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Thread #84262   Message #1554679
Posted By: Bunnahabhain
02-Sep-05 - 09:09 AM
Thread Name: BS: Abuse of words
Subject: BS: Abuse of words
Are there words or phrases you hear regularly that are abused enough to really annoy you?

I'll start the list off.

Disaster- The hurricane is a real disaster.

September the 11th was a terrorist attack, not a disaster, as it was called by a number of places.

There have been various train 'disasters' in the UK in the last few years. They have had lower casulties than an average day on the roads. They're accidents, not disasters.

Anyone got any others that come to mind?