Comments on: Amazing.

By: Mamie

Mamie — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 03:29:41 +0000

“State,” used as a verb, outside a courtroom.

By: Speculative Speculum

Speculative Speculum — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:31:18 +0000

I still enjoy the word “epic.” I sometimes think of my life as one giant epic failure. lol

By: anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 18:06:25 +0000

One of my favorite public notices:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pretz/756807881/

By: Comrade PhysioProf

Comrade PhysioProf — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:54:07 +0000

I like “epic”, like in “Buuuuuuuuurble…Cough! Cough! Whoa, duude! That bonghit was fucken epic, maan!”

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:05:29 +0000

It bugs me when people say something is “really unique.” I hear it all the time. How can something that “is the only one of its kind” be even more one-of-a-kind? Really?

I had a similar experience as Mary’s milieu, while reading Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight Saga. Now granted, I was not reading it for its literary genius, but she kept using the word “incredulous” over and over again to describe just about everything. After the 33rd time she used it, I was reminded of the great Inigo Montoya when he says to Vizzini, “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”

By: The Rebel Lettriste

The Rebel Lettriste — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:01:17 +0000

Respek, ADM. Much respek.

By: Another Damned Medievalist

Another Damned Medievalist — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 12:57:17 +0000

can I just say how much I love the Rebel Lettriste?

By: Speculative Speculum

Speculative Speculum — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 05:12:24 +0000

“Terrific” reminds me too much of E. B. White.

I love the word “amazing.” It’s even better when expletives are added like, “damn, that was an amazing night.”

By: The Rebel Lettriste

The Rebel Lettriste — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 20:11:27 +0000

Or how about the use of “good” to mean “no thank you?” As in, the server asks, “would you like some more water?” And the person says, “No, I’m good.”

I concur with “relatable.” It’s so … Hollywood tv-pilot, or something. As in, “wow! That Anna Karenina, she’s so relatable for this target audience. Vronsky will totally give us more traction with the 30-50 male demographic, too.”

Barf again.

I actually lost my shit when a job candidate once expressed her fervent desire to “make literature relatable” to our students. WTF does that even mean? Good for you if your subfield might be “relatable” and relevant and 20th c. enough. But sometimes literature and history are expressly NOT “relatable.” I’m thinking here of … oh… Beowulf? Maybe the Prioress’ Tale? The Tain bo Cuailainge? Sometimes strangeness and difficulty is the motherfucking POINT of reading.

By: fannie

fannie — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:13:03 +0000

I love this thread.

I would agree with “epic.” And also, I am irritated by the hyperbolic use of “phenomenal” and “golden” as synonyms for “good.”

Example: “I have a six-pack and a football game to watch today. I’m golden.”

Barf.