Isn't it interesting how Awesome and Awful mean the same thing? Shouldn't they just mean varying degrees of awe?ThrobbingEgo said:Awesome should be, well, awe inspiring. Instead it now means cool.
Isn't it interesting how Awesome and Awful mean the same thing? Shouldn't they just mean varying degrees of awe?ThrobbingEgo said:Awesome should be, well, awe inspiring. Instead it now means cool.
I'm with this guy. Politics and Journalism need to stop ass-raping my language with their useless terms.SODAssault said:"Terrorist/Terrorism".
Every last fucking person that commits a heinous act nowadays is bandied about by the media as a terrorist. A terrorist is one who inspires fear in others in order to further their cause, not someone who does something for their own pleasure and doesn't care who knows it.
Stupid political "buzzwords" are completely removing the meaning and impact from once-powerful words.
Glad to see people like you two know that politics is starting to really annoy everyone with these "terms" that are used more by them than idiots using curse words constantly now.Delicious said:I'm with this guy. Politics and Journalism need to stop ass-raping my language with their useless terms.SODAssault said:"Terrorist/Terrorism".
Every last fucking person that commits a heinous act nowadays is bandied about by the media as a terrorist. A terrorist is one who inspires fear in others in order to further their cause, not someone who does something for their own pleasure and doesn't care who knows it.
Stupid political "buzzwords" are completely removing the meaning and impact from once-powerful words.
Some could say the media are the terrorists... cos' they are the ones spreading the terror, this needs cleaning up to make it look like a "witty" attack on news that has been blown out of all proportions... but I am not gonna be the guy to do it, its not my MO.SODAssault said:"Terrorist/Terrorism".
Every last fucking person that commits a heinous act nowadays is bandied about by the media as a terrorist. A terrorist is one who inspires fear in others in order to further their cause, not someone who does something for their own pleasure and doesn't care who knows it.
Stupid political "buzzwords" are completely removing the meaning and impact from once-powerful words.
High Altitude Low Opening. It's a parachute term.The Maddest March Hare said:Any popular or often used Band name, song name or game title. Halo means nothing to me any more, for instance.
I'm guilty of that. SorryKeshihead said:I get sick of people spelling 'a lot' as 'alot', so that's now lost all meaning to me. It's TWO words, not one!!!