Below is a short list of words and phrases that suck so much they must be murdered before 2013. Feel free to add any you like.
Professional (debased to mean simply anyone who does work for money)
Fiscal cliff (legislative irresponsibility)
Kick the can down the road (avoid making a decision)
Double-down (be obstinate)
Job creators ( the rich)
Takers not makers (the poor not the rich)
47% (parasites who are not rich, as opposed to rich parasites)
Passion, passionate (as in: he was passionate about M & M's)
Spoiler alert (revealing the end of something)
Trending ( leaning toward; planning)
Boneless wings ( chicken pieces with hot sauce)
Guru (expert, maybe)
Superfood (healthy food)
Epic ( as in: that dessert was epic. Really?)
Occupy (a word that now means nothing at all)
Mommy porn (50 shades of Grey)
Baby daddy ( unmarried father of a child)
Amazing ( when was the last time you were really amazed?)
Love and Hate (I love ice cream, but hate peas. I think you mean "really like".)
Baby bump ( showing, as in pregnant.)
Blowback (reaction)
Birther (moron)
Tea Party (morons)
Ginormous (very, very large)
Man Cave (Den)
The New Normal (eight dollars an hour and no benefits)
Shared Sacrifice (political phrase meaning you (not I) are about to be screwed).
Thank you in advance (I expect you to do this.)
Wordsmith (write, writer, edit.)
Terrorist (Was George Washington a terrorist? By current definition, yes.)
Collateral Damage (murdered civilians)
Any noun turned into a verb for which a perfectly good verb already exists.
And of course, there so many more).
mce
Professional (debased to mean simply anyone who does work for money)
Fiscal cliff (legislative irresponsibility)
Kick the can down the road (avoid making a decision)
Double-down (be obstinate)
Job creators ( the rich)
Takers not makers (the poor not the rich)
47% (parasites who are not rich, as opposed to rich parasites)
Passion, passionate (as in: he was passionate about M & M's)
Spoiler alert (revealing the end of something)
Trending ( leaning toward; planning)
Boneless wings ( chicken pieces with hot sauce)
Guru (expert, maybe)
Superfood (healthy food)
Epic ( as in: that dessert was epic. Really?)
Occupy (a word that now means nothing at all)
Mommy porn (50 shades of Grey)
Baby daddy ( unmarried father of a child)
Amazing ( when was the last time you were really amazed?)
Love and Hate (I love ice cream, but hate peas. I think you mean "really like".)
Baby bump ( showing, as in pregnant.)
Blowback (reaction)
Birther (moron)
Tea Party (morons)
Ginormous (very, very large)
Man Cave (Den)
The New Normal (eight dollars an hour and no benefits)
Shared Sacrifice (political phrase meaning you (not I) are about to be screwed).
Thank you in advance (I expect you to do this.)
Wordsmith (write, writer, edit.)
Terrorist (Was George Washington a terrorist? By current definition, yes.)
Collateral Damage (murdered civilians)
Any noun turned into a verb for which a perfectly good verb already exists.
And of course, there so many more).
mce
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