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pI?m a writer. I like words. I also hate words. What people say in daily conversation rarely makes sense on paper. Using acronyms and emoticons are infuriating?especially to an editor./p
pHere?s an example: I teach undergraduate journalism courses at a couple of universities in the area. I once had a student hand write me a note and used a colon and parentheses to create a smiley face at the end of her letter. How did shorthand typing evolve into writing?/p
pAnother pet peeve of mine is when I get emails (usually from college students looking for an internship) using strange shorthand and emoticons. Talk about unprofessional!/p
pI recently wrote a post listing a href="http://freelanceswitch.com/freelance-news/commentary-analysis/wordsmith-words/"words that should be banned in 2012/a. I?ve found en even better list on a href="http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/10516.aspx"emPR Daily/em by Arik Hanson/a on 28 shorthand words to eliminate from our lexicon forever. I had to share?and add my own two cents of course!/p
blockquotepem#8220;29 terms we obvi need to totes elims from our lexi forevs.#8221;/em/p
pDid you understand that? Don#8217;t worry, you#8217;re not alone./p
pI know we#8217;re turning into a texting culture full of shortened and unintelligible words. But we#8217;re destroying our language. At some point, we need to draw a line in the sand. Today#8217;s the day. ?PR Daily/p/blockquote
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h3Shorthand/h3
ul
listrongTotes/strong: Shorthand for ?totally? which should have stayed in the 80s where it belonged in the first place./li
listrongTweeps/strong: A conjunction formed from Twitter and Peeps, which is shorthand for people./li
listrongJelly/strong: Short for jealous. I have never heard this one before?and I hope I never do./li
listrongObvi/strong: Meaning obviously./li
listrongRidic/strong: Meaning ridiculous./li
listrongVacay/strong: If you are going on a vacation, just say it./li
listrongAdorbs/strong: The full word, adorable, is so much nicer. And the omitance of three measly letters is just ridic./li
/ul
h3Twitter Ridiculousness/h3
ul
listrongTwitterview/strong: A Twitter interview. Can that even be worth it?/li
listrongTwesume/strong: Sounds like something Tweetie Bird would have./li
listrongTweetheart/strong: If you have a tweetheart, I feel like you should get off of your mobile device right now and make a real friend./li
listrongTwinkedin/strong: You met someone on Twitter and connected with them on LinkedIn./li
/ul
h3The Unintelligible/h3
ul
listrongNoms/strong: Urban Dictionary says this word in an expression of eating or the sound of someone eating. Gross./li
listrongAmazeballs/strong: Amazing made the last list of words that should be banned in 2012. Clearly it had to be expanded upon./li
listrongFor realz/strong: Really?/li
listrongAwesomesauce/strong: My husband uses this word a lot. I can?t wait to tell him it?s been banned in our house./li
listrongCoinkydink:/strong This word is still being used in place of coincidence? The last person I heard say it was my grandmother, 14 years ago./li
listrongTradigital/strong: Refers to art that combines both traditional and computer-based techniques. Sounds awesomesauce to me!/li
listrongYummers/strong: The same person that uses this word also uses ridic, obvi, and adorbs. Slap them in the face next time./li
listrongStabby/strong: Again, I had to turn to Urban Dictionary for this one. It means the feeling someone has when they are in a particularly bad mood and feeling hostile?usually due to stress. I feel stabby a lot. I think I?m actually going to start using this one?/li
/ul
h3Acronyms/h3
ul
listrongFTW/strong: Are people still this angry?/li
listrongFML/strong: Again?.so angry./li
listrongBRB/strong: Be right back./li
listrongLMAO/strong: I?d like to combine this with LOL?is that really what you?re doing on the other side of the computer? Prove it?/li
/ul
h3Other terms that just need to go away/h3
ul
listrongGuru/strong: I have never met a guru in real life. Do they exist?/li
listrongMaven/strong: This word is totes overused. It?s becoming a clich�./li
listrongJustsayin/strong: This is a popular hashtag on Twitter and I don?t really get it./li
listrongFail/strong: Another popular hashtag. Does anyone really look these hashtags up?/li
listrongEpic/strong: The new amazing. Combine it with Fail and you have a real couple of losers./li
/ul
pNow it?s your turn. What words do you want to add to this list? I know you have some tucked away in your brain?we want to know what they are so leave a comment. We promise we?ll work on eradicating them from our vocabulary./p
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