Stupid fucking words journalists use because they're a herd of unoriginal monkeys (16)

1 Name: !WAHa.06x36 2004-11-06 19:29 ID:9LScoVCQ [Del]

"Derail"

Apparently the world of international politcs and business is made up of a huge network of railroads, because journalists just won't shut up about this agreement or that plan being "derailed". I don't say my plans for lunch have been derailed because I left my wallet at home - nobody but journalists use this word.

"Pound"

Warplanes may attack, target, hit, bomb or engange targets. They do not "pound" them. Neither does artillery. It shells, or even flattens. "Pounding" is what you do with your head and a wall when you have to read this shit day in and day out.

2 Name: Anonymous 2004-11-06 20:59 ID:Heaven [Del]

What do you mean, "unoriginal"? Phrases and the stupid words they are made of are neccessary tools of cultural politics, abstract sets with which to filter reality according to the wishes of those who are fairly sure that their readers cannot read between the lines they are being fed.

3 Name: Sling!myL1/SLing 2004-11-06 21:34 ID:dvA1wbBA [Del]

Derail :
2. To come or bring to a sudden halt: a campaign derailed by lack of funds; a policy that derailed under the new administration.

pound :
4. To assault with heavy gunfire.

Looks fine to me...

4 Name: Anonymous 2004-11-06 23:34 ID:Heaven [Del]

>>3

I think it was Karl Kraus who said that a culture's death is indicated by its phrases becoming its reality.

5 Name: !WAHa.06x36 2004-11-07 01:05 ID:9LScoVCQ [Del]

>>3

I am not saying the usage is incorrect, I am saying it is massively overused in media compared to the normal world.

6 Name: Sling!myL1/SLing 2004-11-07 01:45 ID:dvA1wbBA [Del]

That's prolly because disasters and accidents are bread and butter for sensationalistic journalists. Those words sound like gold to their ears. :)

7 Name: dmpk2k!hinhT6kz2E 2004-11-07 11:33 ID:Heaven [Del]

Currently, I'd vote the two most overused words to be WMD and terrorist.

A sign of the times.

8 Name: !WAHa.06x36 2004-11-07 12:59 ID:9LScoVCQ [Del]

Yeah, but those are just signs of times, so they're dumb in another way. Words like "derail" and "pound" have nothing to do with current events, they are just words that journalists see other journalists use and copy.

9 Name: Anonymous 2004-11-07 14:48 ID:Heaven [Del]

When I hear "derail", I think of an online discussion board.

When I hear "pound", I think of a Priest.

10 Name: dmpk2k!hinhT6kz2E 2004-11-09 10:14 ID:9urd00Vg [Del]

>>9 is the winner. I roffled.

11 Name: hk0!0khonVgaHI 2004-11-10 23:47 ID:vSmYTXWA [Del]

Derail = switched away from railgun
Pound = #

12 Name: dmpk2k!hinhT6kz2E 2004-11-11 03:32 ID:bYlpd7dQ [Del]

That's octothorpe thou heathen! ^________^

13 Name: Anonymous 2004-11-11 05:41 ID:/7Nhev2w [Del]

# - That's a Hash.

14 Name: asciic!gy8a4NxnD2 2004-11-11 12:13 ID:JM7D2JoQ [Del]

£

15 Name: Sling!myL1/SLing 2004-11-11 13:42 ID:uunI5MTg [Del]

############## rail tracks

16 Name: Anonymous 2004-11-12 04:56 ID:iB4wnvag [Del]

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