The End of Wordsmith?!
I've been banned!!!
Repsac3 brings the following to my attention:
I've long been a fan of kennings in Icelandic Sagas, and "wordsmith" has long been known to me; it's not my fault that the phrase got popularized and overused by society at large.
By the way....I'm awesome.
And no....I've never been to Nantucket.
Repsac3 brings the following to my attention:
Banished Words List for 2008So......should I change/update my username? Reveal my "secret" identity?
- perfect storm
- webinar
- waterboarding
- organic
- wordsmith / wordsmithing
- author / authored
- post 9/11
- surge
- give back
- 'BLANK' is the new "BLANK' or 'X' is the new 'Y'
- Black Friday
- back in the day
- random
- sweet
- decimate
- emotional
- pop ('makes it POP')
- It is what it is.
- under the bus
I've long been a fan of kennings in Icelandic Sagas, and "wordsmith" has long been known to me; it's not my fault that the phrase got popularized and overused by society at large.
By the way....I'm awesome.
And no....I've never been to Nantucket.
Labels: blogosphere, Personal
posted by The WordSmith from Nantucket at 4/25/2008 10:24:00 AM
10 Comments:
LOL Word!
How can they ban you NOOOOOO!!!
I say be defiant keep the Title :-)
Repsac3?
Man, that guy's trolling around all over the place.
LOL!!
Ha, but you better get over to Nantucket!!
HA! Say it ain't so!
And,yeah, you ARE awesome!
This was like soooo bogus! The Michigan University students who voted out the word 'wordsmith' thought it was a new buzz word.
'Wordsmith' goes back more than a hundred years. Only recently has it got any purchase in the vernacular. A damn fine word, if you ask me.
What we really need are smarter students and teachers. Instead, what we get are dumbsmiths.
why are you ban
LOL :-))
Haha..."dumbsmith".
Don't give my enemies any dim ideas...
They banned you without allowing you your right to due process...
I am saddened by this...
Don't let the sun set on Wordsmith - keep the flame alive.
Oh, I concur - you are awesome!
You would be awesome if you would join us in the live chats!
Keep your monikor. Hoist the Jolly Roger of defiance! Aarrggg!
And decimate got the boot. Why am I not surprised when it has been abused from its real meaning, of punishing Roman Legionnaires by killing ten percent[that deci in there], to meaning 'alomst wiped out.' Why has it been abused? Because those who have overused it were too lazy to actually become the wordsmiths they are supposed to be as journalists.
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