tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post4422571846032214913..comments2024-03-23T21:46:50.843-04:00Comments on the passionate moviegoer: "iconic" and other words that should be retiredjoe baltakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-46809746811038013112016-02-08T19:14:19.365-05:002016-02-08T19:14:19.365-05:00Couldn't agree more with your list, Joe. (As f...Couldn't agree more with your list, Joe. (As for <i>Full House</i>, "insipid" seems much more apt.)<br /><br />A lot of annoying territory has been covered here, both by Joe and by the worthy commenters. I will contribute "celeb" (ugh), as well as "mansplaining" and "whitesplaining," two words that made some sense in the beginning but now are mainly used to bully people into silence, regardless of whether they are right or wrong.Ashgrovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08776989349083998553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-28525656458358728962016-02-02T07:00:16.134-05:002016-02-02T07:00:16.134-05:00Sharon! You use the words "with it." I...Sharon! You use the words "with it." I use "cool." I've never quite understood the desire to be seen as "cool," which is little more than an affectation. I remember Entertainment Weekly devoting one of its issues to "cool" - who's cool and who isn't. It was back in the day when Madonna was at the top of the list. Everyone on the "cool" list seemed like they were constantly celebrating Halloween, always in costume, so to speak, and hidden behind a mask. I guess the average reader was supposed to think, "I wish I could be 'cool'." LOL (to use another annoying language trendlet).joe baltakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-84739025821645193052016-02-01T22:03:29.204-05:002016-02-01T22:03:29.204-05:00"Iconic? I wouldn't know. I never watch..."Iconic? I wouldn't know. I never watched the show. I had a life back in the '80s. But something tells me that it was just another insipid sitcom."<br /><br /><br />I highlighted and copied this sentence on first read because, as so often happens, I AGREE. It is heartwarming to discover another opinion we share. Then I continued reading, nodding and murmuring approval sentence by sentence. YES! Too much "trendy" gibberish is heard on the airwaves. My analysis is that there's a constant need to sound "with it" or whatever happens to be the current voguish phrase of the day. Or moment. Or #. <br /><br />Revealing my idiosyncratic status: this linguistic habit is the result of a failure to read and develop a working vocabulary. Forecast: it will only get worse. <br />Sharonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-86419983778440954222016-02-01T20:06:25.153-05:002016-02-01T20:06:25.153-05:00Vienna- Just about every review that I've rea...Vienna- Just about every review that I've read of a Glenn Ford movie has referred to him as "underrated" by the critic in question. Underrated by whom? Why by critics of course? If he was underrated, it's because he was such a subtle actor that he rarely received the acclaim that he deserved. Critics should bnd the word "underrated" from their vocabulary and simply appreciate simplicity more. -Jjoe baltakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-86670770178573816622016-02-01T18:22:51.148-05:002016-02-01T18:22:51.148-05:00Underrated . Just means you think more of an actor...Underrated . Just means you think more of an actor than most people do! It's used far too often.Viennanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-64818984319002684322016-01-30T07:09:41.389-05:002016-01-30T07:09:41.389-05:00Brangelina and all those other cutesy words that s...Brangelina and all those other cutesy words that splice together two names. It's like high school stuff.jay reidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-57864896456884818632016-01-29T22:56:50.097-05:002016-01-29T22:56:50.097-05:00"Bro" and "chillax" both bothe..."Bro" and "chillax" both bother me to no end, but not as much as "en trend."c.g.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-49466111218267447512016-01-29T22:15:04.377-05:002016-01-29T22:15:04.377-05:00Chillax. Awful.Chillax. Awful.Charlottenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-29060921917113174202016-01-29T19:30:17.431-05:002016-01-29T19:30:17.431-05:00I'm watching "Entertainment Tonight"...I'm watching "Entertainment Tonight" and Julianne Hough just used the word "ionic" to describe the dialogue in the original "Grease" film. Give me a break!Jennifernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-16363244505810463862016-01-29T19:20:04.943-05:002016-01-29T19:20:04.943-05:00Joe, do you know how many Oscars would have to be ...Joe, do you know how many Oscars would have to be returned?!McKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-29194328778594446002016-01-29T18:22:23.834-05:002016-01-29T18:22:23.834-05:00Alex- Good point. There should probably be some ...Alex- Good point. There should probably be some kind of time limit applied to how long that word can be used to describe someone whose iconic years are something in the distant past. I feel the same way about when someone is awarded an Oscar hastily and prematurely. Once they've proven to be unworthy of that accolade - say, after ten years of mediocre work - they should be required to return the Oscar.joe baltakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-39077752825817726642016-01-29T17:39:43.082-05:002016-01-29T17:39:43.082-05:00I find it curious that Robert De Niro is still con...I find it curious that Robert De Niro is still considered an "icon" despite his participation in junk like "Meet the Fockers," "The Big We3dding," 'Grudge Match," "Last Vegas" and now "Dirty Grandpa."Alexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-20332389031156209122016-01-29T17:33:48.590-05:002016-01-29T17:33:48.590-05:00Kevin. Yes. The word "dude." Hate it....Kevin. Yes. The word "dude." Hate it. I've hated it for nearly three decades now. It refuses to go away, even though "Bro" has seemingly replaced it.joe baltakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-59843800005951413782016-01-29T16:56:50.979-05:002016-01-29T16:56:50.979-05:00I am in total agreement with you on all of these o...I am in total agreement with you on all of these overused words. If I never hear the word "dude" again, that will be fine, too. It is more important today to be cool than literate, which is why - in less neanderthal times - a "man cave" was called a "den".Kevin Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16951372389921640120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-90461423927489804072016-01-29T14:14:54.949-05:002016-01-29T14:14:54.949-05:00infrastructure. that's a word that was sudden...infrastructure. that's a word that was suddenly being repeated over and over again on news shows ad nauseum. i remember rachel maddow using it at least a dozens times a night on msnbc back in the day. finally, the people using it got sick of it and moved on. hallelujah.robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-5310642403455665182016-01-29T08:02:09.495-05:002016-01-29T08:02:09.495-05:00I'd like to add the word Empath to your list. ...I'd like to add the word Empath to your list. I always thought of it as a specialized, esoteric word, rarely used, but now I hear it all the time. I think people use so that they come across as intelligent. Sharonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-67874061892295664832016-01-28T20:16:07.214-05:002016-01-28T20:16:07.214-05:00"Iconic"? How about "idiotic"..."Iconic"? How about "idiotic"? That would better describe the junk being praised on talk shows.Brian Lucasnoreply@blogger.com