I think this theory holds merit, might just have to do this too.
Have you actively eliminated words from your daily usage?
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I think this theory holds merit, might just have to do this too.
Shalashaska161
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I removed the word fag from my vocab, and have been working on gay too though that one still slips out sometimes.
I've also recently decided to no longer use the word rock when it comes to wearing clothing or doing things. Every second post in that fedora thread talked about "rocking a fedora" and it drove me up the wall.
I've also recently decided to no longer use the word rock when it comes to wearing clothing or doing things. Every second post in that fedora thread talked about "rocking a fedora" and it drove me up the wall.
"pussy" or anything related to women to portrait a man as soft and unmasculine.
"f*****" and any other gay slurs as an insult or saying things like "that's gay" to express displeasure with something.
Because it's really dumb. On top of that it depicts women as weak, soft and inferior and just straight up insults homsexuals. Those are sentiments I never shared, so when I thought it through it just seemed redundant and disrespectful.
I still catch myself saying "that's so gay" on rare occasions, really hard to get rid of the habit when you're around people who use it a lot.
And I have a lot of (white) friends who use nigga almost casually, it really bugs me because it's just out of pure ignorance rather than racism.
... although there are some exceptions :/
"f*****" and any other gay slurs as an insult or saying things like "that's gay" to express displeasure with something.
Because it's really dumb. On top of that it depicts women as weak, soft and inferior and just straight up insults homsexuals. Those are sentiments I never shared, so when I thought it through it just seemed redundant and disrespectful.
I still catch myself saying "that's so gay" on rare occasions, really hard to get rid of the habit when you're around people who use it a lot.
And I have a lot of (white) friends who use nigga almost casually, it really bugs me because it's just out of pure ignorance rather than racism.
... although there are some exceptions :/
Wafflecakes
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I really am trying to say "like" less.
It annoys me when others do it but I just can't stop.
It annoys me when others do it but I just can't stop.
First rule of business/sales/customer relations/anything - never say basically.
Basically I'm going to put it into basic terms so that your basic mind can basically understand this high level information.
When I was in HS I used the word retarded in it's literal meaning pretty frequently but stopped using it since assholes bastardized a perfectly good word by using it for insults.
Internet wise I tend to ramble and use lots of parenthesis (you know like this for no good reason) so I have tried to make shorter more concise posts.
Internet wise I tend to ramble and use lots of parenthesis (you know like this for no good reason) so I have tried to make shorter more concise posts.
oxrock
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I'm constantly battling myself not to use gay as a derogatory term. I'm actually very accepting of people being gay but for some reason I've been saying this ever since I can remember. I think it's just something stupid I picked up from my older brother as a child that never faded. Sometimes it just hits me out of nowhere when I say something that it's really insensitive and I try to adjust my active vocabulary. It doesn't happen overnight unfortunately.
TimeEffect
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"Awesome"
It's too powerful a word, but sadly it has been neutered of all its value
It's too powerful a word, but sadly it has been neutered of all its value
What if you are happy and need a smoke?
"Faggot" doesn't mean cigarette. That's "fag".
Start a fire.
I'm not breaking the law for you.
A lot of these filler words and phrases are pretty obnoxious once you start noticing them. One that I hear quite frequently from others is "the point being", and I am trying to curb my own use of "anyway".
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Discretion, indeed. I still use hyperbole in other instances, but I'm just not comfortable with that one.
Alligatorjandro
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Not really
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I have a problem with using 'like' in conversation too much when I am nervous. Working on it.
lunchtoast
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Been battling with "like" for years. Also feels like I've been saying "um.." a lot recently, but I think it's because of my new job.
Souldriver
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I've banned the word "retard(ed)" from my vocabulary.
PS3GamerKyle
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I was never excessive with it, but "like" and "um". Some people are absolutely ridiculous with their usage of these filler words.
I had a public speaking teacher tell me once that instead of saying "like", we should just pause instead. So I've done that a lot over the years.
I'm in the process of removing "retarded" from my real-life vocabulary -- it slips out every so often, unfortunately. You make an interesting point about "hate" that I hadn't really considered. I try not to use it much in writing, but in person it's just too easy to say.
I observed once that the people I talked to used the word "crazy" to mean "in some way more extreme than before without necessarily being problematic in any way," i.e. "intense," and used the word "intense" to mean "emotionally troubling or unbalancing to a degree that is potentially harmful to oneself or others," i.e. "crazy." Not really sure why that happened, but I guess once we'd already repurposed "crazy" we needed something to fill the void, and we had a word lying around that we'd replaced, so, there you go.
I still use the words that way, though.
After hanging around people with limited vocabularies (who in turn use swears as a crutch), I realized how immature they make you sound when used often. So besides getting fag and gay out of my vocab out of respect, I've been slowly phasing most swears out as well. IMO it's just one small step in growing up.
Enter The 36 Chambers
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Tried recently to curb my use of faggot. Its not happening tho, everytime i said id be aware that im trying not to say it. Ive given up on trying to stop now.
As for the rest i use them all. Especially cunt.
As for the rest i use them all. Especially cunt.
Zoramon089
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You say tainted as if they weren't always meant to be hateful words
Enter The 36 Chambers
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You know what he meant.
Why gay? Does it have a bad connotation. I know I use it in French, it doesn't have a bad meaning and I find it much more hearing friendly than "homosexual" (Though I don't know what you are using if you don't use homosexual or gay).
Homo on the other have a much more bad conotation than gay.
Homo on the other have a much more bad conotation than gay.
Battersea Power Station
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We're referring to the use of "gay" as a pejorative, like in YouTube comments or Xbox Live, etc. A lot of high schoolers and older dudebros tend to call things they don't like "gay."
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