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This is more of a title than a word, but here in Butler we have "Doctor"
Dr. Tile Dr. Waterheater The Rug Doctor
Gonna re-name myself Dr. Signs!
Also Beeyotch Shizit Decals/Deckles Phat
Love....Jill
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Our neighbor with the "back up in there" was a hoot! He would really insert it in every sentence!! "Like" used as every other word drives me nuts! "You know what I mean?" is mine! I know I do it, I don't like it and STILL I say it! Similar to this: I knew someone who pronouced A BUNCH of words wrong all the time, and would correct others when they pronounced them right! POO-ber-de instead of puberty was one that I can remember. One time, when we spent the week with her, I made a list, it annoyed me so much. Everytime she would mispronounce another one, I would write it down...I guess it was just my way of dealing with it and not confronting her. (It wouldn't have done any good anyway!)
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I hate the word "closure". Oh, I,m seeking closure! God I hate it!
Another one that makes me sick............Bush!
-------------------- Tony Vickio The World Famous Vickio Signs 3364 Rt.329 Watkins Glen, NY 14891 t30v@vickiosigns.com 607-535-6241 http://www.vickiosigns.com Posts: 1063 | From: Watkins Glen, New York | Registered: Sep 2001
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""Good judgment comes from experience; and a lot of that comes from bad judgment" - Will Rogers Posts: 3484 | From: Beautiful Newaygo, Michigan | Registered: Mar 2003
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"Take". When used like "Lets take and get that car over there." or "Take and hand me that hammer."
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And one more. "You know what Im talking about?" Some people use it in every sentence. Or "You hear what Im saying?" Crap!!!!!!
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-------------------- Phil Steffen, 29 Van Rensselaer St City of Saratoga Springs DPW Saratoga Springs NY 12866 Posts: 563 | From: beautiful Saratoga Springs NY | Registered: Aug 2001
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The word's popular with ministers at funerals and therefore should be banned. It rhymes with heave and pavement and if you say it real gruff and loud it sounds like your tossin' your cookies.
-------------------- Bill Diaz Diaz Sign Art Pontiac IL www.diazsignart.com Posts: 2107 | From: Pontiac, IL | Registered: Dec 2001
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Main Entry: re·bate Pronunciation: 'rE-"bAt, ri-' Function: verb Inflected Form(s): re·bat·ed; re·bat·ing Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French rabattre to beat down again, from Old French, from re- + abattre to beat down, from a- (from Latin ad-) + battre to beat, from Latin
"To Beat Down".....sounds like all our customers are not asking what the least we would take for our work.....but politely saying, "Joe Blow down the street is offering a substantial rebate for this same job."
Rebate is a nice way of saying, "Will you take less than it's worth? If not, Joe Blow gets the job."
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I knew there was something about that word, Todd. 'Beat Down'sounds like punishment, doesn't it. You can't squeeze blood out of a turnip, but you can 'beat down' the lowly ole sign maker. You can be the hammer or you can be the nail. Lately I've been the hammer. I'm enjoyin' it.
When folks stop by to needle me about this or that, I've been gettin' in their face, just like the old-timers I used to hear about when I was just starting out. I'll bet the word's out by now that I'm independent and this and that. I say give 'em hell all in the name of respect if they deserve it. Demand it! Surround thyself with agreeable customers only and have a good day.
Yeah baby -- suit me up. Where's my spikes! WWWWHHHHEEEEERRRRREEEEESSSSSS my spikes!!!!!!!!
-------------------- Bill Diaz Diaz Sign Art Pontiac IL www.diazsignart.com Posts: 2107 | From: Pontiac, IL | Registered: Dec 2001
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listening to your president use the word ridiculous... on a news interview this past week he was asked about the possibility of going into Iran...his response... that idea is ridiculous,, but definitely not off the table..... doh.....
Oh canada,, i'll stay standing on guard for thee...hehhhhe....
-------------------- Del Badry philmdesign Sylvan Lake, Alberta Posts: 636 | From: Sylvan Lake, Alberta | Registered: Nov 1998
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'Take and bring me that hammer' ... LOL and don't forget the reply:
"Dere it goes..."
...has me looking around . . .where is it GOING? It's an inanimate object . . .
Calling someone's name in a room... "Dere they go..." or "Here I go"... you look to the door but they're actually NOT 'going' they're sitting in a chair...over dere....
Or the ever-impressive: "Here me." is only a step better than, "Here I'm is."
If you ever visit little Africa, and you're ebonicly challenged...never fear...I am a worthy interpreter of the language and will decipher for you . . .( )
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I'm really starting to get tired of "Get 'er done..."
-------------------- Terry Baird Baird Signs 3484 West Lake Rd. Canandaigua, NY 14424 Posts: 790 | From: Canandaigua, New York | Registered: Dec 2002
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Being a bit of curmudgeon, though not in the same league as one or two , I could gone on for ever, but I’ll restrict myself to just a few.
I hate commands like “Come” or “Enjoy”. I’ll decide whether I enjoy it or not, I don’t want some smug git telling me to.
Very unique. Unique is unique; there are no degrees of it; it’s an absolute!
Someone introducing himself as Mister (whatever). Mister should be an honour bestowed by another person; claiming it for yourself displays a hideously towering ego.
-------------------- Arthur Vanson Bucks Signs Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England arthur@buckssigns.co.uk -------------------- Posts: 805 | From: Chesham, Bucks, England | Registered: Mar 2002
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How about, "Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back
What kind of sentence is "or your money back?" That doesn't even make sense....should be "Satisfaction Guaranteed or we'll give your money back....
That has always bugged me....and every time I hear George Foreman say that at the end of his George Foreman Grill commercials, it makes me want to ask him to step into the ring with me...NOT!
I like George....
Hey, that reminds me....NOT! is one of those word/phrases I can't stand...and I just used it?!!
-------------------- Todd Gill Outside The Lines Potterville, MI Posts: 7792 | From: Potterville, MI | Registered: Dec 2001
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Oh, and I hate it when I hear "What comes around, goes around."
Seems like such a hick cliche phrase.....
Another is: "At the end of the day....." I think I've used this before myself...but it seems like such a staged, unnatural Washington politio statement.
-------------------- Todd Gill Outside The Lines Potterville, MI Posts: 7792 | From: Potterville, MI | Registered: Dec 2001
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"Diatribe" "nebulous" "qualitative" "quantitative" made up words like "ethnofuturism" "monocommunicative" spatial" "semantic" "rhizomatic" "iterative" "acculturation", I even heard the word "imponderabilia"
now I guess I know what they all mean, but a small dictionary or a Palm with Websters software would make the conversation more understanable. If you must endure such twaddle then get a few words for yourself here:
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when people use "that" to refer to others, eg "the people that just left were saying..." instead of using "who" .
Adjectives used anytime adverbs are needed, and the worst hate of mine here is "Real", eg "he rode his bike real fast", or "How are you? ", "Real well", when it should be "really" in place of real.
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"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7014 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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cool.. I learned 2 new words: respectless! (I never heard that word before) & palindrome! hey is there a word for this? my first 7th grade crush was a girl named DEBBIE...I wrote the name in all caps, kerned to the point of contact & then I cut it out of some day-glo poster board. When I dropped it I noticed it read the same flipped upside down (I mean besides the words "infatuated" or "pathetic")
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Doug, there's another new word (not a bad one though) "Flubbergasted".
It means to be appalled at how much weight you've put on in your middle age!
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"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7014 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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My pet peeve word is "Signage". Hells bells, it sounds like a friggin' diease! It makes you wonder what idiotic college bred moron came up with that one. "Hey, I can sound smarter and more in the know... Signage!" It's just SIGNS, people. That word worked for hundreds of years. Yes, it certainly did! Very well, too!
I also object to the suffix "-age" being added to words that it shouldn't be or wasn't in the past.
"I have an infectionage... my signages are suffering from lack of drainage. I better up my dosage of medicationage. Where is that dosage cuppage? The sheetage of directionages seems to be goneage. The containerage might have the correct dosage... Dang, I am suffering from spillage on my clothage. Oh, the stainage! I better do some washage with the soap in the machineage."
Don't even get me started on "font"...
I have to go now. My lunch is, like, waiting for me, like, at the, you know, eatery...
-------------------- Bruce Bowers
DrCAS Custom Lettering and Design Saint Cloud, Minnesota
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I hate that word too Bruce. Signage is when you turn 21 aint it?
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