More Mundane Monsters and Offending Ogres
Back for an additional dose of punishment, kiddies? Well there's plenty to go around. If you've just tripped upon this continuing chapter of our slangy sojourn let's take the opportunity to call your attentions to chapters one and two of this voyage into the vernacular...this jaunty journey into the jargon: "Woids or Words"...and "Clever or Cliche?" With that formidable foundation you can then rendezvous back here and continue our excursion into excellence as we examine...yet More Mundane Monsters and Offending Ogres!
As the lexicon changes there periodically enters on stage a profusion of new "cute" expressions. Although some of these may seem cute, even cutsie (cuter than cute) at first, they soon tread on the nauseating, a condition exacerbated by the inordinate frequency of usage. For example:
24/7/365...("Twenty four seven, three six five")
Give it a rest!
Get over it! (both these rate #1 and #2 for really obnoxious!)
No clue!
No problemo!
Not a problem!
We're done here!
Hello?
Duh?
Get a life!
Get a grip!
I'm good!
Same old, same old.
No brainer
Do the math!
Butt
Kick butt!
Let's not go there!
Thanks for sharing.
Been there, done that! (Thanks to LET'S PLAY!)
Go it alone.
Senior moment
GrandKIDS
Reality check
Lots of coin
Really and truly
Asleep at the switch
Not the sharpest pencil in the box
Not playing with a full deck
At this point in time
In a heartbeat!
In a New York minute...Thanks to Daftweejimmy
Back to square one!
Hand in the cookie jar
Fingers in the pie
Let's interface!
Sounds like a plan!
Plan B
Game plan
Go with it!
He will be missed
Consensus of opinion
Distinguished speaker
Needs no introduction
Bad hair day
Hit it out of the park!
Step up to the plate!
Let it all hang out!
Hang loose!
No big thing!
He's toast!
He's history!
Thought I died and went to heaven!
Hog heaven
For all the wrong reasons
You got it!
Love to be a fly on the wall/drapes
The nasty nasty
Silver screen
Bent out of shape
Get on the horn!
Whole enchilada
The whole nine yards
Whole ball of wax
Put your hands together...
Let's give it up for...
Near t' dropped my teeth
The smart money is on...
Wake up and smell the coffee
Veggies
Dude
Pea brain
Enjoy!
Supreme sacrifice
As well....
You NEED to...
Awesome!
Too funny!
Trust me
THERE YA GO!
(You're good to go!)
So for now, kiddies, we'll GIVE IT A REST! But keep an EYE PEELED...and WATCH what you SAY! We'll be listening...like there's NO TOMORROW! Let's not get caught WITH OUR PANTS DOWN!
(And YOU NEED TO keep your SHIRT on...AS WELL!) Are we DONE HERE?!
Avuncularly,
GA
Here are some of our NEWER more obnoxious cliches. The people who use them seem to think they are being fresh and original. In fact, the truth is quite to the contrary!
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Hmm....
I'm a little surprised that you're recycling this one Gary, bit unoriginal of you. Admittedly, there's a lot of good advice and some poor English (though that again is a cultural thing). For some reason the quick comment isn't available, but let me illustrate what I mean.
"Here are some of our NEWER more obnoxious cliches." You've missed the comma after NEWER.
"The people who use them seem to think they are being fresh and original. In fact, the truth is quite to the contrary!" This is actually better as one sentence, with a semi-colon separating "original" and "in", and I'd suggest that, since you're urging we use better English, the follow-up should "in fact, they're not." Much more concise, no redundant words; the style you're looking for.
"With that formidable foundation you can then rendezvous back here and continue our excursion into excellence as we examine...yet More Mundane Monsters and Offending Ogres!" Nice alliteration, but why "rendezvous back here"? Why not meet here, or come back? Doesn't the KISS Principle work better than your lexicographic display? I seem to remember being accused of just such a fault myself, can't remember who it was by...
"As the lexicon changes there periodically enter on stage a profusion of new "cute" expressions." Really? And are they all as clumsy as this sentence?
Seriously, if you intend to pass on the skill you have, it's essential that the piece is well-written. We're all human, and therefore fallible, but if it is your intention to hunt down the slipshod and correct it, it should be done by example. This means you need to proof-read more carefully, and, as you often suggest, read it aloud. I read the quoted sentence aloud, and had two of my guests read it aloud. Both pointed out the lack of punctuation, "enter" should be enters, and the whole structure of the sentence only needs a radical revision to make it make sense. "As the language changes, a profusion of "cute" expression appear." Wouldn't that be clearer, more succinct and much less clumsy.
I cannot disagree with the collection of colloquialisms, though I might point out that they are liable to be used by real people, your distaste for them notwithstanding. Perhaps a soupcon of tolerance for the sake of veracity is called for; but a little of it would go a long way!
Shall I take my tongue out of my cheek now?
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But, average people do talk like this. Would it be wrong to change a character just so they do not say these things?
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*bows to sensei*
Other cultures - eastern ones for example - revere the teacher above even doctors. It's unfortunate that our culture doesn't do this.
And you, though not a "professional" teacher still impart your - ancient
- wisdom to us young and inexperienced "kiddies." For that, I (we) must thank you.
I hope I'm not caught with my boxers down, that would be embarrasing. However, please continue to warn us of our literary misshaps. We will be sure to work on them, maybe not immediately so, but we shall.
"Without further ado," I shall once more thank you
JA -
Oh good, more dialogue for my story to be dedicated to you. And the SW population. I think I'll call it,
"Storywrite, A Dissection of the Worst"
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