Comments on: Word Probation, by Paul Shirley

By: M Shirley

M Shirley — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:31:08 +0000

well is a noun and it modifies little-kid legs.

By: pragmatism

pragmatism — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:22:08 +0000

well is an adverb and modifies “am”. good is an adjective.
somehow people have started to use wary when they mean leery or wary.
no wonder you don’t like the word douche. http://www.google.com/search?q=paul+shirley+douche&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=&oe=&rlz=1I7ADFA_en

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:06:22 +0000

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you’re welcome.

By: Casey

Casey — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:24:54 +0000

paul –

i “thoroughly” enjoyed “your take” on a subject that is “very” interesting to me. “having said that,” “i feel like” “it seems like” you’ve “got a lot of demons.” perhaps you should “chillax” before you literally “stroke out.”

“yours very truly,”

Casey

P.S. you’re an “asshat”

By: hugostop

hugostop — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:11:18 +0000

“Random.”

It had its peak circa MTV’s Laguna Beach, season 1, referring to anything “like, weird, you know?”

I fucking hate it when someone uses the word “random.” You know what’s random? Traffic patterns. Slot machine results. Not your stupid friends ignoring your stupid fucking text messages. Suck my nuts, Lauren Conrad.

By: John Spillane

John Spillane — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:43:17 +0000

SRSLY, a butterfly dies when douchebag is said, go w/ d-bag if you have to or Tina Fey’s proposed replacement “JAGWEED”. I’ll give up any word if we, as a nation, can agree to blackball doucebag.

Marm, thanks for the heads up on Oxford and prepositions, SRSLY bless them, but it sounded like you were going to end that post with a “serving my kids fries on the way to a ski trip” bit, and I know you don’t have the hair to pull that line off.
I’m never not ending without a preposition, above.

By: John Spillane

John Spillane — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:28:56 +0000

for the love! : ( TOO TOO TOO TOO TOO

By: John Spillane

John Spillane — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:27:47 +0000

thanks for the “it is what it is” listing
MY LIST:
-foodstuffs
-”a blah blah for the _____ set” (OMG that sends blood to my forehead)
-speak to that (how hard is it to say “address that”)
Re: “Bro” and your short “most interesting man in the world-esque” condemnation, I say nay. “Bro” transcends surfers, frat boys, and Keanu for ME. “Dude” is just kinda yucky, “man” and “friend” can’t be on the job 24/7, and the person’s actual name may not be only one syllable. Replace before you lambast bro bro bro. Oh and I’m taking “esque” to the grave with me so don’t holster your glare yet.
Where the F do guys include “: )” in work emails? In personal emails and texts I’m smiling it up, “:)”s are fast and easy bro.
TO OBVIOUS TO INCLUDE BUT…:
just saying
meh
at the end of the day
punch in the face (it’s the not so new “throw-up in mouth”
- Later Bros

By: Bob K

Bob K — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:04:47 +0000

The question asked by Midwestern folk “Hows Come?” is more than a bit irritating

By: MARKY_KGB

MARKY_KGB — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:18:44 +0000

I am just making sure we are all in agreement that, at this point in our linguistic evolution, people who still use the word “WHATEVER” as a standard answer to some question they don’t find favorable should be sterilized. Obviously, this does include Brittini, Portia and Chloe saying the abbreviated “WHATEV” as well.

A few others for the list of phrases we are keeping an eye on:
1. People that like to get “everyone on the same page”. I have never stood on an open book nor am I ever reading the same book as all of the other nimrods in all of these meetings or conference calls.
2. People that tell you they “are going to preface what I am about to say”. Um, I think you telling me you are going to preface something counts as your actual preface?
3. People that use parenthesis, colons, and dashes to make smiley faces in their work email or texts. This phase of sideways smiley faces being great lasted for about 14 seconds. When I had AOL and my dial up internet connection, I needed every possible outlet to make me smile. If you are a guy over 14 years old that uses these still, then I look forward to seeing you on “Dateline: To Catch a Predator” next season.
4. This isn’t really a language misuse, but I just need to find a way to get people to stop dotting the god damn letter “i” in their name with a heart or a smiley face. Unless you are a waitress at Hooters that is trying to get me to think that you really do like me so I tip you the full 18%, then just stop it.

Paul/Mick – Would I please be able to get in on the advanced name calling action? If so, then: How are thing going taint cleaners?