Originally posted by shortcircuitRemember how Sark referred to wiping naughty programs in Tron? He threatened them with being "de-rezed."
He was informing the contractor that they were ready to convert the system so they could turn off the generator, but he said "You can degenerate the system now."
Way cooler than "erased" or "dragged to the recycle bin."
Originally posted by belgianfreakInteresting thought, but I don't think so. You could walk into a store to rob it, and kill someone for kicks. This is disregard for life, not a plan in some instances. Certainly not revenge.
I was under the impression it meant that you did not kill in 'hot blood', ie. that you didn't kill in the spur of the moment passion, but rather in a calculated, premeditated way.
The whole point is you've had [b]plenty of time to think about it and still chose to do it. Isn't this the difference between murder 1 and murder 2 in the states?[/b]
Eh, I found it at websters dic.
http://mw1.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cold%20blooded
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Originally posted by uzless"I could care less"--i've always figured it began as being a euphamistic and/or sarcastically optimistic way to say you hate something (ie, you COULD CARE LESS about it, not outrightly saying you hate it) but due to it sounding so much like "i couldn't care less" it has seen usage in the same situations--regardless of the usage, the meaning of both is the same, you don't care for something. Try this for an example-- "it could be worse" and "it couldn't be worse" have essentially the exact same meaning, one of them is a sort of sarcastically optimistic way of putting it, while the other is a stronger more direct way of saying the same thing. Just because two things look like opposites, doesn't mean they are.
Ok, here's a list of phrases I hear over and over that make no sense. If you do this, please stop. You sound like an idiot to your friends.
"I could care less".....Really? so you care a little bit about it then? What you mean to say is " I COULDN'T care less"....think about it.
"Put that on the counter so it can unthaw".....UNTHAW? What does that m ...[text shortened]... e in winter............
Your friends thank you and so would Professor Higgins.
"Unthaw"--totally agree with you.
"last place i looked"/"always the last place you look"-- a lot of people make the same observation as you, but you are missing the INTENDED meaning, while it is not elaborated upon, this statement USUALLY means it was in the last place you could have possibly looked and/or the last place you planned to look--say you look for something for a long time, going down the list of places it could be, this statement is suggesting it was in the very last place or nearly so on that list, meaning you wasted a lot of time due to your poor luck and planning.
"cold blood" i think already been addressed by someone, when you say this you are suggesting that the killer was especially heartless to the point of being comparable to a real life cold blooded predators with no apparent emotions (you'll often see this associated with sociopathic and serial killings, typically not crimes of passion like when a parent kills someone who molested their kid or when a husband kills his wifes lover)
Originally posted by shortcircuitFor what it's worth, people who do this also think George Bush is a genius.
How about "irregardless" ? The word is regard.
How about when someone is speaking about someone who performs a computation?..."He had to computate it." The word is compute.
Another funny one I heard. An engineer was referring to an emergency generator that was powering a critical system. He was informing the contractor that they were ready to conv ...[text shortened]... tem so they could turn off the generator, but he said "You can degenerate the system now."
Originally posted by uzlessLay off the coffee...
Do you spell out the words when you speak or just ignore the intent of the postings entirely.
10 points for being the first spell checker though....bravo.
Next time I write prolly, instead of probably, i'll remember your advice dam it. Oops, damn it...wouldn't want to use any shortcuts here.
Originally posted by shavixmirOne that gets me, and I'm trying to break myself of it, is when people agree with you and use the phrase "exactly". It's worn out and the person who is agreeing with you may not realise you may not be "exactly" spot on.
"Spanking the monkey" is the one that does my head in.
That and: "...you know?"
Along the lines of: "I was at the beach, you know."
No. I don't, and frankly my dear, I don't give a damn either.
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I heard a linguistics professor on the topic of not-quite-right words and phrases, she explained it not as ignorance but as a failed attempt by the brain to choose between multiple ways of saying something, for example gynormous (however you'd spell it) is giant and enormous, two words either of which could be used but the brain muddles them up. Pedants like myself notice ir-regard-less where the brain got muddled with the two negative possibilities, but it doesn't actually bother me - I'm not perfect myself. I can, like, even tolerate people who, like, put the word "like" into speech at random to no effect, but that's a whole other thread ....😵
... or "basically" "at the end of the day" I could go on forever.
Originally posted by MissOleumExactly!
I heard a linguistics professor on the topic of not-quite-right words and phrases, she explained it not as ignorance but as a failed attempt by the brain to choose between multiple ways of saying something, for example gynormous (however you'd spell it) is giant and enormous, two words either of which could be used but the brain muddles them up. Pedants l ...[text shortened]... her thread ....😵
... or "basically" "at the end of the day" I could go on forever.
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Originally posted by Frank Burnsor how bout when you tell someone something and they say "does it?" or "really?"
One that gets me, and I'm trying to break myself of it, is when people agree with you and use the phrase "exactly". It's worn out and the person who is agreeing with you may not realise you may not be "exactly" spot on.
Yes, I just told you...do you not believe me?
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Originally posted by MissOleumHa, i like that explanation...people use those phrases due to brain failure 😉
[b]I heard a linguistics professor on the topic of not-quite-right words and phrases, she explained it not as ignorance but as a failed attempt by the brain to choose between multiple ways of saying something, [b]
I'd rec ya if i could
Originally posted by ShaKKaXuluSO, "if It could be worse", and "It couldn't be worse" mean the same thing, then how do you tell when someone actually means the situation could be a lot worse than it currently is?
" Try this for an example-- "it could be worse" and "it couldn't be worse" have essentially the exact same meaning, one of them is a sort of sarcastically optimistic way of putting it, while the other is a stronger more direct way of saying the same thing. Just because two things look like opposites, doesn't mean they are.
Your posting could be worse.
Am I saying it couldn't be worse, or it could be worse than it is?
This should be how we try to write (as an example):
Dear Madam,
I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle.
I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save.
I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.
Yours, very sincerely and respectfully,
Abraham Lincoln