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Category Archives: Pop Lexicon

Meme

I don’t fucking care at all that Richard Dawkins invented this word. It’s straight up horrible and nobody will point out this fact so I guess I have to. First of all, Richard Dawkins is a dick. I mean his NAME is even Dick. I’m an atheist but I think between he and Christopher Hitchens, [...]

Posted 25 December 2010 † Christopher § Neologisms § Nouns § Poor Connotation § Sounds Stupid § Spelling ‡ Comments (2) °

Irony / Ironic

“Irony” has been a word I hated for a long time, but it’s almost TOO BIG now to blog about. The problems with this word are almost too egregious and too numerous to do justice to it. Nonetheless, it screams out for an entry here, if only to put me on record as anti-irony. Certainly, [...]

Posted 11 August 2010 † Christopher § Adjectives § Incorrectly Used § Meaningless § Nouns § Overused § Trying to be Cool ‡ Comments (4) °

Meta

People, listen up and listen good. “Meta” is not an adjective. It is a prefix which can take one of two meanings: connected with a change of position or state metamorphosis metabolism higher; beyond metaphysics metalanguage But now some people have decided it would be a good idea to take this PREFIX and turn it [...]

Posted 24 March 2010 † Christopher § Adjectives § Redundant § Sounds Stupid ‡ Comments (2) °