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1. Gash - in the way it is used by Tynesiders anyway

2. Magnificent - footballer speak

3. Any new word found by people who then use it too often

4. My Dad calls winkles 'willocks' and that makes my toes curl

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'Unique'. I've nothing against the word or meaning itself, it's when people use it incorrectly, describing something as say, "quite unique" or they say something's unique...and then cite something that's the same or similar. Oh dear.

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'Blog'

 

Stupidest modern word ever invented

 

A blog is a log (as in 'Captain's log stardate ten past seven') on the web - a web log - weblog - blog. What's wrong with that?

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'sup and other wigga speak

 

words used incorrectly like the "Unique" example above.

 

the Yorkshire habit of saying "us" instead of "our"

 

"Do you like us cake"

 

.... :lol:

 

 

anything that comes out of a charvers mouth at any point.

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"You get me?" after a statement so bland that failure to "get" it should be followed a revocation of your breathing license

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'Blog'

 

Stupidest modern word ever invented

 

What's wrong with that?

 

This:

 

A blog is a log (as in 'Captain's log stardate ten past seven') on the web - a web log - weblog - blog.

 

You'd prefer they were called web logs? Or what?

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