the word "procrastinate" and other fads.

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Can it be semi-sentences? Like...

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Is "procrastinate" really a popular word? I don't use it unless I'm really talking about someone that does procrastinate. As far as "concur" I rarely use this word. I do infact "agree" most of the time.
When I was growing up, I was considered a "gifted" child, ahead of my peers in most school subjects, and especially in language arts. I've always had an extensive vocabulary (until I became a pothead) and I used big words because they were what I knew.

I do understand your point though. There are those that seem to have to use big words when they could just make a statement simple and stappy. There are those that feel they're impressing others with their vocabulary. Those people can place their lips gingerly upon my gluteous maximus.

sold.

I can't say I've noticed any increase (or decrease) in the use of "procrastinate." Maybe it's a regional thing.

Gotta admit, it's a lot less wordy than saying "put off until the last minute because I'm a lazy bastard."

my crowd did use "procrastinate" again. but then again, their procrastination _is_ why the front page of my personal site has seen 15000+ reloads in the past year and a half , so i think the description was apt. (past tense since i'm graduated)

my candidate for the new hot word: ginormous

so, how long did you procrastinate to start this thread phil?

hmm, and what would you suggest in place of procrastinate? put off maybe? Doesn't really work though. I put off until the last minute?

it's the word that i have always used, since it describes the situation. It's not a buzz word.

concur on the other hand, that's just lame.. sounds like someone imitating a doctor.

it only bugs me when people use words out of character.

procrasstinate

accepted.

Are you trying to popluarize a word of your own here?

Procrastinate is surely overused... bunch of wankers at Friendster describe themselves as procrastinator... they actually feel proud of it i guess.

I really don't know why people use fad words, thanks for bringing it to my attention though, I'll be on the lookout for the next big thing

dunno about new word trends, but 'genre' got popular a little while ago. "oh, what genre whould you put this piece of music in?" - "**** off". No way I'm saying genre.

The new buzz-words will be ERUDITE, JIGGLY and WELSH.

Trust me.

What do you mean "will be?" 'Erudite' and 'welsh' are quickly overrunning 'cultivated' and 'withdraw' respectively, and anyone who keeps up on fashion knows full well that 'jiggly' was out of control this year.

I think trend words have a lot to do with social trends, or the amount of attention given to social trends in media (movie, music, TV, and political issues)

a good example would be PC (politically correct).

I have other well thought out examples but I dont feel like typing a book here.


But I did just think of something that ties in with this.... Did you know there are things in life there are no words for in the English language?

We create words or a use a combination of words to describe these things and eventually overtime it becomes the accepted term in society.

Example: If Jim is a married man and a friend comes over he may say "Hi, you must be Jim's wife".

But what if Jim lives with his someone and is not married. A friend may comeover and say "Hi, you must be Jim's _____?"

You can say girl or girlfriend but this relationship is one level up from girlfriend because there should be a word to make note of that fact that you are "in a relationship with someone and living with someone but not married"

Dont get me wrong, its easy to fill in the blank. I think the word that is becoming popular is "signficant other" but that term sounds technical and unaffectionate.


Living with someone you're not married to is a social trend. Some years ago this was not a common trend. The church would burn you at the stake for doing so.



.....damit i said i wasnt going to type a book ended up typing a book

Why welsh?

Will it be used in a sentences such as:

You are such a freaking welsh!
Stop being such a welsh!
I can stand the way you welsh your car.
I have no clue what the welsh you were doing.
What the welsh was that?
Why must you welsh your welsh?
How come you erudite your jiggy welsh?

Masticate, masticate, masticate, expectorate.

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Yes, about 200 years ago.

Becoming popular? It's just an accurate description. I really don't know what you guys are talking about, with these 'fad' words. They're words. People use them when appropriate. There's no big deal.

Thank Hollywood.

I can't think of where "procrastinate" may have been overused, but "concur" I remember from 'Catch Me If You Can". The scene where DiCaprio's character is learning to pose as a doctor. This scene was played out in the trailers over and over... the public pick it up and use it. A trend is set, and it not only applies to academic jargon, just look at the Simpsons. "Doh" is in the dictionary now thanks to Homer and followers.

Movies meet a mass audience, and the audience adopts it's behaivor accordingly.

Just my "two-cents"

How apropos.

"Sort of" - popularized by Dr. Drew on Loveline.

Word of the day: Quagmire

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I don't know what's coming next, but I remember everyone using the word "prerogative" after that stupid Bobby Brown song. Most people didn't even know the word existed before that.

that is part of the point i'm making. people pick up a new word and totally overuse it. especially the people who think it makes them sound clever, or something. it amuses me to hear the very same people misuse words, purely because they picked it up somewhere and don't truly understand its meaning.

I'm sick of hearing the word: "juxtaposition".

I concur.

I concur.



(Man, no one went for that one yet? I rock.)


Edit: DAMN IT! The bird beat me to it.

you're just another 'Fad

Don't ever take an art class.

Something that bug the crap out of me...

"I was at the rents place this week and..."

er... the rents? are they your neighbours? your tenants? oh! Your PArents! wow! look at all the time you saved by not typing two letters and it made you look so cool!

I agree that when people use trendy words it can be annoying or funny depending on your perspective. But lots of people use large words because they are more precise than the common alternative. Precision is a good thing for communication...unless the person you're talking to isn't educated enough to understand and appreciate it.

Edit: Stupid Spelling

"ins't"? now you're just making things up!

At least we are saying Stuponfucious

Haha, same here. But I've got problems with other words too. I can't stand the sound of the word 'meal', so I don't say it and don't like other people saying it around me.

I certainly hope not. Gross. :/

Actuate.

It's all in how you interface with other social units.

-s*

(juxtaposition)



Yeah. Lived with an art student for a year - drove me nuts.

And guess who said the word on TV last night? Yep, the all-time champion of annoying, Ricky Gervais. Words can't describe how much I despise that prat.

Oeuvre, that ****� me that does. No one can say that word and not sound like a w�nker. ****�n oeuvre. wtf?

what dictionary do YOU use?

Agreed. "Rents" is a pretty idiotic creation, I really don't understand the kind of people that would adopt such banal ********.

Stradlater... I use Webster's... and "d'oh" isn't in there... it's in Oxfords:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1387335.stm