Re: Eh?

Posted by ESC on December 05, 2004

In Reply to: Re: Eh? posted by d on December 04, 2004

: : : : : : The Top Politically Correct Words and Phrases for 2004:

: : : : : : 1. "Device" for master and "captured device" for slave in computer networking terminology
: : : : : : 2. Non-same sex marriage, for marriage used in Democratic Presidential Primaries
: : : : : : 3. Waitron for waiter or waitress
: : : : : : 4. Red Sox Lover for Yankee Hater during the ALCS playoffs
: : : : : : 5. "Higher Power" for God
: : : : : : 6. Progressive for classical liberal
: : : : : : 7. Incurious rather than more impolite invectives for President Bush (such as idiot or moron)
: : : : : : 8. Insurgents substituting for terrorists in Iraq
: : : : : : 9. Baristas rather than waitrons
: : : : : : 10. First year student rather than Freshman, though Frosh is still acceptable.

: : : : : : From The Global Language Monitoring Police. Details on the above and more interesting stuff at the GLM site: http://www.languagemonitor.com/

: : : : : can I just ask - what the fk is that all about?

: : : : Lewis: Well, why not? I for one was pleased to learn of another intriguing site to feed my insatiable lust for neologisms--DH

: : : I'm just curious, Dale. As one who lusts for juicy young neologisms, would you describe yourself as an "encyclopaedophile"?

: : I don't understand your question. This site is for the discussion of phrases. At least, that was the original intent.

: phrases, sayings and idioms at
: The Phrase Finder--An idiom can be a single word--DH

Who are you people?

• Re: Eh? Bob 05/December/04
  • All these terms are substitutes for phrases Lotg 05/December/04
    • Rebuked? Lewis 06/December/04
      • PS Lewis 06/December/04