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• Overused Words and Phrases
• Underused Words, Phrases, and Signals
• Types of Snobism

• COOL - This is definitely the most overused word of our day. When Pre-Historic Man said that it was "cool", he probably meant, "The ice flow is coming, baby!". In the '50s (which, BTW, I DON'T remember), things that were "the best" were "cool". Scientists, mathemeticians, etc. were "nerds", about the direct opposite from being "cool". Now, it seems, about half the things you see are "cool". With the advent of the World Wide Web, computers are now "cool", and so are the "nerds" that program them. What? you still don't think that COOL is overused? COOL! COOL! COOL! COOL! COOL! Now what d'you think?

• LIKE - Like, this is the choice of, like, my teenage kids. Like, they say that , like, like is the most, like, overused word. Like, I don't see it, do you? It is so, like..., like ..., well, like!

• ALREADY(from bcwhite@comp.uark.edu) - Has anyone besides me noticed how overused the word "actually" is these days? It really sounds stupid when you ask someone a simple question, and "actually" is inevitably the first word out of their mouth. Example: "Where are you from?" "Actually, I'm from Dallas." Why can't they just say "Dallas"? Or, "How is business this year?" "Business is actually really good this year."
  Note from Tim Sabin: bcwhite actually has a good point here...

• Y2K - You hear about the Y2K bug everywhere you go, in everything you read. For those that don't know, the Y2K bug is ... skknnnnk ... oh, sorry about that. As a result of everyone being pre-occupied with Y2K, that seems to be all you hear about this year (1999). I hope we don't hear much about it in 2000.

  Actually, like, what Ms. Trellis in the comics ("On the Fasttrack") did was cool. She hired the Y2K bug so he wouldn't bother her company. And while she did that, I got to use all of the Overused Words and Phases.

• PLEASE - THANK YOU - YOU'RE WELCOME - No, this isn't a class according to Miss Manners. The idea behind this type of manners is to treat others the way you would like to be treated (does anyone out there remember the "Golden Rule"?). This concept may be corny, but it works. Do you like to be treated like a piece of sh*t? No? Then don't expect people to treat you well when you treat them like sh*t. If you don't mind being treated like a piece of sh*t, then I've got some prime property off of the Everglades Parkway that you'd be interested in. Excellent view of the alligators, and close enough to the Parkway to have excellent commuting time.

• BLINKERS - I don't know about the rest of the world, but in the Washington, DC, USA area, a major problema is that too many motrists REFUSE to use their blinkers. This makes driving much more dangerous than ever. And the really bad part of it - I think the cops are ignoring the problem.
  BTW, I won't be nasty to you, my most beloved reader, by putting the word BLINKERS in a blinking font.

• BLINKERS II (from xenixpro@gte.net) - Florida is FULL of drivers that must believe turn signals were optional when they bought their vehicles. Maybe they forgot to tell the car salesman to include them. Or maybe they just think that the blinkers automatically come on when they decide to make a turn. Why not, the car has all those computerized gadgets and some even talk back, letting you know that you are about to run out of gas. That's another thing. I'm all for new technology, but I don't need a computer to tell me I am too stupid to look at the gas gauge once in a while to see how much gas I have in the tank. But then again, it is for the people that forget where the turn-signal switch is located.

• MUSIC - I'm into music, so of course I'm going to notice Musical Snobism. This is where a person thinks that their music is not only the best, but it's the only type of music, and that everyone should listen to it.
  • Classical Snobbery. We all know the Clasical Music Snob. He listens to Bach or Beethoven, etc., all day, and can't stand the Idea of "popular music". Well, Mr./Ms. Classical Snob. Do you know that the music of the so-called "biggies" was the Popular music of it's day? No, I'm not saying that Elvis, The Beatles, Nine-Inch Nails, or Smashing Pumpkins will replace Bach. But they've been "pop" musicians. So there.

  • New Age Snobbery. Not much better than Classical Snobbery. The main diff: New Age Snobs will listen to live composers, as well as dead.

  • Rock Snobbery. Hoo boy, I know I'm gonna get negative feedback on this one. But the point is, there are Rock Snobs out there. They not only think that Classical is the worst, they also can't understand how anyone could possibly appreciate the likes of (say) Jazz.

  • Jazz Snobbery. There are at least 3 different types of this animal. The Ordinary Jazz Snob won't listen to anything but Jazz. The Traditional Jazz Snob not only hates music outside of Jazz, but thinks Duke Ellington was a god, but Kenny G is a piece of sh*t. The Contemporary Jazz Snob thinks that Grover Washington is the god, and Duke Ellington is the piece of sh*t. What does he think of Kenny G? Lotsa hair playing a sax.

  • New Music Snobs. This person just can't stand any type of "old music". The old music is sometimes just Classical - or it could include music from the 1920's, WWII, all the way up to - and get this - last week's hits! The motto of the New Music Snob - if it ain't new, it ain't no good.

• FOOD - Food! What some people live for! There are two types of this snob, and they are quite opposite. You don't recognize this category because we call them something more polite in this society:
  • Rich Food Snobs. No, these people are not necessarily rich. They love their so-called rich food - caviar, French wine, etc., to the exclusion of more ordinary foods. Ham sandwich? Way too ordinary. What I can't understand is, how can anyone like caviar as much as a Rich Food Snob? Extremely salty fish eggs? Yecchhhh...

  • The Picky Eater. Face it. The Picky Eater is a snob, whether he knows it or not. He sits back and will turn down various dishes that are offered to him, often for no apparent reason. He may even turn down some dishes according to brand name, and accept other brands. Unlike the Rich Food Snob, each Picky Eater is different. Unfortunately, often the dishes that he turns down are those that are good for him - like vegetables.

    There is one thing about The Picky Eater that we must be aware of. Sometimes The Picky Eater is the result of something wrong, such as OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). But most of the time, that's not the case.

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