Forbidden Words of 2004

[sleeve]

Also, I HATE the intentional destruction of the English language that's common to hip-hop stage names and album/song titles.

Every time I see the title "Hot in Herre" I want to forcibly lobotomize Nelly with a hot fireplace poker.

[Takumi]

I've never heard anyone say Meterosexual. Explain please D=

I read about it in the paper, mostly about David Beckham. Just like he wears some fingernail polish and goes to spas and stuff. But I haven't heard people here ever say it in person.

[Eight One]

I'm surprised no one has a problem with the acronym FPS yet...

[spacecowboy]

I read about it in the paper, mostly about David Beckham. Just like he wears some fingernail polish and goes to spas and stuff. But I haven't heard people here ever say it in person.

Becks just acts like a poof, but I find it hard to believe anyone can be gay with a wife like his. Then again, he hands out with Elton John and wears dresses.

SC

[bloodyarts]

that's not really true.....maybe where you're from. i know people that use the term and know what it's actually like in the ghetto. i use the term actually and i do my best not to use it out of context. and you don't actually have to live in the ghetto to be ghetto.

I understand where you're coming from, and I have to agree with that last sentence since 100% of the people I hear using it don't live there, or like I said earlier, would ever dare venture near one.

I know what it's like to live in the ghetto. I just don't find anything trivial or funny about it.

[soapbox]I feel the same way about the 'n' word and how Blacks toss it around like it's nothing. I've heard groups of school kids ranging from age 10-16, and scores of adults, including rappers who can't complete a sentence without saying it every other word. Don't they know their parents, grandparents and so on have been murdered, raped and victimized in every sense because of that word and what it represents? And now it's cool? Oh wait, it's endearing, empowering.. BULLSHIT. It's ignorance, period.[/soapbox]

[Brisco Bold]

This isn't a word, but it should still be forbidden: using a smilie at the end of your post so the person you're speaking to doesn't mistake your joke for an attack. If you have to use a smilie so they aren't offended, that person isn't worth joking with anyway. For everyone else that reads it, it makes you seem like a pussy that's afraid to say what he means.

Not that you're a frequent offender of this, Brisco Bold.

No problem fuck-face.

[sleeve]

Here's a big one:

FRIENDSTER

[Brisco Bold]

I understand where you're coming from, and I have to agree with that last sentence since 100% of the people I hear using it don't live there, or like I said earlier, would ever dare venture near one.

I know what it's like to live in the ghetto. I just don't find anything trivial or funny about it.

[soapbox]I feel the same way about the 'n' word and how Blacks toss it around like it's nothing. I've heard groups of school kids ranging from age 10-16, and scores of adults, including rappers who can't complete a sentence without saying it every other word. Don't they know their parents, grandparents and so on have been murdered, raped and victimized in every sense because of that word and what it represents? And now it's cool? Oh wait, it's endearing, empowering.. BULLSHIT. It's ignorance, period.[/soapbox]

The "n" word. The word means/t something powerful and negative. Bandy it about, appoint a new meaning, and you take away some of the power and negativity that went with it. Same thing goes for gay guys and "fag".

However, the "n" word is used to much. I don't like it either. That, and "IT'S OUR WORD!"

(please tell me you guys get the Family guy reference)

[Cheebs]

Pre-owned. Just call it used, please.

[bloodyarts]

The "n" word. The word means/t something powerful and negative. Bandy it about, appoint a new meaning, and you take away some of the power and negativity that went with it. Same thing goes for gay guys and "fag".

I'm sorry, dude but this is exactly what I'm talking about. Since when has the 'n' word or 'fag' been anything BUT negative? You can't take away it's power or it's negativity. It will never be recognized as anything but negative to anyone but fools who think it's cool.

Spelling n***** with an "a" or "uh" at the end or pluralizing it with a "z" doesn't change a thing. It just proves you can't spell.

Filthy, cowardly murderers KILL and VICTIMIZE people they don't even know because of what those words represent. And worse, it gets passed on to the next generation at home and at school. And believe me, John White, CEO/Esq is not telling his kids that n****** and fags are cool. It's not cool. It has not lost it's power or it's negativity. Try calling your parents, or your grandparents one and see if they think it's endearing. Try it on a teacher, policeman or public official and see if they high-five you. Write a letter to the President, or Rush Limbaugh with the opening, "What up, nigga?" See what kind of response you get. Hell, even record companies, who promote this filth don't think it's cool to be considered a n***** or a fag. But they'll sell it.

The notion that those words have been stripped of their negative connotations is utterly ridiculous and is proven false every single time a bias attack occurs.

However, the "n" word is used to much. I don't like it either. That, and "IT'S OUR WORD!"

(please tell me you guys get the Family guy reference)

Hyuck, yeah I got that. Now THAT was funny.

btw Brisco, please don't think I was attacking YOU personally. I'm not. I'm venting at the notion in general.