words that should die


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THIS IS A READ-ONLY ARCHIVE FROM THE SORABJI.COM MESSAGE BOARDS (1995-2016).

By patrick on Thursday, April 4, 2002 - 05:09 pm:

    "boi"

    "grrrl"

    "rawk"

    "nerd" (especially in recent context in which people designate themselves as "nerds" in such a way as to make themselves appealing. People, who are so far from being what "nerds" were when the term was coined. Donning black rimmed glasses and being a web designer does not make you a nerd, it makes you pretty normal and fashionable)

    "fetish"

    "indie" as in "indie rock"










    got any you wanna throw in the fire?



By Dougie on Thursday, April 4, 2002 - 05:36 pm:

    "Space" as in, "Wow, I love what you've done with this space!"

    "Paradigm", as used by pretentious MBAs

    "Going forward", also used by pretentious MBAs

    "Deliverables", when talking about a service and not something tangible, again as above (can you tell I've sat in one too many meetings the last week?)

    Shit man, I had a whole list of these in my head the other day. Senility sucks. Don't ever get old, kids.


By eri on Thursday, April 4, 2002 - 06:21 pm:

    "child support enforcement" because they don't collect shit nor do they enforce shit.

    "boozeless" because that is what I will be before the evening is over

    "Barney" because he is on my television and freaking annoying

    "money" even when I do have it I hate dealing with it

    "poo poo and pee pee" c'mon there has got to be something else that sounds better (Can you tell I am potty training?)

    "time sensetive" when used to blow someone off because you have something better to do. the only thing that isn't is the can of tomato sauce in my cupboard

    I will come up with more later. THese suck.


By sarah on Thursday, April 4, 2002 - 08:24 pm:


    "harass" prounced w/ the emphasis on the first syllable.




By Platypus on Thursday, April 4, 2002 - 08:46 pm:

    what, you want harass with the "ass"?


By eri on Thursday, April 4, 2002 - 08:49 pm:

    thank you. I hate that P.C. way of saying harass or harrassment. Drives me nuts.

    Here is another one

    "petite" when used in conjunction with a woman.
    Why don't you just say "short" already.


By moonit on Thursday, April 4, 2002 - 08:54 pm:

    I really hate personality plus.

    I hate it.

    I hate the way they use it on large sized clothing.

    Our Personality Plus line.

    Fuck off already. I haven't got any more personality than anyone else I'm just fricken fatter.


By Nate on Thursday, April 4, 2002 - 09:57 pm:

    i saw a dead guy on my way home.

    driver side door was all smashed in. no emergency personel on the scene yet.

    when i drove by i just thought 'injured guy with blood all slumped over.'

    but as i drove on i figured out that if he was just injured then all the people who were standing around would have been standing closer to him.

    dead guy. personality minus.


By eri on Thursday, April 4, 2002 - 10:11 pm:

    moonit, if it helps, I hate personality plus, along with full figured, but even worse, when I go shopping I have to hit the Mary-Kate and Ashley section and buy a small. My 7 year old would fit my clothes if she were as tall as I am. Nothing like a 28 year old buying Mary-Kate and Ashley clothes for herself.

    There's another one. Mary-Kate and Ashley.


By Platypus on Thursday, April 4, 2002 - 11:42 pm:

    "personality plus"?

    I think I've somehow, by the grace of god, missed this new insult to the non kate moss crowd. Go figure.

    "full figured" is another one of those phrases I've never liked. I know they mean fat. They should just go ahead and say it.


By sarah on Thursday, April 4, 2002 - 11:48 pm:


    i am totally freaking out about how much weight i've gained and continue to gain. working out like a fucking fiend and can't stop gaining. can't even maintain weight. my appetite has become enormous, uncontrollable, unsatiated until A LOT of food has been consumed.

    i mean, folks. i KNOW how to lose weight. i know the trick. it's not that hard. but this predicament is just getting worse and worse and i can't figure it out.

    fuck. i am so frustrated and scared.



By dave. on Friday, April 5, 2002 - 12:31 am:

    i've developed quite a sweet tooth since i haven't been drinking. i never used to crave sweets.


By sarah on Friday, April 5, 2002 - 12:34 pm:


    that's not uncommon. how long have you not been drinking so far?

    btw. does this mean sem got laid?

    when i was really big, i could never drink, it never appealed to me, and i could never drink enough to get more than just a tiny little buzz.

    after i got really little, i craved alcohol a lot. i still do, and i can get very drunk very fast. two drinks and i'm solid, three and i'm trashed, four and i'm slurring and stumbling.



By eri on Friday, April 5, 2002 - 01:12 pm:

    It depends on what I am drinking, but I can go through a 6 pack and still be sober. Depending on the wine, I can go through more than a bottle before I get a buzz. 2 good margaritas will knock me on my ass, though. 3 rum & cokes (equal parts) and I am fucked up.

    I don't eat sweets, though. Never crave them. Don't like them.


By porkchop on Friday, April 5, 2002 - 03:35 pm:

    "thank you. I hate that P.C. way of saying harass or harrassment. Drives me nuts. "

    ? what is the PC way? and why is it PC? i've never heard of this.


By semillama on Friday, April 5, 2002 - 07:53 pm:

    The words not my type should be eradicated.
    I also hate all the sayings my boss uses,
    such as make that a priority for the day and
    drop the kids off at the pool.

    and sem has not gotten laid, although he has
    gotten let down, as it were.


By Dougie on Friday, April 5, 2002 - 08:31 pm:

    Damn Sem, with all those cute little OSUers running around High Street, seems like you should be able to charm one of them out their pants as some big archaeologist working on a big important dig. I know, easier said than done, but it is Friday night, and there's a shitload of bars on High Street.


By semillama on Friday, April 5, 2002 - 09:23 pm:

    And I'm in a hotel room in Chillicothe.

    There really is very little that is romantic about
    archaeology, no matter what hollywood tells
    you. I know this because whenever I actually
    get to tell women about what I do, their eyes
    glaze over after about a minute.
    or maybe it's just the standard reaction to
    whatever I say.

    Those "cute little OSUers" want jack shit to do
    with a squat little weirdo like me who is never
    around anyway.
    Christ that was negative, wasn't it?


By dave. on Saturday, April 6, 2002 - 09:35 am:

    it's been over a month.

    i drank a silly amount of beer every day for years. typically, i'd have to get up over a ½ rack before i'd start slurring. i'd knock off a ½ rack nightly in a few short hours. my poor liver.

    at some point, a person gets too old to continue behaving like they used to.

    i still don't notice much of a difference except in the bm dept.


By sarah on Saturday, April 6, 2002 - 12:06 pm:

    wow dave. does a rack = a case?

    in any case, good for you. good for your liver.


    and think of the added bonus: you won't be spending as much money for drinking and toilet paper.



By dave. on Saturday, April 6, 2002 - 12:23 pm:

    ½ rack = ½ case but case = case. they're called ½ racks around here for some reason.

    yeah, i should have a bucket full of money since i'm not buying beer or smokes. somehow, it never works out like that.


By Chuck on Saturday, April 6, 2002 - 04:22 pm:

    The money is probably flowing elsewhere,
    has your porn collection grown?


By heather on Sunday, April 7, 2002 - 05:40 am:

    fuck chuck


    but don't


    i have been drinking

    i typed this seven times

    i wish someone was in a better mood


By patrick on Monday, April 8, 2002 - 12:04 pm:

    "at some point, a person gets too old to continue behaving like they used to. "

    copy that. 10-4


By J on Tuesday, April 9, 2002 - 02:46 am:

    I still try to,but I know what you mean,I think judging by the looks of it,that Ozzy does too,hon if you have a friend with cable tue. night,hook up.Actually,I think somebody at M.T.V. saw these boards and saw my family dysfunction cam idea,and then they thought,"why use an ordinary housewife when we could have the Prince of Darkness"? And then I was fucked.Lawsuite? Spelling classes? You tell me. But I shuffle around just as confused as Ozzy,and I get no respect either,but my pets behaved better.


By Gee on Friday, April 12, 2002 - 09:44 pm:

    I am a nerd. I am a nerd nerd nerd nerd nerd!!

    I am a cool nerd.




    memememememememe!


By Dougie on Thursday, May 9, 2002 - 06:04 pm:

    Passwords are also "words" that should die. I've got nine gazillion different passwords for everything I'm subscribed to, and somehow I remember them all. I always remember users' passwords when they tell me them, and I've been known to l0phtcrack a few too -- not maliciously, just to get stuff done. Usually, mine's a combo of a couple usual passwords I use, with the ubiquitous "@" sign tagged on, and then some sort of word relative to the usage, like my ebay password is "regularpassword@ebay". But today, standing at the ATM machine, I put my card in, and damn if I couldn't remember my four number password. Simplest fucking thing in the world and I drew a blank. There was a line, so I had to hit cancel and get my card back. I finally remembered it after I had walked away and came back and did what I had to do, but it pissed me off. I remember about 10 or 11 years ago when we got our first PC, a 386SX/16, and had Wordperfect 4.something loaded on it. I kept a journal on that sucker, password-protected, and my wife somehow cracked that password. It was "opensesame" and damn if I know how she guessed it -- I had never used that phrase with her. That was the last time I used that password. So in closing, I'd just like to say that I hate passwords. The End.


By eri on Thursday, May 9, 2002 - 07:00 pm:

    Imagine if you will, payday, and you're not at your usual place so your bank is 900 miles away. You go to the ATM to pull out your rent money and bill money. You can only take out so much each day so you have to take out your max for 3 days and on the 4th you leave on a business trip. You go to the ATM and put in your card and damned if you didn't forget your password. 3 days later still can't remember it. You have tried everything. Your rent is 2 days late. Still can't remember. You have now entered the Hixon zone.

    Welcome to my life. Yes, we changed banks.


By Kalliope on Friday, May 10, 2002 - 01:50 pm:

    hah. im gonna get in trouble for using the
    same password for everything. i have about
    three and i know its always one of those
    three....but i know whatcha mean. there's
    phone numbers ive known by heart for years,
    but sometimes when it comes down to dialing
    them, i blank out and cant remember for the
    life of me. i get close to getting em but no
    cigar.

    see. "no cigar". that should be one of those
    eliminated terms. and "the skinny".

    also not a big fan of the word "pube" or "tote".


By moonit on Saturday, May 11, 2002 - 02:12 am:

    We might be getting the Osbournes. Tv 3 are trying to get the rights. Woohooo


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