Least favorite single word in all of Trek?

[Garm Bel Iblis]

It's not a word, but more a general idea: the Captain/someone else/ the entire ship is diseased/in an area with lots of radiation, and the doctor warns that they've got 17 hours, 47 minutes left. After 17 hours, 46 minutes, nothing is the matter, and there will be no long-term damage, if there is even any damage at all, but after 17 hours, 47 minutes, they will just drop dead.

or hwo about on Enterprise when Trip and Reed are on the Romulan ship and Trip's being irradiated and dying, then they "turn it off" and he's fine

 

[Pemmer Harge]

Holodeck

n. bad plot device allowing use of costumes from other Paramount productions

 

[Wynterhawk]

"Hailing"

 

[Nerys Ghemor]

What actually bothers me is when they use stilted, overly formal terms in place of common terms.

Example: TUC, Colonel West talking about "cleaning chronometers." Could he not have just said "clean their clocks?"

This is one thing I liked about ENT. Archer would just come out and SAY things like we do in the 21st century--none of this BS about not knowing what "jackass" means and stuff like that. He actually talked like a normal person. (I specifically remember noticing when he used the expression "busted my ass," thinking what a refreshing change that was from the pomposity in some of the other Trek incarnations.)

 

[DevilEyes]

What actually bothers me is when they use stilted, overly formal terms in place of common terms.

Example: TUC, Colonel West talking about "cleaning chronometers." Could he not have just said "clean their clocks?"

This is one thing I liked about ENT. Archer would just come out and SAY things like we do in the 21st century--none of this BS about not knowing what "jackass" means and stuff like that. He actually talked like a normal person. (I specifically remember noticing when he used the expression "busted my ass," thinking what a refreshing change that was from the pomposity in some of the other Trek incarnations.)

That doesn't come across if you watch it on SciFi channel, though, since they censor phrases like that. Fortunately, I watched ENT from downloads - but I rewatched "Broken Bow" recently on SciFi and was shocked at all the stuff they censored. "You have no idea how much I'm restraining myself right now from knocking you on your ass" became just "You have no idea how much I'm restraining myself right now", and they even removed the phrase "stinky feet".

 

[I am not Spock]

'Anomalies' pissed me off to no end. Voyager was always encountering these. I was starting to think that perhaps normal space was more anomalous than the anomalies!

'Reroute', 'compensate', 'polarise'; these words drove me up the wall.

 

[RoJoHen]

'Reroute'

It is fairly impressive that auxiliary power can be rerouted pretty much anywhere to accomplish anything.

 

[SFRabid]

Since "Make it so" is three words and I have to choose a single word I'll go with

Unknown, such as unknown element, unknown radiation, etc... A cheap way for writers to make up science.

 

[sbk1234]

"cancelled"

 

[Colonel Green]

I could live the rest of my life without the word "Tachyon" just fine.

 

[Orcus]

"Engage!" - finger pointing an' all... Yeah, I get it that the helmsman has to wait for you to tell him start driving but why don't you spice it up a bit with something new? Again: "Let's get out of here"; "Start her up"; or even "Take your marks - get set - go!" would likely break an annoying cliche...

Oh, and put the finger away, baldy: it's rude to point and we know where we're going...

So what would you have preferred? "Let's Punch it"?

Well... it would have made a nice change, don't you think? Sorry, I'm just not a fan of empty catchphrases...

 

[T'Girl]

'Reroute', 'compensate', 'polarise'; these words drove me up the wall.

What the hell does "polarize the hull plating" mean anyway?

So what would you have preferred? "Let's Punch it"?

Ensign Ro: "Course laid in Captain."

Picard drawls: "Get 'er done."

 

[Myasishchev]

^"Then go," said in a really sarcastic voice.

 

[AnyStar]

i cant think of one single word but i can definately think of one single phrase, probably the biggest cop-out of the entire franchise

"maybe we can modify the deflector to..."

 

[Myasishchev]

It's funny that the deflector comes up in unorthodox maneuvers throughout the series, but afaik we never once hear about it actually deflecting something.

 

[M'Sharak]

'Reroute', 'compensate', 'polarise'; these words drove me up the wall.

What the hell does "polarize the hull plating" mean anyway?

Same thing as "deflector screens on" or "raise shields" -- loosely translated:

"Make it so the bad stuff they're shooting at us bounces off
and we don't die. (Well, aside from a few redshirts, that is.)"​

 

[AnyStar]

'Reroute', 'compensate', 'polarise'; these words drove me up the wall.

What the hell does "polarize the hull plating" mean anyway?

Same thing as "deflector screens on" or "raise shields" -- loosely translated:

"Make it so the bad stuff they're shooting at us bounces off
and we don't die. (Well, aside from a few redshirts, that is.)"​

i never could figure out "polarize the plating either" it was only applicable to Enterprise so i tend to overlook it.

ironically i never cared much for enterprise, but the NX is one of my top3 fav trek ships...

 

[The Castellan]

Prime Directive

Beat me to it.

I'll chuck in:
Section 31

Agreed....It's fine if a couple of people say it, but everyone?

 

[The Castellan]

'Reroute', 'compensate', 'polarise'; these words drove me up the wall.

What the hell does "polarize the hull plating" mean anyway?

So what would you have preferred? "Let's Punch it"?

Ensign Ro: "Course laid in Captain."

Picard drawls: "Get 'er done."

Polarizing hull plating means that energy is ran into the hull plates, and it makes them more harder or solid. Since the Vulcans would not give shield technology, starfleet had to do something.

 

[Eleanor_zhDarjel]

Deana Troy. I sense hostility. Really? Might be because they are shooting at us you dumb cow!

O, and the prophets.