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Daily News Averts Clich Disaster

So, record numbers of slow-moving, five-abreast sidewalk-blocking Michiganders are in New York this month, pushing back the start of our workdays by keeping us from going where we need to go. Read the story. It's informative, if not particularly groundbreaking. The headline, however, is what's important. It appears to us as though the Daily News hasn't yet veered into the neverland of blog clich -dom, opting to use an actual heart symbol instead of claiming that the tourists in question "heart" New York.
"Tourists are our future - these are the people who generate the moneys that give an awful lot of the people in this city a job, and we are not going to walk away from that," Bloomberg said.
We're sure everyone "hearts" New York. We're even more sure that nobody "hearts" a crappy blog clich . More »

11:30 AM on Thu Dec 28 2006
By rbouncer
117 views, 1 comment

Latest by Redondo Dubonnet: What are moneys? more »

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Bad Lingo: Rocky Falls Prey To Blogger Clich

We were shuffling through the dessicated, juiceless items of today's Page Six (seriously, an item about equine herpes?!) when finally, we came across this tidbit from an interview Sly Stallone had granted to fans on Ain't It Cool News. Apparently, he'd had a bit of a tiff with legendary director/legendary dick Robert Evans at some point in the early 80s; it came to a head when Evans dumped a bag full of dirty Polaroids of Stallone's then-girlfriend on his lap. Sly's reaction?
I thought blood was going to come out my eyes.
At first we thought that maybe it's just something that writing on geeky fansites does to people, but then we realized that this isn't the first time Stallone's been guilty of bad lingo: we seem to recall him saying "yo" a lot, too. More »

10:10 AM on Wed Dec 27 2006
By Emily Gould
280 views, 6 comments

Latest by Cheap Shot: I turned down a job to work on his now defunct Sly magazine. I knew it was D.O.A. but it would have been interesting to meet with him and talk about protein pudding features. more »

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Bad Lingo: Blog Clich Detector Is The New Proofreading Carefully!

OMG!! A Hanukah gift dropped quietly into our inbox in the night! A smartypants computer programmer has actually created a program, inspired by our screed about abused and overused blogger writing copouts, that detects the offenses we mentioned. All you have to do is cut and paste the writing in question into the Clich Detector, and you'll know right away which turns of phrase to cut mercilessly, yo. Best. Computer Program. Ever. What's next? Someone will be inspired to create a computer program that just writes all of our posts for us? That might be a good thing, actually, cause all of this Rosie/Trump/Miss Nevada/Judith Regan meaningless pre-Xmas drivel is kind of making our eyes bleed, not to mention making us throw up in our mouth a little bit, and it seems like the media just isn't about to stop reporting these non-stories anytime soon. We're looking at you, Post. Seriously. Seriously. Um, so maybe you'll want to try it out? It's, wait for it, full of programmy goodness. More »

8:50 AM on Fri Dec 22 2006
By Emily Gould
257 views, 17 comments

Latest by The Assimilated Negro: this was a good post. but to have the double seriouslys near the end doesn't one need to be a question? Seriously? Seriously. word? word. more »

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Bad Lingo Continues: Throwing Up In Mouth Predates 'Dodgeball'; Civilization?

Yesterday, we took a stab at explaining the origin myth of annoying catchphrase "I just threw up in my mouth a little bit," Safire-steez. Unfortunately, our lack of etymological credentials shone through: we received several tips admonishing us for citing one of 2004's top Stiller/Wilson flicks, Dodgeball, as the original reference to intra-mouth vomiting. Apparently, the phrase has been irritating pompous, self-important/referential bloggers for much longer than that. After the jump, three alternate explanations, and an exciting opportunity for You — yes, the Time Magazine person of the year! — to decide which is right. More »

11:30 AM on Wed Dec 20 2006
By Emily Gould
3,691 views, 28 comments

Latest by jordan314: Steve Carell says this in an old Steve and Steven episode of the Daily Show on binge drinking. Not as funny as the dodgeball reference but this had to be in the late 90's. Video here: [www.milkandcookies.com] more »

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A Deeper Look At Bad Lingo: When Did We Start Throwing Up In Our Mouths A Little Bit, And Why?

bad%20lingo%20book%20burning.jpgWe were so perversely gratified by your response to our rundown of Blog Media Clich s, yo. But we were left asking ourselves a tough question: did we screw up a little bit (ha!) when describing one of our gripes? If you'll recall, we kicked the already-down "[negative experience, situation, or description]; I just threw up a little bit in my mouth." But judging from commenters' responses, which ranged from the tasteful "I think I just shit in my pants a little" to the downright debonair "I just came in my mouth a little bit," we didn't even hate correctly: the phrase is, OBVS (btw, continuing to use obvs forever to save valuable typing seconds), "I just threw up in my mouth a little bit." More »

9:30 AM on Tue Dec 19 2006
By Emily Gould
1,377 views, 38 comments

Latest by nico-suave: Maybe if I ask my question first and make accurate but pretentious-y (sorry) comments later, someone will respond kindly. About "not so much" -- I found this article because I'm actually (actually) looking up the origins of that phrase. The more »

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Bad Lingo: Blog-Media Clichs

When you make words for a living, you will inevitably find yourself drawn into certain ruts of repetition. That's why you'll see the same tired clich s popping up in the same media outlets, or often in the writing produced by the same people. Blogs are no different, and are in fact worse — the increased breadth and depth of volume encourages mass overuse of an even longer list of lazy jokes, references, and turns of phrase. And blog comments and discussions recycle the same slop with alarming regularity. We're as guilty as anyone of these crimes, and likely more guilty than some. We're willing to admit there's a problem though, just like at AA, so we're cataloguing the worst offenders far and wide. After the jump, an annotated list of words, phrases, and terms that have long overstayed their welcome in the media-blogosphere. Send in your own, and as always, feel free to chime in comment-wise. More »

12:40 PM on Fri Dec 15 2006
By Chris Mohney
16,838 views, 106 comments

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