Loathing language
There are some words and phrases being thrown about these days that really don't serve any purpose other than to piss me off. These groups of words make me want to stop reading, turn off the radio, TV, or smack the shit out of the person making the offending blather.
See if you agree with my choices.
1. "I'm just sayin" This phrase is meant to thinly disguise an insult but not enough to excuse the fact that someone is verbally shitting on you.
Example: Hey bud, people in your line of work are usually fuckin liars and thieves.... I'm just sayin....
2. "Know what I'm sayin" or "Noamsane" People have replaced "Ummm" and "you know" with this meaningless 5 syllable verbal turd.
Unfortunately it is on the lips of every wannabe, faggot ass, whiteboy gangster from the suburbs.
3. "My bad" It may have been cute on Southpark ten years ago but now it sounds really really stupid coming out of the mouth of a 55 year old man. Who the fuck came up with "my bad", some mentally disabled guy from Compton who shits his pants a lot?
4. "Bling" Another term that has outlived it's novelty. Quit trying to act streetwise by using these stupid words from MTV.
5. "Fucktard" This term was ok at first, until the Internet commandos got hold of it and made it their own. Now anyone that doesn't agree with Al Gore is a "fucktard", anyone who doesn't Vote Hillary Obama 08 is a fucktard, anyone who thinks for themselves is a "fucktard"
6. "Sweet" another term that has outlived it's usefulness, now it just sounds stupid . Stop saying it.
7. "Sick" Not the stomach flu sick, but the one that took the place of cool and rad. "man, that trick was sick yo" It sounds fucking ignorant.
Maybe I'm getting old, but when I hear people talking these days I just want to hit them upside the head with a brick until they stop.
I think our language is devolving.
posted by Bill Rowland @ May 25, 2007
66 Comments
66 Comments:
Cool!
I agree...we devolve!
Any internet or IM acronym (like <-that one) utilized verbally, either spoken as a word or as individual letters. LOL, BFF, ESAD, WTF and others are to be read, not said.
I am alwasy behind in the latest slang - and never really know what it means. I have fallen victim to the "sweet" thing on occasion, but I try to make a concious effort to NEVER use slang as I think it makes me sound stupid. I also don't like "Whaz up?" and I have no idea why. I also invented fucktard, but have to agree that its overuse has dulled it's meaning and made it very commonplace.
I agree on this one. I use cool and awsome sometimes but not very often. Only when I think somethign is really neat.
at first I thought you were crazy, but the more I read, the more I agree. I guess I'm crazy too!
"sweet" makes me want to shove red hot ice picks in my ears every time I hear some fucktard saying it!
I agree with everything but fucktard. I guess I haven't seen it quite as much as you. But I will never use it again if it is as annoying as every other word on the list.
"My Bad" makes me want to grab that person by the hair and pull their face down to meet my knee coming up. I always wondered who was to blame for that one.
I can't stand it when anyone copies ghetto-styled anything. It's like saying "I want to be a low-life scumbag with no education or common sense - aren't I cool?"
I also hate "that's so New" as in something that is old and over done or over rated. I have an aquantance that always says that, and I wanna beat her with a bat every time she goes. "oh that's so new"
Now the my bad, I don't like except first time my son said it at 5 yrs old, and when the parrot fell off it's perch, climbed back up and went, uht oh, my bad. Now that was funny. lol
Now I'm guilty of using fucktard, but I put fuck in front of a bunch of words. fucktard, fucknut, fuckhat, fuckfucker. That's when I'm really mad and can't think. lol
I'm guilty of fucktard. Every time Adam does something stupid, that is his pet name. Oh my bad. I think I even used that recently in a post. LOL Sorry Hammer.
Oh and I hate bling.
The devolution of the English language is indeed distressing. One wonders whether the individuals utilizing such trite idiom are too obtuse to appreciate the deleterious effect of such phrases upon the collective erudition.
Indeed, one questions the perspicacity of such individuals in the broader sense.
I'm just sayin'...
'Who the fuck came up with "my bad", some mentally disabled guy from Compton who shits his pants a lot?'
That's just funny, because I can totally see it. I was sick of people saying "my bad" in 1992.
I don't think I can stop saying "Sweet" though. I'll try to mix it up with "Groovy" and "Swell" though, so that people will know I'm doing it ironically.
I say fucktard a lot. Am I not cool anymore? *sniffle*
Mushy: "Or we be devolvin yo" ;)
Jami: I couldn't believe my ears when I first heard someone do that.
Jenny: you should get royalties for creating fucktard. You'd be like Donald Trump. ;)
Tweety: Me too but since they've been accepted by webster I won't lose sleep :)
editor: Glad to hear I'm not the only crazy one :)
tysgirl: shove those icepicks toward the offenders and all will be well ;)
jeannie: I wonder how ghetto got cool? It's even on the cartoons these days.
burfica: I hadn't heard "thats so new" but I'll hate it anyway if you wish :) Little kids are cute when they use silly terms until they get older...
carrie: It's ok I'll let it slide ;)
AD: You have elucidated a cogent hypothesis on this societal conundrum. ;)
Diesel: It's hard not to be ironic so just add an extra "e" to sweet so I can imagine Eric Cartman saying it ;)
snowmanpoop: I guess I'm just sensitive from all the times I've been called fucktard on the message boards and chat rooms. Maybe I should start wearing abig scarlet F on my forehead ;)
no, but I have heard similar tales.
My personal hates are yo you you mah man & dats what Im talkin abowwh its even more annoying when the idiot saying is a ginger irish person
I'm so damn brilliant that I have to use many of those words just so that people of average intelligence can actually relate to me. I've never used fucktard. That's just silly. Sweet is here to stay.
I use "I'm just sayin'" a lot, but in a different context. The way you mentioned is very similar to blessing people's hearts. "Lawd, have you met Mabel's granddaughter? That poor girl's about as sharp as a marble, and ugly as a mud fence... bless 'er heart." When I say, "I'm just sayin"", it tends to mean, "I feel the need to say this, but I'm not demanding that you take it seriously, or even acknowledge that it was said." Maybe I mean it in a truer sense.
And I think "Belgian twatwaffle" is much better than "fucktard", but I'm also fond of "asshat". That's because I knew someone who made hats once, and she actually made an asshat. It was a ladies' hat, pinkish satin material, little lace trim and veil... but if you looked at it from the top, it was obviously someone's rear end with the lace panties halfway off. She made it that way on purpose.
editor: thanks, I'll probably have to tell mine now.
judith: I completely forgot about "das what I'm talkin bout" Like nails on a chalkboard!
Paul: If you have to use em to communicate with the intellectually unencumbered then its justified.
nyx: your way is honorable but it seems to have been taken advantage of by others with nefarious intentions.
Kind of like someone saying: "With all due respect you're a stupid dickface" then wondering why you got upset because they said "with all due respect"
I still like asshat, I won't go after that one until the democrats run it into the ground.
I am guilty of #1. But I don't use it a lot, and I hope it does not deter you from reading my blog. I mean, I wouldn't want you to miss out on a moment of my action packed life....I'm just sayin.
Hammer,
Sweet- you rock as always- a fukterd to the max- you rock, not sick sick but rockin sick, my bad-- I;m saying sick way to much- I'm just saying, nowahtimean- represent- that whitey -my bad- anglo caucasin melanin deprive albinos- are also fuctards in there own right- I'm not racist I'm just saying, my bad, sweet, got my bling on.
I'm so language deprived that you have just reduced my vocabluarly to approximately 100,000 non-sequiters, oxymoronns, acronyms, homonyms and the occasion fart!
Sweet!
Later
J
PS: Worst response ever- My bad!
Everything you mentioned is from the black low life lingo of the streets...and like you said, MTV. Unfortunately, most annoying trends stem from the black "culture", the clothing, some of the worst music, the destruction of the English language...you name it. When it oozes into our older generations it becomes all the more annoying. We expect the kids to be dumb enough not to recognize being a scum sucking bottom feeder isn't "cool" but when adults don't get it, I get sick to my stomach. Noam Sayne?
You know, Hammer ... It is the same with terms like, "long time, no see."
It is originally NOT accepted English. The correct is to say: "It's long time I have seen you." Or: "I haven't seen you for long time." "Long time, no see" was the way the red Indians spoke in the beginning, when they didn't know better. It is the same in all languages, one get teased for not speaking correct. (ex. I speak English very best)
But after grown-ups and children have used it long enough as a kind of slang or to tease, it slowly gets into the vocabulary as an accepted term and like as slowly it shows up in the dictionary as acceptet English.
But ORIGINALLY it is "baby-language."
SOooo sweet! (sorry) thank you Hammer, I didn't know all these expressions, (some of them only), and here you are teaching me colloquial language, and even the pronunciation like "noamsane".
I can speak english from what I've learned at school, then at university, but not much of the common language, and then I understand Asian-English accent and colloquial expressions, but not American's, so for your teaching: thank you.
Asians use a lot of "long time no see"
marianne: mostly it pisses me of when it is aimed at me. Twice in the past week I've received fucked up derogatory insulting comments that were supposed to be miraculously forgiven with "I'm just sayin"
John: Oh man, have you ever been on MTV? :D
Intolerant: I guess you're right with the exception of fucktard. Why does everyone want to act like a streetwise black gangsta?
kirsten: I see your point, but I wonder why people intentionally make themselves sound ignorant with street talk when they have a choice. I guess is a rebellion thing.
kitem: Some of these have moved from the colloquial to the main stream. You are indeed fortunate to not have to put up with ignorant street talk.
Hammer,
What really pisses me off, is seeing these phrases spelled in either IM or on a cell Text Message. Our language is De-Evolving.
ENjy - L8ters
Flyinfox_SATX
I agree with you on "bling", "sick" and "my bad"! Stupid! Never heard of "fucktard" - hasn't made it over here yet!!!
What annoys ME the most is teens (or anyone for that matter!!) who seem to think that everything with a "th" is now an "f"!!! It's ALWAYS bugged me!! My daughter used to speak beautifully - hit teenage and started to say "I fink" "One, two, free", "fanks"....arrrrrgghh - it's now such a habit that she can't get out of it!!!
My kids are not allowed to say "my bad."
One hardly knows where to start on this “mish-mash” of colloquial trash.
Just seeing “my bad “is enough to induce apoplexy in any lover of the English language.
There are however many other expressions which I find equally nefarious despite their acceptance as common currency in modern English.
I cringe whenever I hear,
“have a nice day”
Or I see,
“thanks for sharing” in comments.
So you can imagine what effect your examples have on my peace of mind!
I cannot however condone any derogatory remark directed at any minority within society whether they be homosexual, mentally ill, or indeed non Caucasian. That is a worse abomination than the mutilation of our
language.
“Dehumanization is the root of all of man’s inhumanity towards his fellow man.”
Please excuse me, I think I need to lie down and sob gently into a pillow.
"Sweet" is my word. And I'm sticking with it. The rest of them can take a long walk off a short pier. ;)
I much prefer "asshat" over "fucktard." And that's not because it was a frequent word used on Gouda via AssHat Wednesdays.
I also say "word" a lot because when I do "gangsta speak" it's to actually make fun of those who do it in earnest. When a smart person intentionally makes themselves sound stupid for comedic value, it enhances the contrast. That shit is just funny to me.
Of course you totally forgot the latest murdering of the English language: putting "izzle" in the middle or the end of some random word. You know what I'm saying, Hamm-izzle?
Word. ;)
I love "asstastic" ...
we have a rule at our house - none of this talk or we schmackkkkk your head till it spins on your shoulders. simple really - they believe us. that, and we do not use poor language in front of them and rarely if ever behind their backs. they're nearly 15 and 16. our son will say to us, "what is it with kids these days?"
kids learn AND exhibit what they see and hear.
Each generation has it's own slang so to speak, I don't pay much attention to it.
The word I most dislike is 'alleged' in the news when twenty fucking people saw someone do something.
Very true my friend, very true.
Although I do like to throw a little shrug and a"I'm just sayin" into conversation every once in a while. To keep the cool factor going. Noamsane?
I hate "prolly." I don't know why. It just bugs me.
flyinfox: TTYL8R ;)
kb: I've never heard of the th-f thing. That is really disturbing! I hope that doesn't make it over here.
alan: mine either
cathy: I don't think it's aimed at minorities but the gangster slang culture in general. Some of the crap that comes out of rap and street talk is totally unacceptable.
allie: izzle is on it's way out I hope. That is about the worst ever. I hope nobody ever took it seriously.
snay: that's a good one :)
nanc: Same here none of that "homie G" BS is tolerated in my house.
bbc: alleged is so they don't get sued..they are pussies
yvonne: I guess it depends on the audience ;)
terri: I'm guilty of that one as a short cut for my poor typing skills.
I have never liked #5 & #7.
I remember when I was young we'd say something was 'bad' when it was really good & my parents hated it.
Something else, common here, is to end each sentence with 'ah-ight' Lol, it's also used along with the 'I'm just sayin' one you listed.
Groovy, dawg!!
I agree! Great post.
By the way, Hammer, I'll be setting my blog to 'private'.
Should you want to keep visiting it, please email me your email address so I can add it on to the list of readers who are welcome anytime.
Cheers friend,
Michelle
Hammer - wise words for a Swedish girl, who wants to learn the English properly!
People who are specific with their words, choose them carefully, and enjoy a precise meaning for what they feel and think and how they are trying to describe it when they talk with you, are a joy to talk to...
Slang just makes me think they are mindless, and that is BORING...
I must admit that I have recently used a few of those.
I have now read your memo and promise to never say them again!lol!
I can not stand to hear people say "know what I'm sayin". Grrr.
One of my co-workers uses it in about every other sentence she speaks. I thought when I replied
"Yes, I know what you are saying" that she might stop but it went right over her head. Oh well.
I have never used fucktard or tard. I kind of wince inside when I hear it being used. It probably has a lot to do with working at the hospital and seeing patients who are mentally retarded and also personally knowing some parents of these kids or adult children.
I am guilty of using the words "cool" and "no way" a bit too much.
I only use such terms when my daughters have friends over. Then I try to act all hip, and hip-hop, using old things like this. Acute embarrassment is the parents-of-a-teenager's best friend.
Otherwise, I hate them too.
My theory is that we live in an age where verbosity is out of place. In the fast paced, quicksilver age of instant gratification and short attention spans, the need to express oneself as rapidly and concisely as possible forces us to resort to the quick and easy expression of the cliche. We can immerse ourselves in the flowery and long winded language of the past in novels of another age, an age where time wasn't in short supply and where the expression "I need it done yesterday" just wouldn't make any sense as it does today. Eventually we might evolve to equal the conciseness of Chinese language where grunts and groans convey infinite meanings.
I hate "Hello" and "Goodbye" - and "Can you just hold still while we inject you?" why do these people say shit like that??
what? fucktard is a perfectly useful descriptor.
have fun!
Well, when u do come back, U´ll find your on my blogs-to-check-out-list. Hope u had a great time.
LMAO! that's all I have to say...LMAO!
Christ, now I know I'm old - most of these are NEW to me (sigh).
I have to admit, personally I like the 'drunktard' over the 'fucktard'.
Bling is one word that needs to be eradicated completely!
These kids today.
Hammer, You're no one's fucktard. Dude, you're Suh-WEET!!!
I'm just sayin......
I'm personally partial to "Ya' fuckin' fuck..."
Yes, the language is de-volving. However, I do use some of these on occasion, generally in a tongue-in-cheek manner, such as "sweet" or "sick." I DO use "I'm just sayin'" and I'm sorry if it's made my blog tedious for you! *L* I'm forgiving myself.
I agree with you. I also don't like "upside the head" lol.....sorry.....
Peace
Oh yeah, this post got me to thinking....and you'll appreciate this when you get back from la la land.
In the same vein as "fucktard" I remember when I was working in Yosemite back in '95 we had a special word for all the annoying tourists that came to visit the park. That word was "touron". It's a combination of "tourist" and "moron". It's still a great word as far as I'm concerned.
Just to let you all know - Mr Hammer and family are enjoying their stay here in the UK (South Devon) and Mr Hammer has been released from prison....he was only in for 48 hours - nut that is the price for the war on terrorism
Ok I hadn't really hear of fucktard until recently and I sorta liked it (that would be burfica's fault..lol). As for as "my bad" goes, my teenage gremlin likes to use that one, and I can honestly say that it makes me wanna knock her block off...lmao.
I agree, although I don't mind the more complicated and meaningful, "I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'." ;)
de-lurking - you're just an old fuddy duddy that needs to get with the programme [or texting]
I am fully sympathetic to the 'no access' nightmare of holiday as we're about to go to the UK for a fortnight. There again, I suppose that's why it's called a holiday!
Cheers
Dammit, Hammer - SICK MINDS ROCK ALIKE - I love you, man! ROFLMAO!!
I feel that way about everything you listed on here EXCEPT, "fucktard". I still say that because it's just SO fitting around here these days.
As is "Ass Clown" and "Ass Hat".
See you when you get back from the edge of hell--er, uh, I mean Disney! :o)
I've hated "my bad" since I first heard it.
Hope you have a sweet time on vacation, noam sayne?
I've used all but fucktard. Never could get into that one.
Food for thought though: maybe kids from the ghetto came up with these terms. But they don't own radio stations,record labels or film studios. So after those kids started these stupid language fads, who perpetuated their slang? I mean who broadcast it to the world for public consumption? I'm no psychic, but I'd put good money on those record label heads, radio station owners, and film studio execs.
I have to admit, I love to use "fucktard"...sometimes nothing else fits. But my 7 year old now says "mad skillz" I'm not sure I even know what that means, but I don't like it.
I'm sure I'm redundant, but, hey, I'm #700 or so in the comments.
"Like" is still alive and well in the 30 somethings. Even professional 30 somethings.
STOP IT! Just be quiet and go on to the next word!
I, personally, am enamored of dickwad and fuckwit (from Bridget Jones).
Or, "I'm hep."
We use "grody to the max" in our house...remember that? (okay, it is G rated) My kids think its hilarious. I hate "SWEET". It reminds me of highschool. "My Bad" also grates. People use it when they make a mistake and it is almost flippant and as if they aren't taking full responsibility for whatever thing they screwed up.
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