Last week I wrote about words I think should be abolished from the English language, and – hurray! – you all agreed with me! We are one step closer to world domination, my friends.
And not only did you agree with me, but through comments on here and on Facebook, you added a number of words, phrases and activities that should be ILLEGAL. I want to get them down in one place so we can get rid of this nonsense once and for all!
Here we go!
From Jennifer – I would also add blergh, woot, question marks where the don’t belong. Like this? Freaking makes me angry. Also “this is happening”.
From Michelle – The whole “said no one ever” can die a slow death. Hate.
From Emilie – The camera is not a mirror, people. (Jenny’s response: SELFIE!!!!! THE CAMERA IS A MIRROR!!! Actually, I don’t use that word much. But I DO perpetrate the act.)
Jeannett spoke up for the selfies (in a totally serious way, clearly!) – But selfies brought the world the Peace Sign Duck Face Toilet pictures!!! Those are like a newly discovered gem. Like, totally.
From Jenny, queen of the selfie – I also hate “that moment”. And “that awkward moment”. I do enjoy the periods after every word when appropriate. I don’t think I over-use it too much but I could. easily. go there.
From Briana – “besties.” “hubster”
From Michelle – Mine? Has started to die out thankfully. My pet peeve is the #FML people with first world problems. Okay, you spilled coffee. That sucks. But really? It deserves a #FML hashtag? Also? 27 hashtags after EVERYTHING. Drives me nuts. One or two – that is fine.
From UP – Mine is calibrate, as in “…let’s get together and calibrate on…”. In reality it means “…we’re having this meeting so you’ll know exactly how I feel about this and how you should as well…”
From Anna – Totes. Karson agrees – That is exactly what I was going to put! Totes! Once again Jenny’s in the minority – BUT I LOVE TOTES! You guys are no fun.
From Emily – “Epic”. Maybe it shouldn’t be erradicated completely but it is definitely overused these days. No, your Starbucks this morning was not epic, neither was your child using the toilet or your trip to the beach. There are plenty of other words in the English language you can use.
And, in honor of Jenny’s trip to the beach (without me), I would like to add one more thing that NO ONE SHOULD EVER DO AGAIN.
Can we add ‘adorbs’ and ‘gorge’ to the list?
As in: “Did you see the adorbs dress J is wearing? She needs to take some selfies! Doesn’t she look absolutely gorge???? That dress is Epic.”
Pretty sure I just typed the Most. Annoying. Sentence. EVER! 😉
Emily is funny in a totes calibrating no one said ever kinda way. Just sayin’, oh, that’s another one
Let me explain to our reader(s?) that I actually put “deeb” instead of “dweeb” which is short for “D.B.”, which is short for “d*uche bag”, which really isn’t a nice word, but kind of apt. Because really. I totally felt like a DEEB when I was posting that!
But I’m still TOTES taking selfies (even though I really don’t like the word selfie) because I gotsta be ME, Y’ALL! YA HEARD? (Can we get rid of “Ain’t nobody got time for that” by the way?”
No, no, no. I was saying I totes agreed with the post. I totes like totes.
I agree on EPIC. Anyone who has ever actually read an EPIC would realize that not much fits into that category. Also “vacay” and “just sayin'” should be murdered. But, I have recently used and felt good about “ain’t nobody got time for that” so I guess we all have our issues. 😉
When we’re done with the language can we please move onto clothing. I hate that EVERYTIME I go to any store I see someone in pajama pants. I don’t care if you are a size 2 or 22, you DO NOT look good in pajama pants. Have we really become THAT lazy that we can’t put on a pair of shorts? Also in the behavior group can we please banish cell phone usage while shopping. Do you really need to have a conversation about your uncle getting herpes while I’m trying to pick out strawberries? Do I need to learn to become a stunt driver to weave through the flocks of people posting on FB that they are looking for lima beans?