List the most annoying terms seen on DU:

[kick-ass-bob]

"fitzmas"


Your turn.

[matcom]

1. bob

;)

[kick-ass-bob]

2. hippo.

:grr:



:P

[alarcojon]

22. Ass on crack

[Midlodemocrat]

24. .

:popcorn:

[alarcojon]

25. The popcorn smiley

B-)

[henslee]

68. Yes. Next comes the sarcasm smiley. I mean if you have to

explain it's sarcasm then its no fun. You may as well start writing funny... or sad.

[kick-ass-bob]

71. Here:

[henslee]

72. yah killin me bwhahahahahahah

:sarcasm:

[SoCalDem]

70. Why do you hate America?? and You are making Baby Jesus cry, too.

[Cannikin]

3. Any scandle with "-gate" in it.

[GirlinContempt]

17. Agreed

[Left Is Write]

85. Next thing you know, people will be referring to Watergate...

as "Watergategate."

What ever would scandals have been called more than thirty years after the fact if it had been the Waldorf Astoria instead?

[Oeditpus Rex]

93. Saladgate

:hide:

[the_spectator]

129. Thank god it wasn't!

We'd be stuck with Iranastoria, Hummerastoria, Plamastoria... "Gate" works so much better!

[swimboy]

4. President Bush

[Texasgal]

5. "spot on"

:eyes:

[kick-ass-bob]

32. who the hell says "spot on" anyways?

That would get annoying - I haven't seen that too much.

[FizzFuzz]

79. people who wear pants-pogs, the anti-panty

one would think

[IMOK_UROK2]

87. Well....

The origin is military.
"Spot on" has a short entry in Eric Partridge, "A Dictionary of Catch Phrases American and British":
"Right on the spot, orig. dead centre on target: RAF: WW2 and after.
Adopted by civilians in UK, in Aus., in S. Africa. Cf 'bang on!' and 'right on!'"

Maybe we have a British DU'er.

[grace0418]

120. I say it. I've said it for years. So do several people I know.

Sorry to offend.

[MissMillie]

6. brazilian

:evilgrin:

[terrya]

13. Thank you, MissMillie!!

I think we've heard that joke enough times. :-)

[Evergreen Emerald]

16. I think I've heard it a brazilian times

Ha!! I love that joke!

[Midlodemocrat]

7. It's beginning to look a lot like Fitzmas.....

Rove is going down
Scooter's not far behind
Perp walking comes to mind.
Cheney's not been seen around the town.




Sorry, Bob. I had to.

[kick-ass-bob]

28. Good thing you're not a mod anymore.

:grr: :nuke: :mad:







:P :hi:

[Midlodemocrat]

34. Nice, real nice.

:hi:

[Cannikin]

8. ...Jumped the shark

[kick-ass-bob]

31. YES!

I must agree.

[the_spectator]

130. Has the shark been jumped? Largely unclear, but...

"THE TIDE IS TURNING"!!!!

[Devra]

9. drank the coolaid

[kick-ass-bob]

29. koolaid has gotten a bad rap.

x(

:D

[Skinner]

10. "KKKarl"

"Repuke"
"*"

[kick-ass-bob]

33. and here I thought the "*" only meant something in baseball.

I was wondering why everyone was mentioning Roger Maris.
:shrug:

[jane_pippin]

39. Aw, I like * because for the longest time I thought it was

a nickname with a nod to Kurt Vonnegut's drawing from Breakfast of Champions and that makes me laugh. (I know better now, but I still look at it that way for fun.)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

42. SKKKinner

just teasin' ;)

[ghostsofgiants]

106. THANK YOU!

[Rabrrrrrr]

11. "matcom", "sundog", "jimmyjazz"

:evilgrin:

[Midlodemocrat]

12. rabrrrrr

Sounds like a cat coughing up a hairball.

I am still pissed at you about the grocery cart.

[Rabrrrrrr]

15. I saw that one coming!

:hugs:

[Midlodemocrat]

18. LOL. I figured you would.

:hug: backatcha

[JimmyJazz]

19. You'd better take that back or I'll tell everyone about

your secret crush on matcom. Oops. Did I say that aloud? :P

[matcom]

20. sssshhhhh

don't say anything or DS1 won't want prison sex anymore

[Rabrrrrrr]

89. Yeah, wouldn't want that to stop!

I'm financing my new home through the pics I'm getting from the hidden web cam, um, by working a second job totally unrelated to gay prison voyeur porn because that would be, um, unethical and, uh, rotten.

[AntiCoup2K4]

14. "New McGovernite loony left"

Or whatever it is the DLC is calling Liberals this week

[no name no slogan]

21. "DU this poll!"

It's a stupid, self-selecting online poll. WHO FREAKING CARES????

[kick-ass-bob]

35. DU THIS poll! It will change the world!

http://www.geocities.com/pezheadpaul/polls/sillypolls.htm

:silly:

[no name no slogan]

40. Done! nt

:rofl:

[Qanisqineq]

23. "red state" and "blue state"

also, "jump the shark" as mentioned by another poster.

[GirlinContempt]

30. Red State always makes me think

of some communist republic

[ghostsofgiants]

107. Me too

And the fact that blue is the Conservative colour up here and red is the Liberal colour mixes me up sometimes as well.

[GirlinContempt]

109. I know!

Eff it, orange it is

[ghostsofgiants]

110. Damn straight!

[GirlinContempt]

112. Awww yea baby

[bertha katzenengel]

26. Meme. And "curse" as regards baseball.

:eyes:

[kick-ass-bob]

36. There's only one curse left!

:crazy:

What will they talk about when that one's busted?

[lpbk2713]

45. Meme and props

I have never heard meme used anywhere but on DU.

[GirlinContempt]

111. meme is used

on livejournal too :P

But it is just a normal word
http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=meme

[DS1]

27. Any iteration of Something McSomethingSomething

as Fenris would describe it

[Blue-Jay]

49. Well, aren't you quite the Surly McGrouchyPants?

:yoiks:

[RebelOne]

37. Just one that really annoys me: WTF.

[kick-ass-bob]

38. should I change to WTFS?

:bounce:

[underpants]

41. I think Fitzmas is pretty clever

I do think that people need to be prepared...they might just get a rock.

[realisticphish]

43. extremely long pseudonyms

for bush

i.e. "commander mcbunnypants cokehead o'stupid" or whatever

[WildEyedLiberal]

102. LOL

I agree, but... :rofl:

[BuelahWitch]

44. Any thread that starts with "So"

[Patiod]

53. So what's wrong with that? nt

[jonnyblitz]

46. circular firing squad..

used by people who attempt to ridicule people who don't agree with them, somebody who just wants everybody to shut up and agree with their point of view..

[realisticphish]

47. You all realize what this is, right?

This is just a way for Bob to figure out how to piss off the most DUers at once

[kick-ass-bob]

48. YOU BASTARD!

My grand scheme has been foiled!

:evilfrown:

[-..__...]

50. Touched by his noodly appendage and Pastafarians

It was lame the first time around.

[MrsMatt]

51. "Amurika" and variations

"Bushitler", "KKKarl" and other Nazi Germany references

[madinmaryland]

52. OMFG, WTF?

:wtf:

[Patiod]

54. The shrug when used as a "boy are some people stupid"

As in "well, I guess some people here are clueless/hateful/inconsiderate/Republican enough to think that way"
:shrug:

[underpants]

55. "probe" ....."Karl Rove"

Enjoy your lunch :hi:

[the_spectator]

131. Libby Fingers Cheney In Leak Probe! /nt

[asthmaticeog]

56. "kick-ass-bob"

[kick-ass-bob]

59. anything ending in

"eog"

:P

[asthmaticeog]

60. Oh SNAP!

You turned that RIGHT back around on me! Oh, MAN, you just fuckin' STEAMROLLERED me with that deft turning of the tables! And I didn't even see it comin'! I kneel before thee, o master of the zing!

:evilgrin:

[kick-ass-bob]

61. somehow, just maybe, I note a bit of sarcasm in that post...

[asthmaticeog]

62. Did the "evilgrin" smiley give me away?

Fuck, I just can NOT do deadpan.

[Meatwad]

57. "Fitzmas" tops my list.

As well as "Brazilian".

[LoZoccolo]

58. "corporatist"

Very abused and used against our own far too often, in my opinion.

[miss_kitty]

63. "Locking"

and "Name Removed" and "Message Deleted"

:o

[The Kicker]

64. "and so it begins"

[Fox Mulder]

65. I'm thinking about hiding any thread with "Fitzmas" in it...

from here on out.

"Fitzmas" is more annoying than Crazy Guggenheim posting the Brazilian joke over and over again.

[henslee]

66. bwahahahahahahahahahahahahah

[crispini]

67. Why do you hate Fitzmas?

[kick-ass-bob]

69. I'm part of a plot?

:bounce::bounce:

[Susang]

73. Bushie

:puke:

Closely followed by Pickles.

:puke:


Seriously, what are we, 7th graders? :shrug:

[soleft]

74. man or ann the man coulter

insulting to men and transgender people

[UncleSepp]

92. Second that, that one has had me on the edge of quitting

Now I just alert on it.

[Moosepoop]

75. Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas.

Stop insulting my dog. He's flealess.

[Lilith Velkor]

76. hubby

bleccch.

[FizzFuzz]

80. I've always hated that too.

not sure why it makes me puke so, but it does.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

77. "Meme". Although to be fair, I hardly see it used any more. It seems

to have fallen out of fashion.

I couldn't be happier! :bounce:

[Jara sang]

78. "neener, neener, neener"

whatever the fuck that means.

[NoPasaran]

81. "DLC"

especially when used by people who don't know the difference between the DLC and the DNC

[johnnie]

82. "Shut up johnnie"

That one gets on my nerves! :grr:


:hi:

[alarcojon]

83. No mention of the.........

Clenis?

[Meatwad]

84. Not a term, but I'm annoyed with abbreviations.

Not all of us know what you are trying to say with the abbreviations! Spell out the whole thing for us, please!

[rug]

86. chicken

[jojog]

88. nt

[tallahasseedem]

90. This is Hugh!!11!!!!11!!!1

:hide:

[nytemare]

97. I second the Hugh!!1!!!!1!!!!11 motion!

I don't know why, but it perturbs me.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

91. Cabal is getting old now

I mean, you know, NOBODY ever said it until last week and now it is everywhere, like where has this word BEEN all our lives?

[Oeditpus Rex]

94. 'Your going to love this'

And other examples of a lack of fundamental education. :spank:

[uppityperson]

95. bush Bush * smirk Mr.bush chimp bush * bush * bush *...

make him go awayyyyyyyyyyyyy

[sleipnir]

96. Anyone posting song lyrics as subject title.

And then they post the fucking song.

Honestly, it's the most arrogant, egotistical, masturbatory thing on DU.

[RetroLounge]

98. Creep

When you were here before, couldn't look you in the eye
You're just like an angel, your skin makes me cry
You float like a feather
In a beautiful world
I wish I was special
You're so fuckin special

But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doin here?
I don't belong here

I don't care if it hurts, I wanna have control
I want a perfect body, I want a perfect soul
I want you to notice, when I'm not around
You're so fuckin special
I wish I was special

But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doin here?
I don't belong here, ohhhh, ohhhh

She's running out again...
She's running out, she runs, runs, runs, runs... runs...

Whatever makes you happy
Whatever you want
You're so fuckin special
I wish I was special
But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doin here?
I don't belong here
I don't belong here

:hi:

RL

[sleipnir]

101. Well, that was witty use of song lyrics et title

:D

[RetroLounge]

104. Just making sure I remain known as

the most arrogant, egotistical, masturbatory thing on DU.

Should be my tag line :D

:hi:

RL

[ErisFiveFingers]

99. Moran.

Okay, it was funny the first time I saw it. Same for maybe the 100th time. But the 10,000th?

[Cats Against Frist]

100. "speaking truth to power"

I've always hated that one. I don't know why.

[JackDragna]

116. I've hated it, too.

It's one of those overblown, idiotic sounding political phrases I wish would be given the Old Yeller treatment.

[WildEyedLiberal]

103. "Furbaby"

It's so cloying and cutesy, and it makes me think of Elmyra from Tiny Toons.





"I'm gonna HUG you and LOVE you and SQUEEEEEZE you!"

[ghostsofgiants]

108. God, how I hated her...

[LSK]

105. President Bush

Really annoying.

[GirlinContempt]

113. People who don't know the difference between

a term and word.

Opps that's not a term either ;)

[Left Is Write]

114. Hmmm...

Webster's New Collegiate, defintion 4a for "term": a word or expression that has a precise meaning in some uses or is peculiar to a science, art, profession, or subject.

So if term, above, is defined as "a word", then what IS the difference between a term and a word?

:D

[Oeditpus Rex]

117. 'Word' can be applied generically

"Term" can't.

There're something like 280,000 words in the English language. Most are not terms.

A street definition of "term" would be "Another word, or words, for something."

In other words, I'm :crazy:

[Left Is Write]

118. But...

I think "Fitzmas" is allowable as a "term" under the definition above.

(By the way...I'm not at all invested in whether Fitzmas is a term or a word. I'm just teasing GIC a little...)

[Oeditpus Rex]

119. In that case

I shall step back, remove my word geek hat and wait for the feathers to fly.

:popcorn:

[GirlinContempt]

123. What was already said

fitzmas is a term (sadly *sigh*) but some... other things... aren't

[JackDragna]

115. "I did (insert inane thing here). Ask me Anything!"

"Okay, I'm asking you something. Who are you and why should strangers on the internet give a flying #$%! about what you did?"

[Neil Lisst]

121. "Corporatist" - talk about a term that means nothing ...

It's the kind of jargonistic term some folks on our side love to throw around. Just say what it is you don't like about them. Leave out the bullshit words that don't mean anything outside a WTO protest.

If you don't want to support "corporatism," unplug and throw away your computer, and never get online again. Don't buy groceries, grow your own. Use candles, and eschew all forms of corporate products.

If you want to call someone a name, use one that actually means something.

[GirlinContempt]

124. Wow, thanks for that astounding display

of faulty logic.

"If you don't want to support "corporatism," unplug and throw away your computer, and never get online again. Don't buy groceries, grow your own. Use candles, and eschew all forms of corporate products."

Yeah, and if you dont like the government, LEAVE. :eyes:

[Neil Lisst]

125. Exactly my point. Thanks for showing up.

Mindless use of terms that mean nothing.

Exactly what do you think a corporatist is?

Tell me which Democrats are corporatists and what makes them corporatists.

[GirlinContempt]

126. Corporatism is:

Historically, corporatism or corporativism (Italian corporativismo) is a political system in which legislative power is given to corporations that represent economic, industrial and professional groups. Unlike pluralism, in which many groups must compete for control of the state, in corporatism, certain unelected bodies take a critical role in the decision-making process. A corporatist state

... does not simply license the existence of organized interest groups but incorporates them into its own centralized hierarchical system of regulation. In doing so, the state simultaneously recognizes its dependence upon these associations and seeks to use them as an instrument in the pursuit and legitimation of its policies.<1>

The word "corporatism" is derived from the Latin word for body, corpus. This original meaning was not connected with the specific notion of a business corporation, but rather a general reference to any incorporated body. Its usage reflects medieval European concepts of a whole society in which the various components each play a part in the life of the society, just as the various parts of the body serve specific roles in the life of a body. According to various theorists, corporatism was an attempt to create a "modern" version of feudalism by merging the "corporate" interests with those of the state. (Also see neofeudalism.)

Political scientists may also use the term corporatism to describe a practice whereby an authoritarian state, through the process of licensing and regulating officially-incorporated social, religious, economic, or popular organizations, effectively co-opts their leadership or circumscribes their ability to challenge state authority by establishing the state as the source of their legitimacy. This usage is particularly common in the area of East Asia studies, and is sometimes also referred to as state corporatism.

etc etc etc etc etc


It is a real word. And I'd say 99% of the Dems I'm familiar with ARE corporatist, to some degree or another.

I don't see how what I said was 'exactly your point'

[GirlinContempt]

127. Oh and

http://m-w.com/dictionary/corporatism

[Deja Q]

122. I utterly agree!

[UTUSN]

128. Sheeple n/t