Australia faced an interesting government election this year and the word paradigm was introduced into the everyday lives of Australians. Mm, I'll admit, I had to look it up to be absolutely clear what they were saying because within hours of that word being said, everyone in the nation had found a sentence where they could use the word paradigm.
There are a number of different descriptions for the word including; typical example, model that forms basis of something, set of all forms of a word, relationship of ideas to one another. Now I've looked it up, I'm more confused than ever.
That's mine, what's yours?
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paradigm… paradigm… I have no idea.
This does, however, explain all my Australian visitors…
Green energy. Clean energy. I still don't know what it means. May be we should say politically correct energy. Well, I am in Canada, we like politically correct things here...
I think the December usage of the word " wikileaks" has outdone all the other words' use all through the rest of 11 months.
Social media... "social" was all the buzz this year, Facebook took over the world...
I think Deepak Chopra began popularizing the word paradigm about 20 or more years ago in his "Ageless Body, Ageless Mind" where he talks about the new paradigm (sorry) of thought as it relates to our reality.
Social has got to be the winner. It is so overplayed, though valid.
Wikileaks is late, but very trendy. Green and clean - probably haven't heard the last of this one.
How about a phrase? I'm sick to death of "back in the day!" PLEASE don't use this tired old thing when all you need to say is "a long time ago."
Just my opinion...
A long, long time ago...
I can still remember
How that music used to make me smile.
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people dance
And, maybe, they’d be happy for a while.
But february made me shiver
With every paper I’d deliver.
Bad news on the doorstep;
I couldn’t take one more step.
I can’t remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride,
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died.
So bye-bye, miss american pie.
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
And them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
Singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."
Did you write the book of love,
And do you have faith in God above,
If the Bible tells you so?
Do you believe in rock ’n roll,
Can music save your mortal soul,
And can you teach me how to dance real slow?
Well, I know that you’re in love with him
`cause I saw you dancin’ in the gym.
You both kicked off your shoes.
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues.
I was a lonely teenage broncin’ buck
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck,
But I knew I was out of luck
The day the music died.
I started singin’,
"bye-bye, miss american pie."
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
And singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."
Now for ten years we’ve been on our own
And moss grows fat on a rollin’ stone,
But that’s not how it used to be.
When the jester sang for the king and queen,
In a coat he borrowed from james dean
And a voice that came from you and me,
Oh, and while the king was looking down,
The jester stole his thorny crown.
The courtroom was adjourned;
No verdict was returned.
And while lennon read a book of marx,
The quartet practiced in the park,
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the music died.
We were singing,
"bye-bye, miss american pie."
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
And singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."
Helter skelter in a summer swelter.
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter,
Eight miles high and falling fast.
It landed foul on the grass.
The players tried for a forward pass,
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast.
Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
While the sergeants played a marching tune.
We all got up to dance,
Oh, but we never got the chance!
`cause the players tried to take the field;
The marching band refused to yield.
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died?
We started singing,
"bye-bye, miss american pie."
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
And singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."
Oh, and there we were all in one place,
A generation lost in space
With no time left to start again.
So come on: jack be nimble, jack be quick!
Jack flash sat on a candlestick
Cause fire is the devil’s only friend.
Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage.
No angel born in hell
Could break that satan’s spell.
And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite,
I saw satan laughing with delight
The day the music died
He was singing,
"bye-bye, miss american pie."
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
And singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."
I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news,
But she just smiled and turned away.
I went down to the sacred store
Where I’d heard the music years before,
But the man there said the music wouldn’t play.
And in the streets: the children screamed,
The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed.
But not a word was spoken;
The church bells all were broken.
And the three men I admire most:
The father, son, and the holy ghost,
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died.
And they were singing,
"bye-bye, miss american pie."
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
And them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
Singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."
They were singing,
"bye-bye, miss american pie."
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
Singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die."
I sang this song to my son, and now sing it to my new grandson-thanks so much for the words!
I love that there is a meaning behind every line in that song that relates to the world (and mostly the music scene) from the 1950's through the late 1960's.
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This "Just my opinion" bit immediately made me sit up. There is a complete and consummate troll on youtube who always ends his comments with these very same words. Are you he/she?
To lorlie6, perhaps you are too young yet, oops, I meant we are too young yet to say 'back in my day'. But the elders seem to get a kick out of it.
Well the two most overused words of 2010 are "Hope" and "Change". It means that people are going to say to themselves at the end of the year "I hope that I still have change left."
You can also include "transparency" As in "What transparency?"
"Green," "Green Energy," "Greening of America."
"Clean-burning coal," WHAAAAT??? There's an oxymoron if I ever heard one!
"I approve this message." YUCK!
"Social Media" is certainly near the top, as is "political responsibility." Another "Whaaaattt???" oxymoron moment...makes about as much sense as the ever-present "military intelligence."
Cheers, everyone!
Two words:
Gaga (as in Lady Gaga)
Palin (Sarah, Bristol, Todd, Tripp, Trekk, Willow .. any and all).
I still fail to see how anyone can go GAGA over the PALINS
I fail to see why anyone would choose as a stage name something that sounds like unitelligible baby-talk gibberish! Gaga-goo-goo!
I am beginning to hate the phrase.."Pay it forward". But, it has yet to reach the level of Sarah Palin's annoying "Joe the Plummer" speech. But, anything she does is annoying to me.
I would like to feed her a "Kiss my...or Suck my." speech. I wonder who started saying that? I also hate "Homeboy and He or she is my homey. That's really annoying, that and "You've lost you swagger."
WTF is a swagger?
Is this a riddle? I love riddles, but I have no idea what a swagger is. I come from the land down under, where a swag is a roll up bed used for camping out. Originally it was the bed roll for the lonesome drover, travelling the country to look after his cattle or sheep.
Nope, I give up, what is a swagger?
Swagger in American English means a cocky, arrogant stride when walking. A 'walking stick' (not used as a cane for actual medical issues) also used to be called a "swagger stick," but that's more back in the Victorian era.
Your comment instantly tossed the old song, "Waltzing Matilda" into my brain! ;-)
Cheers!
I was kidding when I said WTF about swagger. I know what it means. But, I like your reply DzyMsLizzy.
I once made a group of guys laugh, when I expressed my desire to stagger and swagger over to the kitchen at my local campground where I would make myself a sandwich with some Fazizzil on it and Shalax. You sometimes want to to do that after watching American Idol for an hour. Then later own I would go hang out with the Dawgs! Dawg!
I also forgot to add "No English." For those we know damn well can speak it just fine, they only do it when it is in their best interest to do so.
scams...though a very old word it was use , re use , mis used , overly used , right used , wrongly used but was used...
Over used words that I'm really sick of...
transparency - When I see an interview with a politician on tv this is the word that they seem to work into the conversation.
Enough already...every politician wants to be transparent (yeah right!)
"at the end of the day"
"You know what I mean?"
these are phrases, LOL
and
"whatever"
Oh, yeah...I almost forgot one of the most over-used:
"upcycled"
BAH! It's been re-purposed, recycled, re-used, adapted. But "upcycled?" Please!
In order to sound very clever you have to invent some words that:
1.rarely used
2. No one understands
3. never existed in the first place
Then you'll sound like a very educated and bright person.
So repurpose your green energy with a swagger and upcycle up the oxycleaned and oxymoroned hill of human vanity! Che-e-e-e-rs! Ga-ga-ga-ga!!!
We don't walk dressed like that outside -
we still dress ourselves like that inside.
It's sad and funny.
Human vanity.
In the UK 'cutbacks' is probably used in the news more than any two words.
Now the 'new' government can blame the old government for the financial mess they are proclaiming new ideas for cutbacks constantly.
Oh--yet one more--and if I hear this one again, I may scream!
"Fashionista"
Hairy Manboobs...OK, I'm just messin with you. You guys already took all of mine.
random overused all year.
positive thinking, everyone says that all the time...
THE NEW example grey is the new black, etc.....
Bailout.
Because the money used to bailout businesses was used by businesses to gouge the people who provided it.
"credit crunch" and recession To be honest i did not understand meaning the word credit crunch at the beginning all I know is everyone was using this word. Restaurants were advertising credit crunch meals, The pubs had credit crunch drinking hours.
Someone finally told me that it was a way of saying economic crisis.
cyber! yes! or cyber-no doesn't matter whether anybody else already said it in the three pages of trash you cyber-fools cooked up here to trap me into another 3 hours of useless flirty babbel!
so long succers! I'm all, like, really outta here for the rest of the day. probably. I hope . . .
" and
. . . "
it means online activity such as being a cyber-freak, cyber-nut, or cyber-holic!
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What is the most overused word in your vocabulary?
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What is your definition of a jerk? Everyone uses this word in different ways.
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Where did we get the word "good-bye" from?
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