Clichés: Gotta’ Catch Em All
Posted by Rey
Instead of trolling the web my peeps Thirsty David stopped in his tracks, and wrote a good and necessary post about annoying clichés and slang on the web (holla back David!). Yes, even clichés and slang that I have actively repeated time and time again.
From the get-go I’ve been trying to drop this habit like a bag of bricks but I’ve been failing on SO many levels. It’s like going against the grain of every fiber of my being and down at this level I can’t see the forest from the trees, see what I’m sayin’?
David’s like: “Find. New. Ways. To. Use. Words.” But honestly man; been there, done that. Why does he have to make a mountain out of a molehill? See David, from day one I’ve been fighting an uphill battle to find a win-win situation where I can use a cliché or slang without it being so…so cliché-like; but I just keep falling flat. You feelin’ me, dog?
But I’ve been around the block, and I’m sure David and you readers have been too (where my people’s be at?) so I’m absolutely positive that with the proper synergy we can formulate a proactive solution to the web’s problem because That Is How We Roll. Let’s just not put all our eggs in one basket and hope for the best because that will just leave us caught between a rock and a hard place. Let’s come together and focus on this for a while because come hell or high water, we need to fix this.
So here’s to the WWW-Coast peeps. I’m out. Word.
8 Responses to “Clichés: Gotta’ Catch Em All”
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February 2nd, 2007 at 10:27 am
That’s it. I’m on a plane to NY to slap you silly.
February 2nd, 2007 at 10:50 am
Too late! A slap would only result in redundancy.
February 2nd, 2007 at 12:23 pm
I gave your post the once over and I have to come clean - I just can’t make heads or tails of it. Like, maybe we just need some face time and I’d be able to, like, grok the 411 you’re sending out to your homies.
Capiche?
February 2nd, 2007 at 2:06 pm
Yeah Brian I think we’re on the same wavelength and getting a vibe of what you’re saying. Let’s do lunch. Ciao.
February 2nd, 2007 at 3:16 pm
I just want to double double check…are you saying that basically, essentially, what we need here is a paradigm shift? FYI, I doubt that will ever be possible, in a nutshell. A lot of times language is an edge of your seat roller coaster thrill ride that isn’t going to change overnight, and you just hang on to a conversation to see if the last five minutes leave you breathless. DO you really want to throw the baby out with the bathwater while killing two birds with the proverbial stone? You can try, but you’ll find the rumors of some word’s demise are greatly exagerrated. Hey Vinnie! Gimme a Cheese with Nuttin! Nuuuutin? Bellisimo! Magnifique! C’est tres bon!
February 2nd, 2007 at 11:11 pm
“Gimme a cheese wid nuttin’”!
LOL!!!
February 4th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
I couldn’t have said it better myself. No doubt about it.
February 4th, 2007 at 10:23 pm
ditto. heh.