B Gourley posted: " If you had to give up one word that you use regularly, what would it be? THE. Having a definite article contributes to an overly developed sense of specialness and entitlement, bordering on the narcissistic [or should I say, "bordering on A narcis" the !n(tro)verted yogi
If you had to give up one word that you use regularly, what would it be?
THE. Having a definite article contributes to an overly developed sense of specialness and entitlement, bordering on the narcissistic [or should I say, "bordering on A narcissistic" ? ]
Seriously though, I'd like to believe I've already jettisoned words with no value-added, or attempt to do so.
Carlin discussed a huge list of euphemisms and weasel words contributing to the weakening of the language, but I try to only use those words to poke fun at the people who use them - e.g. "pre-owned." Those words function to point out attempts to be manipulative, and so I wouldn't eliminate them, because that's an important function.
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