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Just Say No
Oct. 29th, 2011 10:25 pmThere are certain words and phrases that start out as clever, but end up as annoying, cliche, and tedious. "Just Say No" is one, from the early '80s. These days, the internet is a hothouse for growing these annoying weeds. Here are some things I'd like to declare a moratorium on, as of right now:
1. "LOL." Why, dear God, why can't you just say "Ha." Or "Haha." Or "Hahahahaha," as the spirit moves you? Well, at least we haven't seen "ROFLMAO" in awhile.
2. "This." As a single word "comment." Please. Can't you say "Agreed" or "Yes" or "Yes!" Even worse was the trend of making the "This" into a hyperlink, so that you had no idea what the author was "this-ing" unless you clicked on the link. Good thing I haven't seen that in awhile.
3. "Lucky Gail is lucky," and other redundant sentences of this sort. This makes me want to shoot myself in the eye.
I'm sure there are others I'm not thinking of. What are your pet peeves?
(I'm just cranky because it's SNOWING here in New York and it's still OCTOBER.)
1. "LOL." Why, dear God, why can't you just say "Ha." Or "Haha." Or "Hahahahaha," as the spirit moves you? Well, at least we haven't seen "ROFLMAO" in awhile.
2. "This." As a single word "comment." Please. Can't you say "Agreed" or "Yes" or "Yes!" Even worse was the trend of making the "This" into a hyperlink, so that you had no idea what the author was "this-ing" unless you clicked on the link. Good thing I haven't seen that in awhile.
3. "Lucky Gail is lucky," and other redundant sentences of this sort. This makes me want to shoot myself in the eye.
I'm sure there are others I'm not thinking of. What are your pet peeves?
(I'm just cranky because it's SNOWING here in New York and it's still OCTOBER.)
