Barf barf barf barf vomit barf puke barf puke throwup barf. You know who you are, people who use the word “patootie”. You’re probably a Mormon or maybe a little league coach who lures children into your dungeon to play video games. Whichever one you are, the world would be better off without you and [...]
Words I Hate
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Kerfuffle (Revisited)
I hate kerfuffle so much, I have to post about it a second time. Last year I did a post on this word, and the entirety of the post went as follows: See brouhaha. Then gouge out your eyes. Amazingly, no other word I have posted on has caused such an uproar (commotion, disturbance, furor, row). [...]
Kerfuffle
See brouhaha. Then gouge out your eyes.
Brouhaha
Perhaps this word was considered clever in medieval France (from where supposedly it originates) but anyone who uses this word today is, simply put, asking for pain. There is just no excuse for using this word. It’s not funny. It never was funny and no matter how many times you say it, will never be [...]
