tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post8756926595365978584..comments2024-03-05T09:10:31.164+00:00Comments on Coulda Shoulda Woulda: Overused Words of LateCoulda shoulda wouldahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12507021618497645667noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-11275083856009891382017-03-17T21:35:44.445+00:002017-03-17T21:35:44.445+00:001) So - just like you said at the beginning of an...1) So - just like you said at the beginning of an explanation or sentence.<br />2) Oh my god - especially when it's used in acronym - omg! Actually any and all modern acronyms. Just spell out the word, it isn't difficult!<br />3) Pop - as in a pop of color, or it really pops.<br />4) Disaster - As in, It's a disaster. The orange bully uses this incessantly and makes me want to drop kick him every time I hear him say it.<br />5) Look - Hey, don't tell me what to do. It's just as bad as saying, Listen before a sentence.<br /><br />Ok, done. Thanks for letting me vent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-16119180732964000352017-03-13T15:16:55.591+00:002017-03-13T15:16:55.591+00:00Hubris has been used loads since last June over he...Hubris has been used loads since last June over here!!! xxxCoulda shoulda wouldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507021618497645667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-73774617783536100622017-03-13T11:33:20.386+00:002017-03-13T11:33:20.386+00:00Iconic - esp when used for things that are the opp...Iconic - esp when used for things that are the opposite of iconic.<br /><br />love the list.<br /><br />I like hubris. xxxFaux Fuchsiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17317677066408030053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-59495280741319587212017-03-13T10:31:53.154+00:002017-03-13T10:31:53.154+00:00rachel zoe - she has mutilated the language but th...rachel zoe - she has mutilated the language but then again she only speaks Californian and perhaps when she speaks English she is fluent one hopes?Coulda shoulda wouldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507021618497645667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-59713212966647928072017-03-13T10:31:07.398+00:002017-03-13T10:31:07.398+00:00Too funny GSL - although when i speak with friends...Too funny GSL - although when i speak with friends I am totally guilty of seriously - really. I also use channeling when I am being a total bitch.<br /><br />Oh bless Auntie J!Coulda shoulda wouldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507021618497645667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-10678451273494233942017-03-13T10:30:12.708+00:002017-03-13T10:30:12.708+00:00Cue tears! :)Cue tears! :)Coulda shoulda wouldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507021618497645667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-50951544101926338092017-03-12T23:37:16.184+00:002017-03-12T23:37:16.184+00:00At the end of the day; moving forward; awesome; re...At the end of the day; moving forward; awesome; really?; seriously? narrative; talking points; double down; walk it back; channeling. <br /><br />My dear Auntie J for the past 30 years has this irritating habit of discovering a cliche 6 months after it was pounded into submission by every airhead suburban twenty something. She eagerly peppers them into every conversation no less than 3x in the first 5 minutes. She has taken years off my life.<br />GSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04903412564467078538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-86655827656847714062017-03-12T22:39:45.873+00:002017-03-12T22:39:45.873+00:00I'm on a/my journey.
Are you?
BarbGI'm on a/my journey.<br />Are you?<br />BarbGCultured Globalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12531029123676015452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-14166599439364721212017-03-12T20:06:32.976+00:002017-03-12T20:06:32.976+00:00true!true!Coulda shoulda wouldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507021618497645667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-71358306581984612762017-03-12T20:06:18.986+00:002017-03-12T20:06:18.986+00:00shelter does seem to conjure homelessness and not ...shelter does seem to conjure homelessness and not home design!Coulda shoulda wouldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507021618497645667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-75547813227752380222017-03-12T20:04:09.448+00:002017-03-12T20:04:09.448+00:00To front here means to either - front something in...To front here means to either - front something in the original but also showing off and also for being a fake depending on US slang or UK slangCoulda shoulda wouldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507021618497645667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-9317306956976292492017-03-12T14:03:49.170+00:002017-03-12T14:03:49.170+00:00Dialogues about language are fascinating to an old...Dialogues about language are fascinating to an old former English teacher like me. Can't resist making another comment. This time on "eponymous". So overused in recent years, often by people who barely know its real meaning/usage. Many seem to think it's just another word for famous or well-known. Agree with Heidi it's really hype - or pretention. You rarely find educated people using it - but it does seem to appear often in glossies and weekly magazines when "writers" are describing a movie or an actor or a product. Maybe they think it elevates their writing style. <br />Also agree about "storied" - it so often occurs in US housing design/style glossies - those the same writers call "shelter" magazines - another usage I abhor. Likewise for the expressions "cookie cutter" and "pops of colour". It's just very lazy and unimaginative to go for the cliché every time. And why "shelter" anyway? This usage in modern English normally has the connotation of some form of temporary refuge (for the homeless, refugees, battered wives etc) - or a shelter shed in a playground for children to retreat to in bad weather, or bus shelters etc - NOT luxury houses. PammieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-3418593817364106842017-03-12T13:35:03.345+00:002017-03-12T13:35:03.345+00:00It's used a lot here in Oz. On news broadcasts...It's used a lot here in Oz. On news broadcasts and also in work environments (particularly those connected with IT), eg X impacted our project. Impact was always solely a noun, or converted into verbal usage by the expression X HAD AN impact on Y. Now, lamentably, it's used as a verb.<br />Another usage I detest - which might be peculiarly Australian - it's become common for the press and police to report something like: he FRONTED court - or just he FRONTED AT the police station, instead of the more normal educated usage he APPEARED at court or he CAME to the police station. It's normally used when describing an offender or suspect. Agree about curate too. Again, best wishes, PammieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-54235278574368803482017-03-12T13:14:40.049+00:002017-03-12T13:14:40.049+00:00So funny. Rachel Zoe is always misusing "lite...So funny. Rachel Zoe is always misusing "literally". Not long ago she FB posted about something that surprised her: "I literally died". A number of people wrote back: "No, you didn't!!! PammieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-39949820878705465762017-03-12T02:06:08.084+00:002017-03-12T02:06:08.084+00:00The language is annoying but, I confess, I find th...The language is annoying but, I confess, I find the beliefs behind the language even more difficult to tolerate!LPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18209861350905135093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-23073117059238319242017-03-11T08:08:49.570+00:002017-03-11T08:08:49.570+00:00People are using hubris a lot post brexit so it is...People are using hubris a lot post brexit so it is getting more use than usual. Storied is something we just have to nod along with. As language is going the way of technology and changing all the time i do think classic english is best! xCoulda shoulda wouldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507021618497645667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-8142569831499359312017-03-11T04:49:25.706+00:002017-03-11T04:49:25.706+00:00I quite like Hubris, but that is possibly because ...I quite like Hubris, but that is possibly because to me it still has Classical connotations as it's used in Greek myths and fables. <br />I will add a couple - "Storied" this is populating American magazine articles like crazy. As in "The Storied house was in disrepair" or "The Storied family" <br />"eponymous" - just say "own name" for a fashion label. No need to fancy up that they were just being basic in naming their range after themselves.<br />"Curate" misused constantly. "Iconic"- yawn. <br />Essentially it's the hype in language. Plain English is a blessing. Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01432089507602828735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-75199700212024336592017-03-10T20:27:01.691+00:002017-03-10T20:27:01.691+00:00'Pop of color' is particularly irksome, al...'Pop of color' is particularly irksome, along with 'curate'. Oh, and lately, I'm sick of hearing 'alternative facts'. Chronica Domushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732224119040843337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-70181061889975149112017-03-10T19:21:13.837+00:002017-03-10T19:21:13.837+00:00'effect' and 'affect' for native s...'effect' and 'affect' for native speakers does seem odd for me on a side note to complicate / but interesting bc over here i don't hear 'impacted' much in that way.Coulda shoulda wouldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507021618497645667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-64554752564878214862017-03-10T19:18:44.590+00:002017-03-10T19:18:44.590+00:00It is so annoying for sure! Pivot is just hitchhik...It is so annoying for sure! Pivot is just hitchhiking from 'axis' and equally as meaningless!Coulda shoulda wouldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507021618497645667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-18304543401706391642017-03-10T19:17:29.158+00:002017-03-10T19:17:29.158+00:00Ha! neither as a verbHa! neither as a verbCoulda shoulda wouldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507021618497645667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-9984494363970979902017-03-10T18:25:12.222+00:002017-03-10T18:25:12.222+00:00Hi again, I agree with most of these, and especia...Hi again, I agree with most of these, and especially Meg's nomination of curate. I also forgot before to include my most hated word, impact used as a verb and meaning "to affect," as in "The weather impacted our vacation." There is no quicker way to make oneself sound like an idiot.<br />--JimParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-12805924306689692882017-03-10T17:38:14.655+00:002017-03-10T17:38:14.655+00:00CURATE! I hate that word used in any other context...CURATE! I hate that word used in any other context than a museum sense. Just because you pull some things together, you're not curating them. It's much more than that. <br /><br />https://pigtown-design.blogspot.com/2015/01/two-words-that-make-me-cringe.html<br /><br />A new one I dislike is another P word - PIVOT. It now means answering a question with something that wasn't asked. Q: Kellyanne, is the sky blue? A: Blue will be the colour of Hilary Clinton's prison uniform.Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11021871701778275287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-66567509995170879682017-03-10T16:29:12.552+00:002017-03-10T16:29:12.552+00:00GREAT.
I will NEVER USE THAT WORD AGAIN as THAT ID...GREAT.<br />I will NEVER USE THAT WORD AGAIN as THAT IDIOT uses it TOO MUCH..........YOU KNOW WHO I MEAN!La Contessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01682902106545680159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042823968101983560.post-15881046480584242682017-03-10T11:47:22.449+00:002017-03-10T11:47:22.449+00:00Wow! Glad I didn't ever try to use it. Had no ...Wow! Glad I didn't ever try to use it. Had no idea! I though it was from the French "va" meaning Go ... something or someone with the initials JJ. Could have been so embarrassing. So glad I asked. Don't think any real life friends would have known though. Except maybe one of the sons of a friend and her two DiLs who are all doctors. But maybe even they wouldn't know here in Oz. Thank goodness I haven't used it on-line.<br />In addition to all the buzz words you've quoted there are the expressions like "take it to the next level" - I really loathe that one - and also those from corporate speak. Plus "words can't express". Of course they can if people try or at least take a sincere stab at a difficult message/emotion. PammieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com