― K-reg, Thursday, 3 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
Post Schmaltz should be used more often.
― Steven James, Thursday, 3 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― Sterling Clover, Thursday, 3 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― mark s, Sunday, 25 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― dave q, Sunday, 25 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Robin Carmody, Sunday, 25 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
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― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 25 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Heh: this just reminded me one of the original OBSCURE STRATEGIES requires you to eat a Red Chili pepper and tape yr mouth shut, then work — write, record, whatevah — in this state.
― mark s, Friday, 19 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 19 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Nate Patrin, Friday, 19 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― geeta, Friday, 19 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― dleone, Friday, 19 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Paul, Friday, 19 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― fritz, Friday, 19 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
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(gently hug their balls, etc. i'm so sorry.)
― jess, Friday, 19 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Graham, Tuesday, 7 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I'll agree with whomever described "glacial" as a keeper. Except when you're describing artists from Iceland. I believe I may be guilty of this as well.
Confessions (i.e. more words that I tend to overuse): decidedly, melange, myriad, ornate and, erm (urp!) rawk
It's amazing I still find work..
― Mark, Tuesday, 7 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Curt, Tuesday, 7 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
What are the control conditions?
― Tim, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mark s, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jel --, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― j.lu, Monday, 24 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
It's like [something crap], but on drugs!
And most awful of all is any piece containing 'hey kids!' or similar. Don't patronise your readers.
― Anna, Wednesday, 26 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Andrew L, Wednesday, 26 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― DeRayMi, Wednesday, 26 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Clarke B., Wednesday, 26 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sterling Clover, Wednesday, 26 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Lord Custos III, Wednesday, 26 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mark s, Wednesday, 26 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Arthur, Wednesday, 26 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ess Kay, Wednesday, 26 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Patrick, Wednesday, 26 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
- "of [their/that] ilk" always reeks of smugness at the very least, but is also usually part of some larger, idiotic rant.
- I have an instinctive mistrust of any review that uses the phrase "cutting edge" in its praise of a band.
― Joe, Wednesday, 26 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sterling Clover, Thursday, 27 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tim, Thursday, 27 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 27 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
As in "Here on the G2 women's page we'd almost forgotten Liz Hurley - a far cry from the days when she caused an, ahem, flutter with *that* dress".
In fact that sentence is a compendium of crimes.
― *that* pinefox, Thursday, 27 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Clarke B., Thursday, 27 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― david h(owie), Thursday, 27 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Lord Custos III, Thursday, 27 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
It is meant to describe rock and roll that is polite and takes its shoes off
― STUPID CRAP FACE (Neanderthal), Saturday, 9 December 2023 18:09 (five months ago) link
rollicking is a good vocab word to bust out in whimsical moments, but don't actually use it
― she fell asleep with her hand around my throat (Austin), Saturday, 9 December 2023 18:23 (five months ago) link
obviously it's an improvement on "is influenced by", which ppl shd stop saying
― mark s, Wednesday, December 6, 2023 1:48 PM (three days ago) bookmarkflaglink
"is influenced by" is definitely presumptuous, but surely "in dialogue with" can mean something other than "influenced by?" Like a band who's never heard Spirit of Eden could nonetheless unknowingly be "in dialogue" with that album, right? As in channeling something without awareness of its lineage? Unless I'm misunderstanding the jargon, which is totally possible
― Paul Ponzi, Saturday, 9 December 2023 18:39 (five months ago) link
I don't mind Don kee-ho-tay but Don quicks-oat bugs me.
Ditto Don Jew-on vs. Don Wan.
The explanation I have heard is that those anglicized pronunciations were prevalent when travel was rare.
― ; Powell (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 9 December 2023 20:01 (five months ago) link
I’ve never heard those pronunciations (beyond how “quixotic” is pronounced)
― This field is required (morrisp), Saturday, 9 December 2023 20:25 (five months ago) link
....wait just a second! it's not pronounced like "smith"!?
― she fell asleep with her hand around my throat (Austin), Saturday, 9 December 2023 20:37 (five months ago) link
xps personally I prefer 'in conference with'. mostly because of it being a lot like 'in dub conference'.
I have been guilty of using the i-word in conversation - i have spent two thirds of my life reading wikipedia you see - but i wouldn't use it in prose. bcuz inspired/impacted/other 'i's are better/closer/other 'er's etc
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Sunday, 10 December 2023 00:43 (five months ago) link
"let's nut this out"
let's... not??
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Monday, 26 February 2024 11:14 (two months ago) link