I authored an emotional, organic Neatorama post that got decimated back in the day (but post-9/11). Sweet!

Here’s my entry. It’s a bit wordy, but it works.

I decided I wanted to give back, in an organic way as I author this sentence: back in the day, Black Friday actually, I feared being thrown under the bus as I prepared my webinar on the perfect storm – to decimate hat sweet random surge that leads to a pop of emotional rapture – in a post 9/11 world where wordsmithing is the new waterboarding, but decided to press forward because, well, it is what it is.

What about “speaks to”? That really grinds my gears.

Don’t forget that totally awesome word “awesome”!! But I think that has been overused for more than a year now. Or maybe it just seems like it!

Ooops – I forgot, please allow me to add one more: “veggies.” Please just go ahead and say vegetables. Are we all in that much of a hurry? Thanks!

Webinar in 2007??? this was years ago!

Never mind, they have the definitions… duh.

“Awesome” use only seems to have escalated now that it has completely crossed over into the soccer mom mainstream, but it’s been overused for easily a decade. Baggy pants have finally buggered off, now it’s awesome’s turn.

“Take it to the next level” and “big time” are out of control, and “think again” is really starting to irk me – as in, “If you think the rainy season’s over – think again!” It seems to passive-aggressively suggest that you’re an ignorant boob.

Inappropriate use of the word “decimate” has always annoyed me. I mean the word contains “DECI” for pete’s sake, it means to reduce by 1/10th. The Doctor Who finale used it correctly this year and I cheered for the baddie, I was so excited.