Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen Words/Terms I Dislike

1. No - I usually don't like hearing this when I ask a question, but I know sometimes it's necessary.

2. Yo - If you need to get my attention, just say, "Hey."

3. Bro - Yes, it rhymes with the first two, but that's only a coincidence!

4. Pre-owned - When did cars become "pre-owned" instead of "used?" I guess the dealers can get more for the car with a classier name like "pre-owned!"

5. Cancer - This one's obvious and strikes fear in just about everyone.

6. Intelligent Design - Oh, let's not give it any religious undertone by calling it Creationism or anything. Intelligent Design sounds so much more secular, don't you think? I'd like to know just who is supposed to be the intelligent designer then. Ideas, anyone?

7. Seminal - Used by rock critics and snobs to show they know who the pioneers are/were. It's in some article in nearly every issue of every popular music mag, like this one or this one.

8. Bird Flu - Yes, it could happen. Bird flu could mutate into something that could kill millions. But it hasn't. Yes, we should be as prepared as we can. We get it. Now stop talking about it to death, media!

9. Male Enhancement -Oh sure, it's all about HIM! I say the best way to enhance a male is to take away the remote and give him a dish towel or a toilet brush and put him to work.

10. Gay/Lesbian/Transgender - Come on now. I heard Billie Jean King use this term in the documentary about her life. Why do we need all of these people lumped together as if they're all one big category of freaks? I'm not talking about gays or lesbians or those "assigned" the wrong gender while in utero (which is the PC way of explaining it now.) I'm talking about the term gay/lesbian/transgender.

11. Biopic - Oh, it's a movie about a real person! It's a biopic!

12. Edutainment - Plant your kid in front of Dora The Explorer and feel good about it!

13. Blogosphere - Why doesn't my blogosphere hook up with your blogosphere to create a Super Dee Dooper Megablogosphere?

Thanks for stopping by today! And, by the way, what are the words you dislike?

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