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 Thanks from afar for this combined good morning entertainment. It's 01/02 out here. The saltmines are calling.(Any banneble word in this I will delete on request.)Even if it would mean all of them.
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... certain parameters are necessary for the continuity of human communication.
ic nunderstande žis gežeode.
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But, to be more serious, those banned words, most om them may be irritating , they do not seem to threaten to change much in ways of thinking.
What I've been fighting against actively several times is the use
of the word Top Criminel.It has been in use for at least five years here and I mailed TV News services and newspapers + political parties that it's wrong to equal a criminel to a Top Sporter, Top Scorer, Top Production. There should be no hint of heroism or merit to drugsdealers and other base criminals.
It really changes the way of thinking about right and wrong.(imo)
But no results. Fighting windwills. They use it still.
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I enjoy the list of banned words because, as I said, it tickles me to see how many other people are bugged by some things that bug me. Can't take it too terribly seriously.
Aren't most of these words nominated mainly because of their misuse or overuse in print/audio media? How many of us actually say "Brangelina"? (Not like they're friends of mine anyway, not like Jennifer Aniston is.) And, as Fong pointed out, others are simply not in mainstream American use. I have no problem with "went missing", but I think Canadians use a little more Britspeak than Americans do.
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> not like Jennifer Aniston is.
could you introduce her to me, please?
formerly known as etaoin...
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Let say for example that you and dalehileman got married. Would it be ok with you if we started calling you two "Faldalehileman"
Now there's a frightening proposition! 
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is far preferable to "turned up missing." Was it the best of times or the worst of times, Mr. Dickens? You can scarcely have it both ways.
TEd
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Creight,it's easy making fun of celebrity ignorant strangers . Who the hell's angles are Bragelina? And on top of that I can't seem to get out of this candlelight coma. Even though I changed them for a mojo in the form of a stylized snowflake.It took me four reads before I noticed some possible intentional typo in your post. I don't mind. Beeing laughed at is the best way to stay in touch with reality. Fearsomely awesome. 
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What if we just banned "ban"...could we then ever ban anything?
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I think the banning of words is mostly a very personal thing. A list is just a list. Maybe nice to know that you belong to a minority community that refuses to use this word or that, but it won't stop those trends and fashions that hollow out the meaning of some words.
(Don't ban your avatar picture, nice frosty image!)
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