "say:" "So he goes, 'I don't know.'"
Horrid. submitted by Lawrence
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Aluminum
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This word has been pirated from ... the land of nonexistent words. Most Americans think this word is the correct one, rather than the lengthier
British ALUMINIUM ... But, it is the American version which was erroneously altered somewhere along the way. According to a U.of Mich. educational site: < I can't tell you where it started, precisely, but the OED notes that the discoverer of Al, Sir Humphry Davy, gave it the name ALUMINUM. Later it was apparently changed (one wonders by whose authority) to "harmonize best with other names of elements". Apparently whoever was given charge of this responsibility failed to execute it completely, since the original form ALUMINUM is utterly standard in the USA.> submitted by leeskerette
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Amazon
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pl. A race of female warriors alleged by Herodotus, etc. to exist in Scythia.
A River in South America
Amazondotcom has destroyed the meaning and connotative power of this word, corrupting it for crass commercial purpose, and rehabilitation is unlikely.
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America, American
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Shamelessly swiped by citizens/residents of the USA -- or abused by others around the world, but particularly in the UK -- this word should apply to all persons who are citizens of nations in the New World. A Chilean or a Panamanian is just as much an American as anyone born in the USA.
We need a new word for US citizens. "Yanks" is not good, as it refers to some but not all US types. submitted by
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America(n)
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Two continents and many islands -- an area -- hijacked and compressed into a single country by the United States and its citizens.
Brazilians, Chileans, Canadians, Mexicans, Cubans, Haitians . . . all are Americans, as the French, Germans, Italians, Swedes, British (since the chunnel) and all the rest are Europeans. There is no American flag. There is no American anthem, There is the United States OF America, a description, though no less silly than Canada of America or Chile of America. Bill Kurtis has a helluva noive.
America -- love it or leave it: Embrace Fidel's dictatorship or move to France. submitted by Curmudgeon
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American
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This word now seems to refer to citizens of The USA whereas all citizens of The Americas are surely Americans.
I find it also interesting the term USA since lots of countries in The Americas have united states eg Canada & Mexico) .
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American Eskimo
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The name of a breed of white dogs bred from the Finnish Spitz. American people liked the white puppies discarded by the breeders of the Spitz and so the name American Eskimo. This fosters the belief that the dogs have some relationship to Eskimos, which is false submitted by Pat
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Amnesia
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Anal
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This is used frequently as shorthand for 'anal retentive'. In fact, people using the word this way usually mean picky, up-tight or pedantic. Even assuming that the person actually means 'anal retentive', it's the retentive part that characterizes the behaviour. Anyone who's got that part of his or her anatomy in place and working is anal. submitted by
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And
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As in "I'm going to try and do this" rather than "I'm going to try to do this." One of my pet peeves! submitted by Susan
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Anyways
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It's "Anyway" NOT "Anyways" Often used to mean "Oh well" or "Therefore" submitted by Tony
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Arabic Golf
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meaning less term. No means! submitted by Mahdi
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Are you done yet?
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I always want to reply, why I'm not quite sure. Stick a fork in me and see. submitted by
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Art
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Art is often "defined" as the human effort to imitate, supplement, alter, or counteract the work of nature. However we all know it's really just a man's name. submitted by Andrew Warwhole
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Asians
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Why is it that the word has become synonymous just with people of East Asian background? Chinese Americans tend to describe themselves as 'Asians' and exclude those who come from the rest of that enormous continent. Why should Sri Lankans, Indonesians, and Nepalese not be included in this club? submitted by GungaDin
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Assault Rifles
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A military term for a fully automatic rifle which is designed to fire 'automatically' as long as the firearm's trigger is pulled. Fully automatic weapons of any kind have been highly regulated in the USA since 1934. The term has been pirated by the anti-gun lobby and mainstream press and misconstrued to mean almost any firearm that they deem frightening and wish to demonize. Today, the vast majority of weapons identified as "assualt rifles" are in reality semi-automatics. Based on technology perfected in the 1890's other than having a 'scary' appearance to the novice or newsperson, semi-automatic rifles, which fire one round per pull of the trigger, are nothing more than glorified standard hunting rifles. submitted by _Owlchemy_
The term is technically defined by the following characteristics of the firearm in question:
1. Firing an intermediate-sized cartridge [neither a pistol cartridge nor a full-size rifle cartridge]
2. Having the ability to be fired from the shoulder.
3. Having a detachable magazine.
4. Having select-fire capability [able to be fired in a full-automatic mode (the weapon fires until the operator releases the trigger or the weapon runs out of ammunition) or in a semi-automatic mode (each pull of the trigger fires one cartridge.)]
The Nazi STG 44 is generally considered to be the first true assault weapon / rifle, although the most popular variety in the world would have to be the Kalashnikov.
Any weapon that does not meet all four of the above criteria as a minimum [I do not include pistol grips, because it is possible to have an assault weapon without one] is not an assault weapon / rifle. submitted by Brian
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Associate
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Many employers have stolen this word as a euphemism, for employee, in an attempt to convince their employees of the misconception that they have inflated status within the business. submitted by daleallenbaker
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At the end of the day
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At the end of the day used to be just that. In the business world, it now means the end result or outcome. The way they work us wage slaves to death in the business world, for us it's NEVER the end of our day. submitted by
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Atheist
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While the word "theist" has very different meanings, "atheist" can't be any simpler.
An atheist can be a non-believer of any gods. Or a believer in the statement that there is no god. Since the word "god" is mistaken as "Bible's boss". Notice the Bible did not patent the word "god" it's a general concept of all religions.
An atheist can be a Deist(god may have caused the universe, but not here anymore), an agnostic (one that does not belive but does not deny). Either way, an atheist is a simple non-believer.
CLARIFICATION: No need to assume an atheist does or doesn't believe in something, such as morality or evolution or devil. It's not a direct connection anyhow. submitted by josh
A genetically linked condition of the brain where a person's attention naturally moves around rather than staying focused on a single task, conversation or thought (also called Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). It is not an attention deficit, it is a tendency to move one's attention around. And it is not a disorder, unless you happen to have a job that requires long periods of concentration on a single task (which is why ADDers tend to have jobs like police officer, reporter or entrepreneur). And finally, it's not something you "have," it's something you are (you wouldn't say "I have red-headedness" or "I have caucation").
In the spirit of renaming acronyms, I much prefer "Attention Division Dominant" (as opposed to AFD: Attention Focus Dominant). submitted by
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is the most active kind of Attention Deficit Disorder. The terms ADD and ADHD are not always interchangeable.
It is like how a square(ADHD) is always a rectangle(ADD) but a rectangle(ADD) is not always a square(ADHD).
ADD is a long and varying scale and ADHD is just the more powerful end of it.
A lot of people do not understand ADD or ADHD. I hear many people talking who apparently think that an extra letter sounds good. submitted by Kyra
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Avast!
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It would seem appropriate, if not in perfect keeping with the intent of this site, to mention that two days from now (Sept 19) is Talk Like a Pirate Day, eh, landlubbers? submitted by Jerry
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Butt Pirate
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Yah, like someone can really pileage your ass. As if. submitted by
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Can hardly/barely...
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So, "can" you? Hardly or barely see/hear/read/feel...
Why say you CAN see something when you can't see it? submitted by canardly
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Captain Jack Sparrow
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Cheers
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A toast. Like "your good health".
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Chicken Coq au Vin
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Chicken -- Chicken in wine submitted by Kevin
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Chicken-fried chicken
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For whatever reason, back around 1990, the world decided to increase its redundancy factor with this one. By its very nature, fried chicken is "Chicken-fried." Said another way, wouldn't you feel silly ordering, "Chicken, fried in the manner of fried chicken?" Chicken-fried steak is exactly that, steak fried as if it were chicken. Thus, it deserves the denotation. Chicken, although it may be pan-fried or deep fat-fried, cannot, by the rules of logic (which state that it's just not cricket to use an object to justify itself) be chicken-fried. So drive a waitress crazy sometime, and order a big plate of fried chicken!! submitted by Colonel Sanders' Evil Twin
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Christian
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It means followers of Christ - someone who promoted peace, forgiveness, help for the poor and no salvation for the rich.
It has been appropriated by people who promote exactly the opposite of what is in the New Testament: war, three-strikes-and-out for crime, lower welfare and lower taxes for the rich. submitted by David Galbraith
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Chum Bucket
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Cialis
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Classical
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I hate when people use the word Classical to essentially mean any music pre-1950 or so that wasn't folk music. All the music that is lumped together under 'classical' actually varies a lot, with classical music being one of many categories, including romantic, baroque, etc.
Strictly speaking, Classical should refer to things from ancient Greek and Roman society, so 'classical' music would then be ancient Greek and Roman music, not Vivaldi, Beethoven, Handel, et cetera... submitted by
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Clearly
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Overused by lawyers everywhere in verbose legal briefs. The typical lawyer believes that use of this word will automatically reveal that the proposition they advance is beyond question, as in "Clearly, the DMCA is a narrowly tailored statute designed to achieve a permissible purpose..." Once the word "clearly" is used the reader's judgment is paralyzed and they are forced to accept the proposition. submitted by
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Collateral damage
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A euphemisim often used in the media and military in regard to civillian deaths.
Here are accepted definitions from a dictionary for collateral
Situated or running side by side; parallel.
Coinciding in tendency or effect; concomitant or accompanying.
Serving to support or corroborate: collateral evidence.
Of a secondary nature; subordinate: collateral target damage from a bombing run.
Of, relating to, or guaranteed by a security pledged against the performance of an obligation: a collateral loan.
Having an ancestor in common but descended from a different line.
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Competitions
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An event in which people compete, as in a contest of skill. submitted by Competitions
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Compremise
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Ok this word means something like when two or more people want different things but they all agree on something, right? I mean correct me if i'm wrong but i want to get this straight. Have you watched the news lately they have been using compremise but they have been using the word as "cope" i mean if someone has to cope with something than why don't you just use the word cope, duh. (Example: "Well i guess florida just has to compremise with the damage from the hurricanes" submitted by Diamond Jim
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Congratulations
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Why do you congratulate me for buying a car? I am thousands more in debt now than I was five minutes ago. I am taking a big risk that this vehicle will not be a lemon. Why are you congratulating me? Shouldn't you thank me for being your customer instead?
Where I grew up, I learned how to say thank you. When I worked at a small pet store in high school, I learned how to thank our customers.
In today's society, many corporations and their salesfolks don't say thank you, they say, "Congratulations".
Beware. One of the first signs that a salesperson doesn't believe his product offers value equal to the price you paid, is when that salespersons congratulates you. submitted by Jerry Asher
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Convenience
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...as in "convenience fee".
Perhaps this isn't so much a pirated word as a doublespeak phrase, but I can't stand gov't bureaucracies such as the IRS that charge a so-called "convenience fee" for handling transactions electronically. Hey, I only handle one 1040 a year, but you handle many millions. I think YOU should be paying ME a convenience fee for not snail-mailing a crumpled, smeared, coffee-stained, handwritten long-form. submitted by spiff
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Conversation
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The word really means, 1. The spoken exchange of thoughts, opinions, and feelings; talk. 2. An informal discussion of a matter. It does NOT equate to a 'market' or 'market' as proposed the cluetrain pirates. submitted by
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Cool
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Cop-Killer Bullet
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Handgun ammunition capable of defeating soft body armor, as worn by police officers, was invented in the 1960s for police officers who found it hard to defeat automobile doors and window glass. In 1982, NBC made a "story" out of the projectile, despite the fact that any rifle or shotgun projectile can easily defeat soft body armor. There is only one incident of a police officer being shot in the U.S. by a handgun projectile specifically designed to defeat body armor. In 1994, a company attempted to market handgun ammunition called "Black Rhino," which claimed to defeat body armor. However, the ammunition was never marketed. As a consequence of bad publicity, Winchester's "Black Talon" expanding ammunition was pulled from the market. Resultingly, any bullet that was black, had the name "black" on its packaging, or was reported to have any amount of teflon, has been mistakenly labelled a "Cop-Killer Bullet." Despite the complete lack of evidence that any such ammunition has ever been used to injure or kill a law enforcement officer, anti-gun groups, certain Senators, and Presidential administrations have used a non-existent projectile to terrify the American public. It is generally believed that the entire concept of this obvious propaganda scheme is to eventually define all projectiles, for rifles, shotguns, and pistols as "armor-piercing," thus giving an open door to prescribe all ammunition, including that for sporting use, as "Cop-Killer Bullets." submitted by Brian
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Copyrights
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The very first words of Section 106 of the United States Copyright Act make all exclusive rights of the copyright owner "subject to" superior rights of the public, outlined in sections 107-122. For example, the exclusive right of the copyright owner to authorize copying is "subject to" everyone else's superior section 107 right to make fair use copies, and the exclusive right to distribute copies is "subject to" the superior section 109 right of the owner of a lawful copy to sell it, lend it or give it away. The word is being pirated by powerful copyright holding companies who impress upon lawmakers and the press the baseless notion that their rights are superior to the very same rights to which they are subject. That way, they can get away with using technological devices (like tethering copies to a single computer, or making copies self-destruct) to, for example, prevent people from exercising their superior right to lend, sell or give away perfectly legal copies to less fortunate persons who might never be able to pay full price for a new copy. They are the true copyright pirates. submitted by John T. Mitchell
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Creation Science
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a seemingly scientific endorsement for religious creationism. Just having the appearance of Science doesn't mean it is Science. submitted by MonkeyBoy
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Creation Theory
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Creationists either use the term pejoratively ("evolution is only a theory"), or they misapply the term to creationism. In scientific usage, a theory is the highest form of scientific understanding. A theory is an explanatory hypothesis which has passed test after test, and is still the best available explanation of the facts in question. In the case of creationism, however, those components of the apology which can be tested (e.g., the idea that the earth is only six thousand years old and was covered by a shell of water in the year 2,348 B.C.E.) have been tested and found to be demonstrably false - showing that creationism is not a viable theory, because viable theories have to pass tests. On the other hand, those components of creationism which involve certain types of magical events (e.g., the divine creation of a young universe with all of its components bearing the false imprint of great age) make the claims of creationism untestable - making creationism not a theory at all, because theories must be testable!
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Customer Service
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This word is currently too often used as a euphemism for "There is no way you can get in touch with us, and you're a dolt for trying." When companies erase all phone numbers from their websites and only let you submit a plaintive query through an HTML form, and then e-mail you back saying that they can't help you and that you should check the user group chatrooms on the web, THAT, nowadays, is customer service. submitted by Matt O
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Cutthroat Canker
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DRM
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DRY
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Davie Jones Locker
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Davie jones locker
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Dear God
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I'm sick of hearing people begin a prayer with "Dear God" as if they are writing a letter. I expect the next sentence to be "How are you?" submitted by
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Decimate(d)
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This was originally roman - it means kill every tenth man. Deca being ten. Now used to describe very heavy losses - incorrect! submitted by Roger Meeking
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Decimated
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This word means to reduce by one-tenth. Often used to indicate a reduction of any number. submitted by
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Democracy
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"Democracy" is defined, according to Chambers, as "a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people collectively, and is administered by them or by officers appointed by them."
It is pirated to mean a "pseudo-democratically elected temporary dictatorship" where once a vote is conned out of voters via deception, lies and empty promises, the newly empowered body then sets about implementing it's own agenda, and those of it's corporate sponsors and partners [see "Fascism"] via deceit of those it falsely claims to represent. It continues thusly until the subsequent election whereupon bribery, via tax-cuts, is commonly used to further the temporary misuse of power; a succession of con-tricks and deceptions and abuse of power, so long as once there was a "vote" involved. submitted by
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Democrat
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With a capital D, denoting something rather far from little-d democracy--more like "the best democracy money can buy". See also "Republican". submitted by Ross Knight
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Designer
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Many things [paint, clothing, etc] are described as coming in "designer colors". WTF does that mean? What makes one shade of green "designer" and another just "green"? Maybe in the dim past there was some actual meaning there, but now it's just marketing cruft. Every color is a designer color, because a designer of some type has to make the decision about which color to use in any context. submitted by Chaz Larson
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Dirty
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Just heard Frank DeFord on NPR this morning in a curmudgeon persona, making quite a few good points including how "physical" seems to have replaced "dirty" in sports announcing, as in: "Boy, this game is really physical!" submitted by Jerry
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Disabled Persons
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They really mean 'Disabled People' but that's too personal so the impersonal 'Persons' was adopted. In my view this is offensive - people are people so disabled people should be called disabled people. submitted by Robin Nixon
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Dope
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Dope = drugs. Its not used to describe your new 50 cent t-shirt and matching nikes. submitted by dubdubdub
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Dork
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originally dork is slang for the penis. At some point in time it became known as a foolish, inept person. (Oh yah i thought of something!) submitted by jon shimazu
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Down sized
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Sorry, although you've done a great job, because of economic presures we are downsizing your position. Really means: The greedy people who own this company don't appreciate you worth a crap and your being fired so they can take the money and spend it on themselves. Too bad, so sad you poor sap. I mean did you really think we were one big family? If you did your an idiot! submitted by dennis T
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Duh?
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Who in their right mind would ask dumb huh? submitted by
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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
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Equal (R)
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See "zero calories." submitted by The Legal Eagle
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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French
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There is nothing French about french fries. submitted by FB
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GAY
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The word GAY means (according to Webster's New World Dictionary) "joyous and lively; merry; happy; lighthearted". I don't understand how a bunch of homosexuals can call themselves GAY. Have you ever seen a bunch of homosexuals together. They're not a very "joyous" croud. submitted by
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Galveston
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Gay
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Definition #1 used to be "Showing or characterized by cheerfulness and lighthearted excitement; merry." The new definition #1: "Of, relating to, or having a sexual orientation to persons of the same sex." submitted by Roy Harkow
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Genius
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Common usage: Person X is the genius behind company Y, or genius X is the person who created work of art/discovery/hack Y.
Proper usage is hard to judge. A genius is normally someone of exceptional mental ability. The key behind the miss-use is 'exceptional'. They have to have done something that can be compared with what others have done, and be outstanding by comparison. There are many intelligent scientists, but Einstein was a genius, as his ideas were so far in advance of those of other scientists of his time. Geniuses are generally recognized years after their contributions to humanity, as at the time it is hard to judge what is a truly outstanding contribution. The genius behind company/artwork/discovery/hack Y is often recognized soon after or even before the time of his/her contribution! submitted by
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Gifted
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As in "He gifted me with a book," or some other present. Gifted means "talented" and one wouldn't very well say he talented me with a book, would one? Or maybe you do, but yo're dead wrong. You can't make an adjective into a verb just because youy think it's clever. submitted by
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Go
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is not synonymous with 'say'. I often hear, "...and I went, "No Way."" submitted by Eric
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Golden
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Golden means "colored yellow, colored as gold", a description of a color of an object. When someone or a situation is described as "golden", as in "we are golden", or "he is a golden boy", does that mean we are calling him "yellow", as in "chicken" ? (See yellow belly). submitted by
A term coined for the California recall election, whereby actors' porn stars, pornographers, and people from all walks of life ended up running for governor in the process of empeaching Grey Davis from the office, similar to the link on this submission. submitted by Sniglet
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HIV virus
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In what, almost 20 years of HIV being in the news people can not get it right. The 'V' in HIV stands for Virus. submitted by asbestos
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Hack
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To hack is to make a quick fix for something, or to adapt a something to a different use than what it was originally intended to do. There is nothing criminal about hacking. on the contrary, to hack is a noble, creative act, that teaches the hacker something, solves a real problem, and often as not increases self-reliance. submitted by Tomas Krag
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Hacked
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When you wrote in your topic that you had been hacked i was furios, you were not hacked you were "cracked" please understand that who ever did is a medi-skilled hacker, who personaly gets off by "Cracking" you great homepage.
Us hackers, we dont destroy change or make anything shitty like that cute little photo.
As a hacker i write this letter to you, if i were a cracker i will mess up you hole homepage.
Hacking yours "Sephcat" member of the Pro Hackers Union (PHU). submitted by Sephcat
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Hacker
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The term "hacker" has been incorrectly been defined as people who are out to damage, destroy, corrupt, or steal data, information, e-money, or any of a number ofd other things, online. Hackers are individuals who are intrigued by the nature of the net, how things work, what makes things tick, ext. They are not criminals, outlaws, or murders as the media-at-large would have people think. The correct term for the "bad guys" is "Crackers", not "Hackers"! submitted by Ken Robinson
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Have a nice day
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Aren't we tired of hearing this yet? Nobody means it. It's just a phrase to say when you don't know how to say "so long" or "good bye." I usually feel like saying "good bye, for sure" whenever I hear it. submitted by
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Head over heels
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Isn't your head ALWAYS over your heels? I mean, really, let's get this straight here. What is the big deal about being "head over heels" when that is the condition we're always in? Unless, of course, the people who find themselves in the "head over heels" predicament were accustomed to walking around on their fucking hands prior to being "head over heels". submitted by Jim
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Hello
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Hero
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In the post 911 world, EVERYBODY is a hero. Get a frigging clue. "Heroes" are "heroic" in that they are protagonists who play an ACTIVE role in changing their circumstances. People who play passive roles are not heroes. Merely having something happen TO you or simply NOT dying, does NOT make you a hero. If your house falls down and you're not killed, your a survivor, not a hero. The person who willingly risks his life pulling you out of the rubble is the hero. Too often the label of heroism is applied to mere perserverance.
On a related note, can we stop kissing cops and firefighters asses yet? submitted by Schleprock
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Hoe
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A Hoe is actually a garden tool, used to chop weeds so good plants can grow, most effective when kept sharp. The black ghetto community seems to use it to mean a cheap woman of little worth. Perhaps black men see their women as being useful cultivators in the garden of life, best when very sharp, but I suspect calling one's girlfriend a Hoe is some kind of insult. submitted by Barbara Shaw
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Holocaust
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Why has this word come to describe just the Jewish holocaust during WWII? Have there been no other horrific massacres in human history to justify its use? Are there never going to be other horrors of a similar or greater magnitude? Why is it always capitalized? submitted by GungaDin
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Home
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Real estate agents all want to sell you a "home". Bah! They can sell you a house, but they can never sell you a home. Only you can make a house (or a hut) into a home.
I detest this advertisingspeak perversion of English, designed to bypass your brain and hook into your emotions. submitted by Philip Sharman
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Home Cooking
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Due restaurants really cook food differently that people do in their homes? Put some corn in boiling water and cook it! And how can it be home cooked if it is cooked IN the restaurant's kitchen. submitted by Mickey
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Honestly
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Used at the beginning of a sentence, honestly has become the new "um".
And are we to assume that any sentence not prefaced by "honstly" isn't your honest opinion?
var: actually submitted by kowgurl
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Hook me up.
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This much mis-used phrase has lost it's original meaning first uttered by a defiant prisoner in the electric chair. submitted by Joe G.
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Hostile Takeover
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This word is used in the business world to mean an attempt by one company to buy out another against the target company's wishes. Come on, this is business, not war. Hitler's invasion of Poland, Napolean invading, well, Europe, these were hostile takeovers. It's business, nobody is going to be raped or slaughtered, no executions of the bosses will take place, no one's computer is going to be pillaged. It is simply a buy out. submitted by Melissa
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How are you doing?
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How did pirates
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How may I help you?
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In order to earn money, I am here to meet your requests!! What do I need to do to serve you and keep my job? submitted by Richard
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Howdy
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Human Resources
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As opposed to what? Ape resources? I know of no one in the business world who is not Human. submitted by Cleve
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Hung
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The proper user: past tense of hang, for an inanimate object. He hung the picture, the picture was hung on the wall.
If someone is sentenced to death by hanging, that person will be hanged, not hung. submitted by Melissa
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I could care less
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Means that you care! One must first care some before being able to care less. submitted by Sean in Kentucky
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I like pie
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I need you to
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Used by ill-mannered people everywhere, instead of PLEASE! submitted by waydownyonder
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I want to go home
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Impacted
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Crashed, as in a collision. It's been pirated by lazy bureaucratic minds in a herd just following the trend to mean the less dramatic "influenced" or "affected." submitted by Richard M. Smith
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In summation
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The word is "summary". Summation is what mathematicians do with the letter sigma. Summary is what editors write at the end of an article.
http://www.buckeyecablesystem.com/bci_html/internet_html/security.html
Morons. Plus one of their subscribers sent me spam.
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tip the fucking paperboy already and shut the fuck up with your corporate pirate-speak. Sales Executive Associate, Porcelain Technician, Sandwich Artist ad nauseum.
Damn, calling it by a different name doesn't remove the fact that it is still a shitty job paying $4.75/hr.. submitted by jayh
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Indian
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This is my theory. Good, old Christopher Columbus thought he was going to sail all the way around the world in 1492 to get to India in order to do business. He "found" what was to be known as the "West Indies" in what was eventually going to be known as "America" in the future. He thought he found India and people for the last 500+ years have been calling Native Americans "Indians" which are people from India. I know this is not exactly a pirated word, but i thought i could get it out there. I just want to add in that "America" is a last name of some Italian map maker, just for fun. submitted by Hunter
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Inspired by
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This phrase originally means 'influenced by' or 'small idea gave a person the urge to ellaborate into a greater creation'
But today, it's been misused as a politically correct word to mean 'copied off' or 'ripped off' submitted by
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Intellectual Property
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http://reagle.org/joseph/blog/culture/copyright-as-property-history
[4]Elsewhere, in the 2nd of a 3 part essay on propaganda and the
copyright, I discussed the [5]myth and [6]history of copyright as
"property", and have since recommended that the most appropriate term
is "intellectual monopoly right." However in looking at the new
[7]wordpirates site that attempts to "reclaim" various words in the
contemporary discourse, I'd caution against claiming that the term
"property" has only recently arrived to the discussion. Shortly after
the issuance of the [8]Statute of Ann (1710), often referenced as the
first copyright law, we can see debates invoking the concept of
property. In [9]Donaldson v. Beckett, Proceedings in the Lords (1774),
one can note:
"... he then dwelt much upon the sense of the word 'property,'
defining it philosophically, and in the separate lights of being
corporeal and spiritual; the term Literary Property, he in a manner
laughed at, as signifying nothing but what was of too abstruse and
chimerical a nature to be defined."
"... Was learning encouraged by depriving learned men of a property
they had for a perpetuity, and vesting it in them for a term of
years only? The supposition was absurd; and yet if the Act by some
certain privileges not enjoyed before, did not encourage learning,
a statute of the legislature was suffered to be published with a
direct falshood for its imprimatur..."
"... what property can a man have in ideas? whilst he keeps them to
himself they are his own, when he publishes them they are his no
longer. If I take water from the ocean it is mine, if I pour it
back it is mine no longer."
Discussions on the character of the limited monopolies of copyright
and patent have historically relied upon "property" for comparison,
but did not yield to equivelance. The balance has been that these
monopoly rights, granted for the advancement of learning, is in some
ways like property and in someways not. This understanding of
difference and balance is what has been lost in contemporary
discourse. Simply ignoring something is much more effective than the
coercive pirating of it, as [10]demonstrated when Eisner (of Disney)
had to resort to an out of context quotation from Abe Lincoln, while
ignoring the elegant sense of balance from another president, founding
father, and head of the U.S. patent office, Thomas Jefferson:
"... That ideas should freely spread from one to another over the
globe, for the moral and mutual instruction of man, and improvement
of his condition, seems to have been peculiarly and benevolently
designed by nature, when she made them, like fire, expansible over
all space, without lessening their density in any point, and like
the air in which we breathe, move, and have our physical being,
incapable of confinement or exclusive appropriation...."
4. http://goatee.net/2002/03.html#_13we
5. http://www.ifla.org/documents/infopol/copyright/ipmyths.htm
6. http://www.copyrighthistory.com/quotations.html
7. http://www.wordpirates.com/
8. http://www.copyrighthistory.com/anne.html
9. http://www.copyrighthistory.com/donaldson.html
10. http://goatee.net/2002/03.html#_26tu
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Interesting
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Interesting means that there is some sort of curiosity about what is being discussed. More commonly in business, it means "I don't like what I just heard, and I am too cowardly to confront it.". Anything "interesting" is an issue to be ignored until it simply must be dealt with. This is inane to the truly interested. submitted by Bryan Kester
If it's a service, why do I have to do all this work filling out the forms? submitted by
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Invite into politics
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Irregardless
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No such frickin word. submitted by
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Is
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Ask Bill submitted by crazyacorn
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Ishboo
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A black person submitted by **
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Issue
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There used to be problems. Now there are issues.
Thee used to be items which need attention. Now there are issues.
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It's all good
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Post-modern thinking seeping into casual smalltalk. Is it really *all* good? Even 9/11? submitted by
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Its Raining Outside
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Did You Ever See It Raining INside? submitted by Roman
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Jack o' cups
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Java
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Java is the name of an island in indonesia, but now most people associate it with coffee or a programming language. Not many people know where it actually originated from. submitted by
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Jesus
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This man was the first revolutionary, a class concious socialist who hated wealth, a working carpenter who hated the greed of business, and denounced those who exploited others. He was murdered because of his social activism. Now, his name has been perverted as the "son of god", his examples stultified by his enemies to pacify and oppress the very people he loved and wished to see free. submitted by Gloria Bergen
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Jigsaw
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A jigsaw is a type of saw. Jigsaw is not a synonym of "Jigsaw Puzzle" submitted by
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Jolly Roger
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Journalist
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Journalist today really means either government mouthpiece who parrots the latest official press release, or it means a political pundit making every excuse for his favored party while unduly bashing the party less favored.
Oh, actually lets be straight about it, shall we: "journalist" today really means a terribly conflicted individual: a conservative-bashing liberal incapable of actually doing any actual reportage who thus simply parrots the right-wing official press releases while bashing the so-called "source", in an endless cycle of self-hating dependence. submitted by Rodger Chillingworth
For instance, Entrepreneur magazine actually sued someone for using the word "entrepreneur" in the title of another magazine, and Fox news suing Al Franken for daring to use the phrase "fair and balanced" as part of his book title when all the world knows they own that phrase. submitted by rick
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Kill
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La Brea Tar Pits
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(La) brea means tar in Spanish. Tar tar pits? submitted by Gracie-A
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Land ho
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Landlubber
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Large
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What has happened to Small, Medium, and Large. It is now too often Small, Large, and Extra Large (or Family Size or Party Size or whatever). If you only have three sizes, they should be called Small, Medium, and Large. Save the fancy terms for the biggest of four or more size choices. submitted by Keith Thompson
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Learn
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Why do schools never seem to TEACH the difference between teach and learn ?
(See the comments in the entry for "it's" for an example. submitted by
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Learn more
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Often used as a link on a corporate web site, what it really means is "give us another chance to pitch you." My objection is to the blurring of the boundary between selling (that is, information with spin) and knowledge (that is, information without spin). submitted by Ed Lycett
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Leverage
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The word "Leverage" has been buzzing around alot lately, about how the managers need IT profesionals to "Leverage our current systems". I always thought leverage is a physical thing you did to move something, so what do they mean? are they going to place a board underneath a server and send it flying into the ceiling? think about the mess that would make with the foam tiles..... submitted by Jerry Loss
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Liberal
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Dictionary definition:
Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas; free from bigotry.
Favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; broad-minded.
What it has come to mean: in the last 25 years the word "liberal" has become code for all the "worst" political traits of people on the left of the political spectrum... even if the ideas themselves are NO LONGER ideas for reform! In fact, when you look at the definition of the word subjects like welfare reform are liberal... unless you're in America, in which case they are conservative? That's another one... submitted by cheryl
Pirated word:
Liberty
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Liberty is the state of personal freedom, typically from the government.
When George Bush refers to "the enemies of liberty", he mean terrorists and people he can tie to them. And he's using his war against the "enemies of liberty" as an excuse to deprive all Americans of their constitutional liberties and an unknown number of foreigners of their physical liberty. submitted by Barry Parr
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