In honor of Karen now being able to say Because I Am 46, we thought
we'd start her year off with a list of words she'd rather not hear
anymore. Some of the words we are still sick of and those have really
got to go.
*Swagger: The worst thing about the overuse of this word is nobody knows what it means and everyone uses it incorrectly.
*Meds: ER is not on anymore, please stop pretending you're Dr. Carter. The correct term is drugs.
*I's: I swear to all that is holy if I see one more person writing "this is Jim and I's new dog..." I'll just flip. Often the people who use I's also incorrectly call themselves myself.
*Hybrid: This one especially bothers me when used to describe art made by people who swagger to their scanners, scan their art, then add stuff to it in Photoshop.
*Resonate: It's faux deep. I am tired of people asking, "does this idea resonate with you?" instead of: "Whaddaya think?" Not every thing has to touch my soul deeply. I can just agree or disagree.
*Reach Out (instead of contact or talk to)
*H1N1: Nobody has it, whew. Why is it still news?
*Census: I have email from 2008 I still haven't answered, sorry no time to fill out that thing.
*Look, clearly: Oh, enough already!!!! You would be so much more clear if you would just go ahead and say whatever it is, instead of asking that everyone let you be clear. Let me be clear: at the end of the day, all this meta speak does not resonate with me at all.
*Miss: For reasons I still haven't figured out, adults call me Miss Linda. This must stop. I am not a kindergarten teacher and if I were, it would still not be ok.
And to balance things out, some words we still love and use way too often, probably to the annoyance of everyone around us:
*LAME!
*Delish!
*What?!<--- actually, we say this one with an English accent. We are so affected. It's more like WOT?!
*What can choo do? <--- Buddha bless Ignacio.
*Kill me now!
*I am soooo done!
We really do speak with exclamation points.
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We know it can be annoying to go to blogs and keep being told about sales and coupons but we get so excited when we have a coupon to offer that we want to be sure nobody misses out! Often once a coupon expires, people email and ask us if we'll ever have free shipping on Meeting In The Ladies Room. Unfortunately, we only have free shipping when the fine folks at Blurb offer them and they are currently offering one until March 22nd. And since we're celebrating being alive, we're donating 30% of our march proceeds to Susan G. Komen For The Cure. Coupons are like warranties, as soon as they expire you need one!
*Swagger: The worst thing about the overuse of this word is nobody knows what it means and everyone uses it incorrectly.
*Meds: ER is not on anymore, please stop pretending you're Dr. Carter. The correct term is drugs.
*I's: I swear to all that is holy if I see one more person writing "this is Jim and I's new dog..." I'll just flip. Often the people who use I's also incorrectly call themselves myself.
*Hybrid: This one especially bothers me when used to describe art made by people who swagger to their scanners, scan their art, then add stuff to it in Photoshop.
*Resonate: It's faux deep. I am tired of people asking, "does this idea resonate with you?" instead of: "Whaddaya think?" Not every thing has to touch my soul deeply. I can just agree or disagree.
*Reach Out (instead of contact or talk to)
*H1N1: Nobody has it, whew. Why is it still news?
*Census: I have email from 2008 I still haven't answered, sorry no time to fill out that thing.
*Look, clearly: Oh, enough already!!!! You would be so much more clear if you would just go ahead and say whatever it is, instead of asking that everyone let you be clear. Let me be clear: at the end of the day, all this meta speak does not resonate with me at all.
*Miss: For reasons I still haven't figured out, adults call me Miss Linda. This must stop. I am not a kindergarten teacher and if I were, it would still not be ok.
And to balance things out, some words we still love and use way too often, probably to the annoyance of everyone around us:
*LAME!
*Delish!
*What?!<--- actually, we say this one with an English accent. We are so affected. It's more like WOT?!
*What can choo do? <--- Buddha bless Ignacio.
*Kill me now!
*I am soooo done!
We really do speak with exclamation points.
******
We know it can be annoying to go to blogs and keep being told about sales and coupons but we get so excited when we have a coupon to offer that we want to be sure nobody misses out! Often once a coupon expires, people email and ask us if we'll ever have free shipping on Meeting In The Ladies Room. Unfortunately, we only have free shipping when the fine folks at Blurb offer them and they are currently offering one until March 22nd. And since we're celebrating being alive, we're donating 30% of our march proceeds to Susan G. Komen For The Cure. Coupons are like warranties, as soon as they expire you need one!
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