Pointless words?

[Maritime Q-Scout]

Originally Posted by PowerPlayoffs06

"Ergo" is another of those pretentious words.

Hey, I use that word all the time, ergo I'm better than you

[Top Shelf]

Originally Posted by Temporary_User

haha, I had to laugh at this one.
I could picture how this work came to be: someone couldn't pernounce mobile correctly, and inorder to not feel stupid came up with the term motile.

There are alot of words that may seem pointless in the english dictionary. They just need to be utilized correctly.

That said, there are thousands of words that basically have the same meaning.

Well done!

[Ford Prefect]

Okay, it's two words, but "non-alcholic beer" has always seemed pretty pointless to me.

[OutOfTheCube]

Originally Posted by Nuje

Haha...for some reason, I like the Brits words. Although it's purely from watching Top Gear, I use the words "astonishing" "epic" and I even started using "petrol" sometimes (but that one has more reason, as it confuses my European family when I say "gas", as they assume a gaseous substance, and the word gasoline irks me for some reason)

I didn't know saying 'epic' was European. I say that all the time.

[Nuje]

'Epic' isn't so much, but I find it used a lot less by everyone I know during the course of one year, then May, Hammond and Clarkson in one episode of Top Gear.

[Flames09]

Originally Posted by Juventus3

Edmonton?

If we were talking about the most useless places on Earth, that my friend would be the WINNER.


-LARGE-SCALE .. why not say BIG??
-Arguably
-Going forward
-I hate when people say 'touch base'
-I hate when people say the time including am/pm and then add in the morning/afternoon for example 'at 12 pm in the afternoon' is 'in the afternoon' really necessary? as if we couldn't understand the 'pm'

[ricoFlame]

moreover

[Dr GonZo]

Talking about pointless:

"The".

Why do we have it?

[llama64]

This is purely legalize but the word "whereas" drives me up the wall.

Does it offer anything beyond what "where" covers?

[Metro Gnome]

Somewhat related, a phrase I came to hate whilst (heh) laboring in retail during my Student years was "speak to it" (or, "speak to that").

[Barnes]

Why do we need so many names for horses? Philly, stallion, pony, foal, stag....

What's wrong with female horse, male horse, old horse, young horse, zebra?

[ernie]

Originally Posted by llama64

This is purely legalize but the word "whereas" drives me up the wall.

Does it offer anything beyond what "where" covers?

Whereas can take the place of "while on the contrary or although" and "in view of the fact that or since". It is a preamble statement.

Completely different meaning than where.

[ernie]

Originally Posted by Flames09

-LARGE-SCALE .. why not say BIG??

in my industry (chemical) Large Scale indicates a general size range. Big says nothing.

[Ford Prefect]

Originally Posted by Barnes

Why do we need so many names for horses? Philly, stallion, pony, foal, stag....

What's wrong with female horse, male horse, old horse, young horse, zebra?

Or just call them all hay burners.

FWIW, a stag is a male deer, or a good party.

[Barnes]

Originally Posted by Ford Prefect

Or just call them all hay burners.

FWIW, a stag is a male deer, or a good party.

Whoops. Stud was the word I was looking for.

[Cowperson]

Useless words and language at this link:

http://www.geocities.com/transactoid/words.htm

However, I for one love all words. Utilize them all I say.

Cowperson

[J pold]

It’s not a pointless word but the misuse of the word

Random

Its ridiculous how many people use this word in the stupidest contexts I recall one time…this girl told me this story I was so frustrated

“So like I was at the bar this weekend and I like dropped my licenses and my bank card so I was like freaking out and looking for it and than I found it in like the middle of dance floor where I was dancing….how random is that?!”

“Well not random at all considering it was lost and you found it where you were before”

“Well yeah I guess but it was like totally Random”

[worth]

Double plus good I say!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspeak

[FurnaceFace]

"That" is used far too much, especially in writing. People often use it was a connector word and the sentence is much better without it. Case in point, I just read the following: "We know that this mission is not only achievable - it is well within our grasp." Just say "We know this mission is not only achievable - it is well within our grasp."

Also count me in the irregardless(ly) and "I seen that" hating camps. "I seen that" is the worst though. To me, nothing makes a person sound more uneducated.

[Juventus3]

has anyone ever thought about why curse words were chosen as curse words?