The word "Random"
The word "Random"
Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
#0The word "Random"
Posted: 12/24/05 at 5:49pm
Has this word become so overused that most who use it seem to have no idea what it actually means?
Discuss.
#1re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 5:54pmAbsofreakinlutely. I'm so tired of the over- and mis-use of it.
Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
#2re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 5:56pmI'm glad I am not alone in my plight. More often that not when I see it, it is used incorrectly.
#3re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 5:56pmYou are far from alone.
Auggie27
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/03
#4re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 5:59pmAdd to it the tired-from-the-get-go: "That's just wrong." As in "Saying 'random' too much -- that's just wrong."
#5re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 6:26pm
This thread is so random.
It's just wrong.
#6re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 6:27pm
When I saw that you posted, I KNEW that was what it would say.
How totally random.
#7re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 6:30pmIt's just wrong that you knew that.
#8re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 6:31pmI know! Random, right?
#9re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 6:33pmIs this thread referring to the topic I started about Ricky Martin? If so, I'm not guilty. I think that was the second time I've ever used that word. I had no idea it was hackneyed (look it up) at this point. Carry on!
#10re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 6:34pmYou are absolved as you made excellent use of the word "hackneyed."
#11re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 6:38pmthanks, Rathnait. I was sweatin' it out here for a while....
#12re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 6:39pmI use the word rancid more often than random.
#13re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 6:39pmI'm nothing if not fair.
#14re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 6:46pm
Worse than random -- the misuse of irony.
#15re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 6:47pmIt's not worse, just because it's nowhere near as prevalent.
#16re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 6:50pmYou know, Kringas, I'm hardly the one who should be singled out for using simple words of which I don't know the meaning. I'm going to give some thought on whether or not I should forgive you for that slur. Ok, it's Christmas, um no, it's a holiday, whatever!(NOW THERE'S A HACKNEYED WORD).
#17re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 6:51pmTo people who use that word in the wrong way i feel the need to hand them a dictionary.
#18re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 6:53pmJane, you weren't singled out. It's not just you, not by a long shot.
#19re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 6:58pmI suffer from paranoia.
#20re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 7:00pmThat's because we're all out to get you.
#21re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 7:08pmYou're good, rath!
#22re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 7:08pm
#23re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 7:32pmwhere ALL these damn random thoughts coming from????
#24re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 7:56pmThe word "random" makes my stomache turn. My old voice teacher and I actually just got together, and we were talking about how "random" is being used too often nowadays. I can't talk to anyone who uses that word. Just thinking abput it is making me want to...Ugh...this is getting too random...oooooops!
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