To Obama, to "pivot" means, "To spin in place some multiple of 360º."The Annoyed Man wrote:That one's simple. If you're a collectivist (in all things), then "The People" is a collectivist term. Therefore, The People may be armed through the agency of appointed enforcers and bureaucrats and armies, but not individually. The People's this. The People's that. The People's Republic of Californiastan. If you're a conservative/libertarian, then you properly understand the rights of the people as individual rights.bdickens wrote:Imply and infer.
One implies to and infers from.
But what really drives me up the wall is when people can't seem to understand the plain meaning of simple, basic English phrases like "shall not be infringed" and "the right of the people."
One of my latest bugaboos...... "Pivot," which from Obama has come to mean "more of the same."
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- Sat Aug 10, 2013 6:16 am
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- Thu Aug 08, 2013 8:55 pm
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I have some "younger relatives", well into adulthood, but multigenerational that insist on talking to one another in baby talk. Got one thing to say... CUT IT OUT!!! Fortunately they recently moved out of state, but if you guys happen to see this post, PLEASE know that it makes you look like morons!Abraham wrote: The infantilization of words has become popular: Can't post the word shotgun, but must use Shotty instead...? Flatty for flounder and so on. Please...stop the baby talk or shall I bring you a pacifier and a sippy cup?
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- Thu Aug 08, 2013 8:47 pm
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Only when it comes from a democrat, or an anti-gun nut.MeMelYup wrote:The two words thet drive me up the wall are: common sense.
- Wed Aug 07, 2013 3:23 pm
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But that's not redundant in Texas -- in fact it is an actual description of what a water heater does all summer long -- heat hot water!G26ster wrote:
Add: Hot water heater
- Wed Aug 07, 2013 2:47 pm
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When I was growing up (in the midwest) the word was pronounced "worsh", as in "worshing machine". But I outgrew it.RottenApple wrote:I can top that. My wife, like many Bostonians, will remove the 'R' from words it belongs in and place it in words it doesn't. "Cah Warsh" is a perfect example.sjfcontrol wrote:Hmmm... My wife, the southerner, uses the word "ideal" instead of "idea", as in "I have a good ideal, lets go out for dinner tonight."RottenApple wrote:"acrost" as in, "I'm trying to get my point acrost". My wife, the darn-yankee, uses it all the time. ARGH!
- Wed Aug 07, 2013 2:26 pm
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Hmmm... My wife, the southerner, uses the word "ideal" instead of "idea", as in "I have a good ideal, lets go out for dinner tonight."RottenApple wrote:"acrost" as in, "I'm trying to get my point acrost". My wife, the darn-yankee, uses it all the time. ARGH!
- Wed Aug 07, 2013 2:09 pm
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Another one I can think of is "good" measurements, as in... "The store is a good mile from here." Is that as opposed to a "bad mile"?
- Wed Aug 07, 2013 10:22 am
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I sometimes wonder about flammable and inflammable both meaning the same thing, but frankly I could care less.