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What words should be banned?

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    #182
    GrumpyMe
    Registered Users Posts: 1,195 ✭✭✭GrumpyMe


    Mindful


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    #183
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,176 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    Quantum Erasure wrote: »
    ^didn't that model face a backlash for blacking-up, / using photoshop to appear darker than she was?
    You mean like a fake tan?


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    #184
    GinSoaked
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,049 ✭✭✭GinSoaked


    Any words after #


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    #185
    Randy Archer
    Registered Users Posts: 859 ✭✭✭Randy Archer


    “Cultural appropriation”

    ****ing hell . So they want us to disregard their “culture” as oppose to embrace it ? Funny how plenty of African Africans “culturally appropriate”/embrace white man culture once they get out of the ghetto , yo ie suits ,membership of golf clubs ,staying out of jail etc (For the eternally outraged , this is a joke) You know Jay Z

    Hell, some high profile black Americans Like Wacko Jackson, Little Kim, and Beyoncé have lightened their skin tone

    As annoying as the Yanks bastardising our culture eg St Patrick’s Day and Halloween or the European Christmas or replacing bunnies with Holy stuff at Easter ,we don’t get too pissy. We take it as a compliment


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    #186
    MOH
    Registered Users Posts: 6,464 ✭✭✭MOH


    Quantum Erasure wrote: »
    hard to know which thread in CA to throw this in to, so i'll just put it here...

    https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/06/scrabble-players-debate-slurs.html

    That's totally ridiculous - surely Jesuit is already banned as a proper noun?


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    #187
    AngryLoner
    Registered Users Posts: 106 ✭✭AngryLoner


    biko wrote: »
    "Challenge" when you're too PC to say "Problem".

    HAHAHA, "No challenge", instead of "No problem".... runs through my head everyday thanks to that Louis Theroux doc :)


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    #188
    Galwayguy35
    Registered Users Posts: 16,272 ✭✭✭✭Galwayguy35


    Toxic masculinity.

    In fairness I only ever hear Roe McDermott use it but she somehow always manages to squeze it in every time she is on the radio.

    Although seeing as she is the sister of Eoghan McDermott, the guy who wanted to ban Fairytale of New York means being annoying must in the family.


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    #189
    randd1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,792 ✭✭✭randd1


    Galwayguy35 wrote: »
    Toxic masculinity.

    In fairness I only ever hear Roe McDermott use it but she somehow always manages to squeze it in every time she is on the radio.

    Although seeing as she is the sister of Eoghan McDermott, the guy who wanted to ban Fairytale of New York means being annoying must in the family.

    No nepotism there at all.


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    #190
    melonstar
    Registered Users Posts: 148 ✭✭melonstar


    I hate when parents call their children "smallies".
    Makes my blood boil.

    Also, the word "solidarity" is overused on Twitter and makes me cringe.


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    #191
    PoisonIvyBelle
    Registered Users Posts: 1,652 ✭✭✭PoisonIvyBelle


    It's not even a bloody word, but don't get me started on "BAE".

    G'way outta that.


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    #192
    pidgeoneyes
    Registered Users Posts: 136 ✭✭pidgeoneyes


    "Going forward"


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    #193
    banie01
    Registered Users Posts: 16,475 ✭✭✭✭banie01


    Banning words or their use smacks of 21st century iconoclasm to me and that hasn't worked out well in any of the other centuries it's kicked off in ;)

    Yes certain words are loaded, yes certain groups assign an inordinate amount of outrage to those words.

    It would be far more productive for those groups however to work on changing hearts and minds of those who do deliberately provoke their outrage, than it would be to change dictionaries.

    Language isn't static, nor should attitudes to its usage be.
    Much like the fight of some to reappropriate words to remove their power, it should really be remembered that no matter how debased the language a person uses is...

    One does not need to take offence at it, it is often far better to meet hate with an effort to educate and correct.
    Not to enforce censorship.


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    #194
    Thelonious Monk
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    It's 3 words but "I know right?" is creeping very quickly into Ireland, don't encourage it!


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    #195
    na1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 921 ✭✭✭na1


    non-binary


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    #196
    Galwayguy35
    Registered Users Posts: 16,272 ✭✭✭✭Galwayguy35


    Gender fluid.


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    #197
    ShatterAlan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,807 ✭✭✭ShatterAlan


    is_that_so wrote: »
    Well, Lomu would technically be a zombie!


    Or a god


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    #198
    filbert the fox
    Registered Users Posts: 809 ✭✭✭filbert the fox


    banie01 wrote: »
    Banning words or their use smacks of 21st century iconoclasm to me and that hasn't worked out well in any of the other centuries it's kicked off in ;)

    Yes certain words are loaded, yes certain groups assign an inordinate amount of outrage to those words.

    It would be far more productive for those groups however to work on changing hearts and minds of those who do deliberately provoke their outrage, than it would be to change dictionaries.

    Language isn't static, nor should attitudes to its usage be.
    Much like the fight of some to reappropriate words to remove their power, it should really be remembered that no matter how debased the language a person uses is...

    One does not need to take offence at it, it is often far better to meet hate with an effort to educate and correct.
    Not to enforce censorship.

    Ahem! After Hours after all....not to be taken too seriously, K? (hate that too)

    After hours is the place to come on boards where general discussion can be light-hearted. The aim here is to have a bit of a laugh and not to piss anybody off while doing so.


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    #199
    Yester
    Registered Users Posts: 1,496 ✭✭✭Yester


    Omission. I'm not sure if it should be banned but it should defiantly be left out.


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    #200
    GinSoaked
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,049 ✭✭✭GinSoaked


    Galwayguy35 wrote: »
    Gender fluid.

    Unfortunately my rather distressing mind thinks of male and female fluids when ever those words are mentioned.


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    #201
    Galwayguy35
    Registered Users Posts: 16,272 ✭✭✭✭Galwayguy35


    GinSoaked wrote: »
    Unfortunately my rather distressing mind thinks of male and female fluids when ever those words are mentioned.

    Another made up term for a generation of confused people.


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    #202
    DoozerT6
    Registered Users Posts: 2,589 ✭✭✭DoozerT6


    Strawman.
    Whataboutery.
    Mong.


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    #203
    Eduard Khil
    Registered Users Posts: 796 ✭✭✭Eduard Khil


    Loose when used rather than lose it is just wrong wrong wrong.

    Loose jeans +
    Loose the argument :(


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    #204
    Eduard Khil
    Registered Users Posts: 796 ✭✭✭Eduard Khil


    Privilege.

    The next person to tell me I am privileged or abusing my privilege or any such hipster lingo will get my size 11 shoes into their shins learn about a person and what has brought them to where they are today before you make assumptions about them. It's a very volatile term to use.


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    #205
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,746 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Conall Cernach wrote: »
    "Absolutely".

    Every fecker seems to use this all the time especially when asked a question on RTE or TV3. I don't think it is so universal in the UK.

    Q: The Greens are divided on this.
    A: Absolutely.

    Just say "Yes". It seems to have become more prevalent in the last few years or maybe once I noticed it being used all the time I notice it all the more.

    All those overused, unimaginative clichés currently, including...

    The reality (on the ground) is..
    Best practice.
    Fit/ unfit for purpose.
    The dogs on the street know...
    Sustainable/unsustainable.


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    #206
    GoatBoy74
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 140 ✭✭GoatBoy74


    Crevice


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    #207
    Seamai
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,250 ✭✭✭Seamai


    Whataboutery.

    Used a lot here, I've never actually heard it pronounced but I imagine it can only be said in a northern accent. Drives me up the fúcking wall.


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    #208
    Strumms
    Registered Users Posts: 24,807 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    PoisonIvyBelle wrote: »
    It's not even a bloody word, but don't get me started on "BAE".

    G'way outta that.

    This word and those who use it could trigger me to extreme violence...

    Not you obviously but people who incorporate it into their daily vocabulary...;)


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    #209
    maestroamado
    Registered Users Posts: 4,426 ✭✭✭maestroamado


    everybody...


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    #210
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users Posts: 8,166 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    It's 3 words but "I know right?" is creeping very quickly into Ireland, don't encourage it!

    I know right?


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    #211
    Justin Credible Darts
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭Justin Credible Darts


    the notion of banning a word is utterly ridiculous.

    Most hate the N word , more specifically its connotations etc, despite a certain demographic who hate said word that frequently use it
    Women dont like the C word

    With so many people upset over a word...yes a word...we will soon be at the point when every letter will be known as the "a word", "b word", "c word" etc.

    What happens when we run out of letters ? Do we start doubling up
    Suppose the word Nonce was banned....would that be N-word #2 ?


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