Repetitious phrases

[ronny]

^ If she's unwilling, we could just make up a bunch of stuff.

Dude, this ain't Fox news...

 

[Dayton Ward]

^ Easy. You know what happens when you say it three times....

 

[Kevin Dilmore]

I'm not sure about print, but one time at work, I was told that my vocabulary was too heavily reliant on the word "twatwaffle."

Bubba D.

 

[Mike Farley]

If professional Trek writers make up stuff involving other professional Trek writers is it considered canon?

When it comes to the Mack, it's cannon, not canon, baby!

I believe the proper internet response to that is: TMI!!!

 

[Divine]

Well not a phrase but I'm still trying to figure out what "proffered" means.

 

[Amy Sisson]

I believe the proper internet response to that is: TMI!!!

Hey, you did ask!

OK, so you didn't know exactly what you were asking....

In an effort to salvage the threads of my reputation, and bring this somewhat back on-topic.... the phrases that tend to bug me occur not in fiction, but in book reviews (if I see "a delightful romp" one more time!) and blogs (x-activity "continues apace").

Bleh.

 

[Divine]

LoL, I just started reading some more Trill: Unjoined after I posted my previous message and came across "stygian gloom". Whatever the hell that means.

 

[Dayton Ward]

If only there was some method of researching the definitions of words...that'd be frikkin' sweet.



proffer
proffered

 

[Divine]

If only there was some method of researching the definitions of words...that'd be frikkin' sweet.

I look up the definition multiple times a day but I just can't wrap my head around it

 

[Dayton Ward]

^ To be honest...to me, it "feels" like one of those stupid, useless words that people make up from time to time, like "orientate."

Doesn't stop me from using it every so often, tho

 

[Star Treks]

Belated apologies for my previous "nuclear option" response.

Well, don't worry about it. While I don't think the OP was trying to be criticizing, it was me who had to stick my nose in and say you were sounding defensive. There wasn't any real reason for me to do that, especially to a writer I respect, so I apologize too. I don't want there to be any weird uncomfortable subconscious thoughts going through my head while I read "A Time to Heal" - come to think of it, the title is kind of appropriate, hehe.

 

[BrotherBenny]

LoL, I just started reading some more Trill: Unjoined after I posted my previous message and came across "stygian gloom". Whatever the hell that means.

forbidding gloom probably, which I'm not sure actually fits but whatever.

 

[Christopher]

To proffer something is to propose it, to put it forth for acceptance or rejection.

The river Styx is in the Greek underworld, therefore a stygian darkness/gloom/whatever is so profound as to suggest the realm of the dead, the ultimate darkness. "Stygian" can also mean "hellish."

And the poplitial fossa is the back of the knee. Just, you know, in case anyone was wondering.

 

[LightningStorm]

And then there's one of my favorite words: sesquipedalian

 

[KRAD]

And the poplitial fossa is the back of the knee. Just, you know, in case anyone was wondering.

Not to be confused with the political foosa, which is the leader of the creatures that menace lemurs in Madagascar.




("I like to move it, move it....")

 

[KRAD]

And then there's one of my favorite words: sesquipedalian

Which means the thing being described has 50 feet.

 

[Brian]

Remember, sesquipedestrians always have the right of way!

Or is that "the appanage of thoroughfare"?

 

[David Henderson]

To proffer something is to propose it, to put it forth for acceptance or rejection.

Or in other words, proffer is a hybrid of propose and offer.

davidh

 

[JD]

^ Easy. You know what happens when you say it three times....

Err, Fox New......Fox News...F...o...x.......N...e...w...s?

 

[Defcon]

^ Easy. You know what happens when you say it three times....

Err, Fox New......Fox News...F...o...x.......N...e...w...s?

Puh that was close, good thing you left out the s on the first one.