A Vote That Also Matters
By Mitch Berg
Time Magazine is stealing some of my material. But it’s for the greater good, so I’ll let ’em get away with it for now.
Time apparently has started an annual “Which Word Should Be Banned” poll.
And while I’ve never even heard of some of them, there’s one that I agree with wholeheartedly:
feminist: You have nothing against feminism itself, but when did it become a thing that every celebrityhad to statetheir position on whether this word applies to them, like some politician declaring a party? Let’s stick to the issues and quit throwing this label around like ticker tape at a Susan B. Anthony parade.
Good lord. No kidding.
Look – “feminism” in the sense of supporting women’s legal and moral equality, hardly anyone argues with. Certainly not me – which is one reason I’m the Twin Cities’ best feminist. And take a moment and smoke ’em if you got ’em, because that battle’s been pretty much won (and like any battle, they’re all “pretty much”, rather than to an absolute numerical limit, won).
But the term has become a cliche.
November 13th, 2014 at 9:41 am
Does this make you also the Twin Cities best cliche?
November 13th, 2014 at 9:56 am
I don’t know if this one has ever been on a banned list or not, but “hella” drives up a wall. When I hear the word “hella”, I don’t think “extremely, or really (good), or an inordinate amount of enhancement”, I think “fog lights”
November 13th, 2014 at 11:13 am
It looks like “the dog is dead but the tail’s still wagging” ‘Time Magazine’ is trying to wipe out ‘Buzzfeed’s’ most heavily trafficked words.
Personally – I’d like to eliminate “Wow” as a response when a person disagrees with your thinking or point but doesn’t pack the gear to refute your thinking or point and goes with smug instead of intellect to win the day.
If I get two nominations? I’d like to eliminate “Sooooo” as in “thank you sooooo much for making me the perfect pumpkin spice latte”!
If I get three nominations? “Actually” – It is used far too often. ‘Actually’ I think I’ve nominated it previously here at SITD. Shows you what power I have. Even this small – Yet Regionally Predominant – blog can’t treble my wish to eliminate the overuse of the word “actually”. Actually.
November 13th, 2014 at 2:55 pm
“Literally.” The way Biden uses the word (google “biden” and “literally”).
Obama chose “slow” Joe Biden for the VP slot in 2008 because he thought Biden would add “gravitas” to the ticket.