Twelve days from right now the polls across America will officially be open. By that evening we will hopefully know the results of the election, and all partisan bickering aside, we’ll be glad to see it over with. This election session has been best described as a contact sport, and one in which several words were used to much that they robbed of all meaning. As a fan of words, and the meaning inherent, I propose that two weeks from today we impose a moratorium of no less than two years on the following words and phrases. If one of these words is needed during those two years, one must consult a thesaurus and find an alternative. After the minimum of two years, each of the following words or phrases will be brought up for a reinstatement hearing to determine whether or not they have rehabilitated enough to be returned into the normal lexicon.
- maverick (and extensions thereof)
- change
- folksy
- pro-America
- that one
- reformer
- deregulator
- Hussein
- liberal
- communist/socialist
- approved this message
- The Bradley Affect
- Joe the Plumber
Bradley Robb likes TV and books, and has an intense dislike for cinnamon. Once, Bradley stopped a Soviet T-60 with his middle finger. Bradley writes speculative fiction and edits Fiction Matters, and never really got the hang of talking about himself in the third person.
By the by, if anyone has any words they would like added to the list, I’ll send them to the committee for official consideration.
Glaring omission: Wall Street/Main Street
let’s go ahead and get rid of Joe Six-pack too. I know it’s been replaced, but these guys have a habit of rehashing old garbage when they run out of things to say.
Yeah, that one definitely belongs on the list.
I completely agree with all of the above…although I could also live without hearing the word ‘economy’ every five seconds but I don’t think that will happen.
This was so mavericky of you. =P