Monday, December 01, 2008

More Words and Phrases Forbidden for 2009

In the forehead-slapping, how-could-I-forget department:

6. "maverick"
Never again. Unless in "team of mavericks," used in context of faux nostalgia.

7. "Drill, baby, drill."
It was dumb, baby, dumb, and now it can be done, baby, done.

More?

7 comments:

  1. There are a lot of orange spray-painted markings on the sidewalks of NYC for the use of utility crews that say "Do Not Drill." I consider them political expressions.

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  2. What about "Joe" the [insert blue collar profession here]?

    Can't we say no to Joe?

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  3. This morning's Globe yielded two: "it girl" (this was about some actress) and "You go, girl!" (on t-shirts being sold at Palin appearances in Georgia.

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  4. Each and every talking head that starts their commentary with "Well, look..." Stop it. Just stop it.

    Wall St. vs. Main St.

    Bailout.

    Credit Default Swap.

    Can you tell I've been listening to too many financial reports? Yeah.

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  5. President Bush
    Vice President Cheney
    Recession
    Credit Crisis or Crunch
    SARAH PALIN

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  6. Okay now I'm adding "old skool" and "new skool." and women calling each other "Girlfriend."

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  7. Ayuh, and the corollary: "you go girl."

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