Banned words and phrases

Disagree about "manicured lawns". There is a difference.

My neighbor's lawn is manicured. Ours has been a train wreck.

 

Wonders why that's a bad thing:

 

So can we still use tankers, cagers and thinclads?

 

I can see instances where it's justified.

 

I find that useful shorthand to mean that the suspect surrendered peacefully. In a case where someone has committed a violent crime, it's instructive to know that he didn't resist while being arrested.

 

Please don't forget the grapplers and mat men,

 

MisterCreosote only.

 

Well, it is what it is.

 

There have been numerous threads on this but that's fine. Gives me a chance to rail about the cliche I hate more than any:

"Basically, we just have to .... blah, blah, blah."

There are athletes who couldn't start a single sentence if the word "Basically" didn't exist.

While we're at it, the word "just" is overused.

Also I hate "Certainly" to start a sentence.

And "Definitely." I especially despite the phrase, "Most definitely."

 

Absolutely...

 

And, you know...