#whatacoolnewtoy

LDB · Dec 28, 2013

#wowthisissocool
#lookhowneatiam
#thisissoamazing
#thisisjustgenius
#howcooldoesthismakeme
#iamsoverycool
#iamsoverybrilliant
#iamwaycoolerthaneveryoneelse
#onlythesmartestdothisallthetime
#don'tyouwishyouwerethiscool
#nothisdoesnotmakemeatotaldork

tknight · Dec 28, 2013

Uh yea it does!!!!

Turtle · Dec 28, 2013

Not sure how new it is. Metadata hashtags have been in programming languages since 1970 and have been used in IRC channels since the second IRC channel was created in 1988.

People mock what they don't understand.

Then again, if you're not careful you end up like this:

RLENT · Dec 29, 2013

Turtle said:
People mock what they don't understand.

That's certainly true ... but it's also apparently the case that some people will run across something that they don't agree with - say an opinion or an idea perhaps - and rather than actually addressing that opinion, idea, or whatever itself, they attempt to denigrate the holder or espouser of it ... sometimes thru the use of covert, indirect ad hominem ...

(Of course, I am sure that I, myself, have never personally done this ...

)

Now, I'd be the last person to suggest that we all ought to live our lives like a bunch of nuns ... a little slap in the banter - while fallacious in terms of an argument - spices up the stew, so to speak ...

But here's the thing: if ad hominem is the ONLY thing one has in the way of an argument, what exactly does that say about the intellect and mental capacity, of the person that finds themselves in the position of having the proverbial hammer as their ONLY tool ?

Turtle said:
Then again, if you're not careful you end up like this:

Now that's pretty funny ...

LDB · Dec 31, 2013

Interestingly enough, hashtag is among the banned words of 2014 along with selfie and others at Lake Superior State University and perhaps other places tired of the extreme overexposure.

Turtle · Dec 31, 2013

LDB said:
Interestingly enough, hashtag is among the banned words of 2014 along with selfie and others at Lake Superior State University and perhaps other places tired of the extreme overexposure.

Soon as I read "banned words" my Spidey Sense told me something wasn't right. The words haven't been banned. The words are on the university's annual New Year's Eve list of words that they are recommending to be banished, or removed, from the Queen's English for "Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness."

Remember "shovel-ready," "stimulus," "in these economic times"? From the year 2000 - "for the children" hasn't been retired yet. Needs to be. “We must cut spending, or raise taxes, or limit any behavior, or pass any law, or go to the moon, or ban guns....for the children.”

The Lake Superior State University 2014 List of Banished Words features 13 entries that range from popular in the mainstream to ones that might be new to you.

So which words should you avoid at your New Year's celebrations this year?

Selfie, as in photos people take of themselves and share on social media, was the most nominated word this time around. In his submission to the list, someone named David from Lake Mills, Wis., wrote: "It's a lame word. It's all about me, me, me. Put the smartphone away. Nobody cares about you."
And speaking of all about me, me, me, another entry that finished high on the list was twerk or twerking, the interesting body movements made popular by Miley Cyrus.

Other words that made this year's cut include:

--Hashtag

--Twittersphere

--Mister Mom

--T-bone, not as in the steak, but as in the automobile accident

--______ on steroids (always fun when you get to insert your own word)

--Anything ending in -ageddon and -pocalypse

--Intellectually/morally bankrupt (interesting, in that they're one entry to describe political words)

--Obamacare (no explanation needed)

--Adversity (a football term)

--Fan base

Last year's most nominated word was fiscal cliff, along with double down, YOLO and spoiler alert. You can see all the words over the years here.

The tongue-in-cheek banishment list began as a publicity ploy for little-known Lake Superior State University, located in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. The first list was dreamed up by public relations director W.T. (Bill) Rabe and friends at a New Year's Eve party in 1975. The following day, he released the list and the tradition has continued since. The university accepts submissions all year long.