E.G. when people say "oh that's cool" - is anyone else getting fed up with things being cool?
I would prefer some passion. Isn't this just minimalism in a colloquial word?
And what about this word ''partner'' ? Does anyone out there privately cringe when they hear this word when someone is referring to their wife, girlfriend, fiancee. And has this asexual term come about because the politically correct need not to offend homosexuals ?
And like the scene in film Falling Down starring Michael Douglas in the fast food restaurant when he asks ''why are we all using our first names - I feel like I'm at an AA meeting" - where is the respect in someone calling you by your first name - who doesn't know you ?
Comedy now is a minefield of who you must not offend !
Isn't this the problem with the world in general - that it is unseemly to cause a scene - to be passionate - you have to be grey and have a ''partner'' - where has all the colour gone in life?
Aren't we now too tightly wrapped ?
2006-09-27 23:45:49 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Could people from the Moral Coward Society not answer this question please ?
2006-09-27 23:46:50 · update #1
A nerve I see I've hit - Well! Fight back - when someone says ''partner'' for instance - say "and what business are you both in?" or some remark that is equally pithy !
2006-09-28 00:04:48 · update #2
Yes, I am tired of slang words and Americanisms which have crept into the English language. I am also VERY tired of the use of 'like' instead of 'as if.' I have even heard newsreaders using this term.
2006-09-28 00:12:14 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about SOUL PARTNER, Looking for my soul partner, every time I hear that I want to get really un COOL!
2006-09-28 00:00:16 · answer #2 · answered by Michael 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes to Cool and Partner, and also " My Bad "
2006-09-27 23:47:02 · answer #3 · answered by JustPeachy !!! 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
YES, I think these terms are over used.
2006-09-27 23:50:30 · answer #4 · answered by WC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
oh thats cool partner..
2006-09-28 00:35:39 · answer #5 · answered by Calvin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not with those words. I'm fed-up with 'awesome' & 'rock'.
2006-09-28 00:09:39 · answer #6 · answered by whatever 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes i agree...its getting tiring
2006-09-27 23:49:33 · answer #7 · answered by billie 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋