Words or phrases that should be banned from the english language

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Corvus Maximus wrote: »

"Coke and hookers."

Usually said by people who probably never smoked a cigarette, never mind doing coke. And this is probably the closest they'll ever get to a hooker.

Nonsense. I like some coke and a hooker from Galway any time.

Fancy a cuppa! It's the laziest stupidest phrase in the language. Although casual speech in general is retarded. People who use it just sound like idiots.

Whilst.

MCMLXXV wrote: »

I think 'Pal' is pretty good TBH. I like words that can be used as both a term of endearment and an insult depending on the context.

TBH p*sses me off too

'Now in a minute.'

Pick one. Goddammit pick one. It's not both.

'I won him' (instead of 'beat')

As previously mentioned, 'like', though I occasional suffer from that one myself.

Two other greatly misused/misunderstood words/phrases:

'Presently', when people actually mean 'currently'. Correct usage: I am currently here but I'll be with you presently (very shortly).

'It begs the question' when 'it begs the question' does not mean, and never has meant, "it poses/raises the question".

1) 'Begging the question does not mean to bring up the question. It means to present as true a premise that requires proof--i.e., taking a conclusion for granted before it is proved or assuming in the premises of your argument what is supposed to be proved in the conclusion. (This fallacy is related to the circular argument.)' (Source)

2) Begging the question:

"The Right Way to Use "Begs the Question"

Begs the question is actually a term that comes from logic, and it's used to indicate that someone has made a conclusion based on a premise that lacks support (1, 2). It can be a premise that's independent from the conclusion (3) or in a simpler form, the premise can be just a restatement of the conclusion itself (4, 5).

For example, let's say Squiggly is trying to convince Aardvark that chocolate is healthful, and his argument is that chocolate grows on trees, so it must be healthful. Aardvark could rightly say there's no proof that something is good for you simply because it grows on a tree. Some things that grow on trees are poisonous--Chinaberry tree fruit, for example (6). So Squiggly's argument is based on a faulty premise.

Aardvark could correctly say that Squiggly's argument begs the question. What does growing on trees have to do with being healthful, anyway?

I remember what begs the question means by thinking that THEE argument raises a specific question--it begs *the* question--What's your support for that premise? OR more informally, What does that have to do with anything? You use the phrase begs the question when people are hoping you won't notice that their reasons for coming to a conclusion aren't valid. They've made an argument based on a lame assumption. The question is What's your support for that premise?

Here's an example of a simple argument that begs the question. This one just restates the conclusion as a basis for the conclusion: Chocolate is healthful because it's good for you. That begs the question. How do you know chocolate is good for you? Again, the question is What's the support for your premise? or What does that have to do with anything? If I didn't just accept that chocolate is healthful, I'm not going to accept that it's healthful because you say it's good for me. They're the same thing. Make a better argument."

''Believe you me''

What the fúck does it even mean?

And "lippy" as in short for lipstick :mad::mad::mad::mad:

This one is soooo annoying but I've said it to people in college before and they literally look at me like I am the one that's mental:

IRREGARDLESS....Oh sweet Moses.. are you actual serious?

Irrespective and regardless have, against their will, been morphed together to form some meaningless NON-word. It makes me want to tear my hair out sometimes.

"Who knows? You might even enjoy yourself."

Fooooookk yooouuuuu

Togepi wrote: »

Oh yeah, another one is when people overuse the word "contemporary" on those interior design shows. It seems to be the only word they ever use to describe things!

I've always (irrationally) hated the word "contemporary". Now I think that ^ may be why :P

Also "succulent", always used in ads for food that rarely looks it.

And "juicy", especially when it's written across some-one's arse on a tracksuit :P