Comments | tracy_d74: Redundancy and No'Duh

tracy_d74

Redundancy and No'Duh

Jun 08, 2011 09:42

When I was in high school, I worked for a movie theatre. (It was a GREAT high school job, by the way.) One of the mangers was brilliant and funny and sarcastic. (A perfect personality, if you ask me.) When people asked, "Do you have a solid quarter?" He replied, "As oppossed to a liquid or gaseous one?" If it was someone unfamiliar with his keen ( Read more... )

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bogwitch64 June 8 2011, 17:04:05 UTC

oh dear...there are FAR too many to list!

tracy_d74 June 8 2011, 17:14:21 UTC

glynisj June 8 2011, 23:14:06 UTC

I wonder about the word ' virtual' or virtually'.

"And it's virtually pain-free."

Does it hurt or doesn't it hurt?

I know many people use this word when talking about something on the Internet. But then I have to ask, is it real or is it fake?

tracy_d74 June 8 2011, 23:35:39 UTC

Depending on the context, that word can be vague. When I was taking journalism classes, they had a list of words that don't mean...well, anything. For example, "very" It was very good. Okay..uh...what does is that saying. I mean, REALLY saying?