Here are some words I'd like to put out of circulation:
Hipster: The only people who use this word are old people, people who are classifiable hipsters themselves, or people who feel excluded. Describing someone as a "hipster" has about the same clout as calling something "funky" or "groovy". It's become a huge blanket term to describe a huge part of the population. Within this population there are subsets of annoying people, and there are subsets of really creative amazing people. It is so frustrating to see art/artists/music/musicians/huge areas of a city/restaurants/bars etc. cast aside and shunned because of the quick and easy label "hipster" being applied to them. And usually it's the worst of the bunch attacking from within. It's like the people who make fun of American Apparel are there the most. The ones who make fun of MGMT are the ones who secretly listen to them. It's basically akin to latent homosexuality. The word has always annoyed me, but I'm fed up with it right now because I'm moving to Williamsburg and I'm sick of people telling me not to move there cause it's full of hipsters. It's cheap, it's nice, it's convenient, and I like it. There, I've said it. Now fuck off.
Fashion-Forward: This term is used only by people who have no clue what they are talking about. If they were truly aware of what fashion is they would never say these words together. Accordingly, anything they label as fashion-forward is definitely not.
Random: This word is used by people who are too lazy to think of even one valid word to describe an event properly. Usually, people say "random" when it's not at all appropriate - such as running into someone on the street. It's not "random" to see someone you know when you're outside of your house or at an event.
Weird: I only want this word to be banned in the context of art or when describing a person. "That picture is weird." This is such a terribly boring way to dismiss something without even taking a moment to consider said thing. "Charlie's weird." I would bet that Charlie isn't weird. I would bet that you're a snore.
Exceptions: Ja'mie can say "random" as much as she likes because she's in private school. Also, you can have a weird day or a weird encounter. Otherwise please stop overusing these words.
2 Comments:
Ja'ime is the only one who uses 'random' the right way.
6:36 PM
That's cause she's the smartest non-Asian in Year Eleven.
7:28 PM
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