Weary words
posted by D. B. Scott at
4:16 pm
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
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20 Comments:
Closure.
Roll up their sleeves (re H1N1 shot).
Iconic.
Blasted. (As in: "Opposition MPs blasted the Health Minister today...")
Surely "legendary" should make the list...
arguably.
titular
shuttered
make no mistake
folks
absolutely
(an overused affirmative response which usually ends up translating as "perhaps")
any word with "-ista" on the end of it
"perfect"
Burgeoning.
Garnered.
Random.
foodie
also: anonymous
Let me be clear (Hello, Steve Harper).
Let me get this straight (in letters to the editor).
At the end of the day.
Back in the day.
Holistic.
"So"
to start a blog post
Almost every term writers use related to movie production in order to avoid saying "directed" or "shot" or whatever: "helmed" and "lensed" are my two least favourite.
Impact.
Mostly, I hate how it, and a growing number of other words, get used a verbs.
Of course, I meant a growing number of other nouns, not words. Duh
beg the question
- overused and usually misused
moniker
How about the "the" in the phrase, "he is married to the actress Penny Ante." What's wrong with just "actress"?
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