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.
"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey
#1re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 5:54pmAbsofreakinlutely. I'm so tired of the over- and mis-use of it.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
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.
"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey
#3re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 5:56pmYou are far from alone.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
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."
"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling
#5re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 6:26pm
This thread is so random.
It's just wrong.
Honey, I don't produce theater. I am theater.
#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.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#7re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 6:30pmIt's just wrong that you knew that.
Honey, I don't produce theater. I am theater.
#8re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 6:31pmI know! Random, right?
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#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!
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#10re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 6:34pmYou are absolved as you made excellent use of the word "hackneyed."
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#11re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 6:38pmthanks, Rathnait. I was sweatin' it out here for a while....
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#12re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 6:39pmI use the word rancid more often than random.
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#13re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 6:39pmI'm nothing if not fair.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#14re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 6:46pm
Worse than random -- the misuse of irony.
Hi, Shirley Temple Pudding.
#15re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 6:47pmIt's not worse, just because it's nowhere near as prevalent.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#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).
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#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.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#19re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 6:58pmI suffer from paranoia.
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#20re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 7:00pmThat's because we're all out to get you.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#21re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 7:08pmYou're good, rath!
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#22re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 7:08pm
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#23re: The word 'Random'
Posted: 12/24/05 at 7:32pmwhere ALL these damn random thoughts coming from????
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story...
AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956
#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!
And.....SCENE!
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