semanticnoise.com » Links http://www.semanticnoise.com A personal website of a person with a website: James McMurry Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:32:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Words it is NOT ok to ever say http://www.semanticnoise.com/2009/02/words-it-is-not-ok-to-ever-say/ http://www.semanticnoise.com/2009/02/words-it-is-not-ok-to-ever-say/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:47:03 +0000 jmcmurry http://www.semanticnoise.com/?p=49 Continue reading →]]> I have my own not-yet-catalogued list of “Words it is NOT ok to ever say.”

The first one that springs to mind immediately: “proggie” (meaning “software program”.)

I’m lucky enough to be old and cranky enough not to hang out with them young whippersnappers who no doubt use this word all the time, but I swear it makes me want to spit nails.

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