Kevin's Watch

aTOMiC wrote:By far my biggest pet peeve has to be people articulating every sentence as if it is a question.
And when I got back my boyfriend was like all over my roomate?
So I like kicked him in the junk?
And he like cried so I took him back?

Like I can't stand when people like use the word like like it is kind of way to somehow like fill that empty void in their brains.

aTOMiC wrote:By far my biggest pet peeve has to be people articulating every sentence as if it is a question.

If I hear it just one more time....

So, I went to the store?
And when I got back my boyfriend was like all over my roomate?
So I like kicked him in the junk?
And he like cried so I took him back?
So we're going to the party tonight with Erica?
I'm going to blow my brains out?

A couple of years ago, I helped with an event where the organizers (several 20-something women) talked like this all. The. Freakin'. Time. It was like turning the world over to a bunch of Valley Girls. I wanted to collar them and say, "Would one of you mind inserting a period occasionally? Thank you."

'Addicting' - as in 'this game is really addicting'. It was bad enough when the generic chumps on websites like Yahoo Answers used this non-word, then it got slightly worse with the arrival of the amateurish free game website Addicting Games - but now I keep seeing/hearing it in proper reviews. Game reviewers have taken to describing things as 'addicting'. It's pathetic. I know what you're trying to say, reviewers; you're trying to say that the games are compelling enough that they seem almost like an addiction. There's already a word for that, you semi-literate ape farmers: addictive. Yes, addictIVE. And it's not like this is an archaic and long-forgotten word that would be completely unknown to those who live on the cutting edge of technological entertainment. Back when I used to buy games magazines like Nintendo Magazine System and Gamesmaster, they frequently had an 'addictiveness' component in the score breakdown. It wasn't 'addictingness'. In fact, try to say that aloud: 'addictingness'. It's horrible.

In case anyone demands more solid proof than the products of a basic education, try typing 'addicting' into the online branch of the esteemed Oxford English Dictionary. You'll get the same answer I did:

You should teach a grammer classes, CovJr.

People with a healthy, yet unearned sense of entitlement. They make me want to chew glass, and beat my face off the coffee table.