Friday, January 01, 2010

My forbidden words for 2010

Back whern he had the time (and didn't need the money), "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening used to do a comic strip called "Life Is Hell". A regularly recurring feature was "Forbidden Words", where he would post a list of overused words and phrases in the hopes of never having to hear them again. To celebrate the arrival of 2010, I'd like to rip off this concept and publish my own list of Forbidden Words. May they forever stay with 2009, one of the most universally craptastic years in the history of calendars.



THE LIST


Recession

Beck (the pundit, or whatever he is, not the musician)


H1N1 or Swine Flu

Gunman


Death Panel

Lady Gaga - AUUUGHH!!! Maybe she's harmless, maybe she's even talented, but the name "Lady Gaga" just sets my nerves on edge and I can't get past it. For what it's worth, I feel the same way about the band "The Ting-Tings". AUUUGHH!!! I realize that may be a shortcoming on my part and not theirs, but still: AUUUGHH!!!

Bailout

A-Rod

Social Networking

Social Distancing

Tea Party and Teabaggers - Silly bastards


Octomom

Public Option

Sexting - Unless somebody wants to send me a little somethin', somethin'

The Salahis

Avatar

"I’mma let you finish"

Reality TV
- Seriously. Enough already.

Friending

Unfriending

Gosselin

Autotune - Quite simply, this needs to die. If you can sing, let us hear it. If you can't, shut up. This is officially the best suggestion I have ever made in my life.

Warmist

Birther

Tenther

Balloon Boy

Green State

"Like,..."
- This, like, needed to stop 20 years ago. It makes us, like, sound like, like, a nation of morons, like.

Vampires - Seriously. Enough already.

5 comments:

bigdoc said...

That pretty well covers it, like, totally.

Gail said...

I thought Groening's strip was called Life IN Hell? Perhaps I am mistaken.

Anonymous said...

Uhhh, like how did bam-bam (i mean lady gaga) get her hair to tie like a bone...totally cool, likeyaknowhatimsayin'?

The Mayor said...
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Anonymous said...

He does still do this comic, and here's his list of Forbidden Words for 2010.

actually
amazing
and here's the kicker
awesome
bff
breaking news
caribou barbie
closure
czars
death panels
dithering
drill baby drill
drink the kool-aid
dude
empowerment
enabler
epic fail
facetime
fashionista
anything-gasm
ginourmous
giving comfort to the enemy
grilled to perfection
hissy fit
iconic
I'm not feeling it
intense
it is what it is
kicked to the curb
LOL
loser
low-hanging fruit
man up
next generation
no problem
not so much
now more than ever
obamanomics
octomom
pwned
reality check
recent studies have shown
ridiculous
rocking it
senior moment
seriously
sexiest man of the year
sexting
some people say that...
sooner rather than later
staycation
stormwatch
that said...
that's what she said
transparency
thrown under the bus
whatever
whatevs
[word] is the new [word]
ya think?