I LOVE your amazingly catchy song “Just a Dream” but I need to tell you… “only just a dream” is the most grammatically annoying/redundant thing I’ve* ever heard. Could there not have been a better 2-syllable word than “only” before “just?” This is almost as offensive as people who say “but yet”. BUH! Sigh. I’ll [...]
Archive for the ‘Language’ Category
NO, NELLY!
December 15, 2010
o rly?!
November 26, 2010
I just got this email with the subject like “Fraud complaint!!” Dear business owner, A complaint has been filled against you by Mr. Jim Evans, claiming that you and your company are involved in tax-evasion schemes. The original complaint can be viewed by visiting the following link : (I took out the link, just in [...]
more semantics
November 17, 2010
Did you know what a vuvuzela was last year? How about a spillcam? These are two of the top used words of the last year, according to the Global Language Monitor. The GLM, which gathers information, based upon social media and news trends, put out the list recently, which also included ”refudiate,” a conflation of “refute” [...]
esoteric lexicon
November 16, 2010
I have a new item to add to the Urban Dictionary this week. It’s Jewipino. A Jewipino is the result of a Philipino and Jewish union, resulting in a child. Said child would enjoy blood-matzo ball soup on the holidays.
i love the 90′s.
October 10, 2010
This song meant a lot when it first came out. It meant giving the FCC the finger by using a “curse word” in the lyrics. It meant empowerment for a lot of women… taking the word “bitch” back to call it their own. But then some people took it the wrong way. Some peopler were [...]
the word is subjective.
September 21, 2010
I’m easy… to get along with. To love. To be with. I’ve accepted it as a good thing.
why i won’t support the saints.
February 9, 2010
I finally did the research on the insipid “who dat” chant, and I am happy to say that my theory can be well-supported. On (and previous to) Superbowl Sunday, I said that I refused to pull for a team that had a chant that encouraged people to remain grammatically incorrect. And quite frankly, I also [...]
another friendly reminder
January 27, 2010
FOR THE LAST TIME.
January 12, 2010
LOLchats
January 11, 2010
New verb: GOOGLEMAPTHAT SHIT. So good.
