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alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
Fri Nov 4, 2016, 04:31 PM Nov 2016

Top Five 2016 Election Terms that Need to Die

1) Tightening - Ooof. "The polls are tightening." All of a sudden, everybody decided that the verb "to tighten" was descriptive of populations and public opinion. Fuckin' A, STFU.

2) Oppo and/or Oppo Dump - Good Lord, stop it. We're approaching the territory where frat boys say "Copy that" into their smart phones because it sounds more military. Stop waiting for a "miracle story." Just do the work that needs to be done.

3) Email Server - Oh my God, die, phrase, die.

4) Tremendous - Shitheel Trump has ruined that rather lovely word forever. He's such an asshole.

5) Lawsuit - See "waiting for a miracle," version 2. It's not reality teevee; stop the foolishness.

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Top Five 2016 Election Terms that Need to Die (Original Post) alcibiades_mystery Nov 2016 OP
6) "Make ___ Great Again" Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2016 #1
Seriously...I will not patronize a business that uses this foolishness in some dumb ad alcibiades_mystery Nov 2016 #3
I'll never understand how the more-patriotic-than-thou party Rocknrule Nov 2016 #13
Baked in the cake (nt) JaneQPublic Nov 2016 #4
ALL OF THIS: JHan Nov 2016 #5
I have another one: Nate Silver. n/t duffyduff Nov 2016 #6
Here's another favorite word of Trump that I am sick of---DISASTER. skylucy Nov 2016 #8
"coming home" "double down" nt ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2016 #9
Double Down was one of the shit terms from 2012. I agree that "coming home" is 2016 sloppiness alcibiades_mystery Nov 2016 #10
Buhlieve Me! geo1 Nov 2016 #11
I'm increasingly convinced that Oppo Dump is the dumbest of all alcibiades_mystery Nov 2016 #12
Hope I never hear "bigly" ever again. eom tarheelsunc Nov 2016 #14
"Outsider", Jamaal510 Nov 2016 #15

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,181 posts)
1. 6) "Make ___ Great Again"
Fri Nov 4, 2016, 04:35 PM
Nov 2016

Yes, I know it's a parody of Trump's slogan that can be used for anything.

I don't care.

I don't want to be reminded of Donald Trump's awful campaign any more than I have to.

 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
3. Seriously...I will not patronize a business that uses this foolishness in some dumb ad
Fri Nov 4, 2016, 04:36 PM
Nov 2016

Period.

Fuck all that.

Rocknrule

(5,697 posts)
13. I'll never understand how the more-patriotic-than-thou party
Fri Nov 4, 2016, 10:16 PM
Nov 2016

can support a guy who sucks Putin's dick and whose slogan is literally "America sucks now"

skylucy

(3,739 posts)
8. Here's another favorite word of Trump that I am sick of---DISASTER.
Fri Nov 4, 2016, 04:48 PM
Nov 2016

Everything is a DISASTER according to Donald. Donald only knows two "big words"--Tremendous and Disaster.

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
15. "Outsider",
Fri Nov 4, 2016, 10:41 PM
Nov 2016

"enthusiasm", "speaks his/her mind", "dynasty", "excuse me I'm talking", "gun grabber", and "national polling".

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