From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 29006
Date: 2004-01-02
> Metrosexuals a no-no for linguists
>
> AP[ THURSDAY, JANUARY 01, 2004 09:09:20 AM ]
> DETROIT: Calling all metrosexuals: Get rid of that bling-bling -- or
> at least find another word for it.
>
> In its annual compilation of language irritants, Lake Superior State
> University singled out 17 words and phrases that it says ought to be
> banned as overused, trite, euphemistic or just plain inaccurate.
>
> The 2004 losers were chosen by a university committee from more than
> 5,000 nominations from around the world.
>
> 'Metrosexual' topped the list. Coined in 1994 by British journalist
> Mark Simpson, the term refers to urban, usually heterosexual men
> with a keen interest in fashion, shopping and elaborate grooming.
>
> But to Bob Forrest of Tempe, Arizona, one of many to nominate the
> term for banishment, it "sounds like someone who only has sex
> downtown or on the subway."
>
> Fred Bernardin of Arlington, Massachusetts, asked, "Aren't there
> enough words to describe men who spend too much time in front of the
> mirror?" As for 'punked' or 'punk'd,' as the MTV prank show spells
> it -- the committee defined it as `bamboozled, duped, flimflammed,
> hornswoggled'.
>
> 'Bling-bling,' a term for flashy jewellery or other luxury goods,
> made its way into the mainstream from rap music. Said Todd Facklas
> of Chicago: "Yes, your mom might say it. Nothing could kill the
> mystique of a word faster."
>
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/399164.cms
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