What words, cliches, phrases, slang, etc. do you just absolutely hate, are overused or find asinine? Here are some words I can't stand.....
*inner-city /urban /at-risk /disadvantaged /low-income
Why don't people just go ahead and say, "African-American" because 9 times out of 10, that's whom they're refering to. I've never heard of a group of poor white kids with failing grades living in Manhattan being called any of these. To me, it's just another way of saying "those people", giving the people helping them a feeling of superiority.
*Ultra-Concervative
Please just save the attempt to make bigotry more platable. note: I am not indicating the Republican party and all other conservatives.
*Outgoing /aggressive /go-getter /team-player
Qualities found on most job descriptions nowadays. In other words, Aspies need not apply. Why has being extroverted become more valuable than credentials, experience and intelligence?
*Family Values
Meaning; Suburban, protestant, middle-upper class, nuclear family, stay-at-home mom who home schools the kids, non diverse, heterosexual, wives be subservient to your husbands, everything deviating from this is evil, values.
*inspirational
Why does this always pertain to stories in a Christian context? There's plenty that's "inspirational" and about human struggles, successes and doesn't have anything to do with religion.
*ret*d
Do I even need to explain this one?
*special
Lately, I've noticed NTs using this word ("He's so special") to refer to one who acts dumb or says something stupid. I guess they think using "special" instead of "ret*d" is more politically correct. No it's not!
*"God's going to heal you of depression/anxiety/AS/bi-polar/ect. if you only have enough faith. Then you wouldn't have to take all those pills."
No one in their right mind would say this to someone with hypertension, diabetes, sickle cell, down syndrome or any genetic condition. In other words, it's a back handed way of saying my illness/neurological differences are my fault and I deserve it due to having little faith in God.
*Any NT slang I'm castigated for not knowing or using.
Look, just because you want to be sheep and talk like everyone else to look "cool" doesn't give you the right to dictate how I should speak.
*Heart-breaking /Heart-renching /Heart-warming /Heart-pumping /Heart-stopping....you get the idea.
Please come up with something different. You wouldn't say, "Pancreas Churning", "Kidney-Infecting", "Stomach-Pumping", "Spleen-tearing" or "Ovary-busting".
*Referring to every neighborhood that's majority black as the "Ghetto".
My mother, before she divorced, lived in a subdivision that was almost all black that had homes the size of small mansions and had wealthy pro-football players, executives and professionals as residents. It was so safe my mother could leave the front door unlocked and garage door wide open.
*More to come
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