The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #84262   Message #1554848
Posted By: Little Hawk
02-Sep-05 - 12:16 PM
Thread Name: BS: Abuse of words
Subject: RE: BS: Abuse of words
Oh, GOOD ones, Ake! Remember "Gott Mitt Uns" (the slogan of the Wehrmacht)? It means "God is with us". And they believed it, of course... Why wouldn't they, being typical normal human beings in the grip of an ambitious ruling $ySStem?

Here are some of a different kind:

"hood", when you mean neighbourhood
"fro", when you mean afro
"bro", when you mean brother
"'ite", when you mean "all right"
"know'm'sayin'" when you mean "Do you know what I'm saying?"
"Nam" when you mean "Vietnam"
"humungous" when you mean huge
"bodacious" when you mean beautiful
"hellacious" when you mean hellish
"kick ass" when you mean "win a major victory"

It makes me feel ill. It's like the total devolution of human consciousness to the lowest level of insentient brutality and idiocy. And it is constantly glamourized in American movies and TV shows, as if it was something cool or good! That's not a civilization to be proud of...it's a deranged, sick mind and body waiting to self-destruct.