Banned list

[Tooting Gull]

A thread of words or phrases you'd like to see removed from life, either because they are misused, overused, hopelessly cliched, or any other good reason.

I'd like to start the ball rolling with 'MEDIA CIRCUS', banned until such time as you do see all the TV reporters outside some Portuguese police station wearing silly trousers, a red plastic nose and long rubber shoes and juggling some skittles.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

actually


I hate that word actually

 

[sten_super]

"You have not been charged for this information"

as it means I have fallen for another one of US's tipping threads

 

[pasty]

Like - as used every other word by teenagers
Actually - as used every other word by teenagers
Ciao - when used by non-Italians
Reality TV
Celebrity

 

[Scoffers]

McCann

 

[Peter Grummit]

absolutely.

means absolutely nothing and generally said by middle class stuck up media gits.

PG

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Ciao - when used by non-Italians

That is rather unfair on the Spanish and Portuguese and probably many other languages as well.

 

[Buzzer]

road map - unless it really is a map of a road

ball park -unless etc etc

Publicist

Reality Television

Max Clifford

The Labour Party

Golf

Human Rights Act

Offal

Attention deficit disorder

ITV

Iraq War

Sun newspaper

Hack it. as in he can't hack it.

Romantic Comedy

Max Clifford (Again)

R n B (unless it really is rhythm and blues)

 

[pasty]

That is rather unfair on the Spanish and Portuguese and probably many other languages as well.

Okay - Ciao when used by pretentious English tossers.

 

[Everest]

Friendly fire - shouldn't it be incompetant Americans?

 

[desprateseagull]

quintessiential (??) - often quoted on the 'top 100' z-list celeb film/music/whatever review shows..

'a close source' (no-one is speaking to us, so we bunged £20 to a nearby tramp..)

'we played really well, and deserved to win'..

'the referee's a winker'..

mobile rates may vary..

 

[Lokki 7]

Fun - as in "fun run" or "fun day out" which will invariably be anything but.
Quaff
Fat cats
Crazy - as in "I'm so crazy". No, I belive twat is the word you are looking for. (Mad can also fall into this category).
! - I bloody hate the over use of exclamation marks.

 

[jonny.rainbow]

ROLLER COASTER OF EMOTIONS

 

[Buzzer]

LOL - ban it, that is.

 

[Hiney]

'Dad, is there any chance of you lending me some money'

 

[Shizuoka Dolphin]

The word LITERALLY. Banned from use by all except those who know how to use it.

 

[BigGully]

'Disenfranchised......'

Every White Chav Burglar........Ethnic Minority Gangsta.......and Muslim Community Wannabee Terrorist........is disenfranchised you know !!!

Ahhh bless em'

 

[Hiney]

'Can we talk about this online'

 

[Braders]

LOL - ban it, that is.

and indeed any shortened text speak words should be banned - looks unintelligent and is a pisser to read

 

[pasty]

and indeed any shortened text speak words should be banned - looks unintelligent and is a pisser to read

Totally agree. I get texts from my 15 year old, and I have to have them translated into English.