7 Words Americans Should Stop Using Until Further Investigation
Americans repeat certain words with mindless ease without once
regarding their definitions, their real meanings or their
connotative meanings. Their use or perhaps their misuse is a
good reflection of the health of our culture or the lack of it.
Without including four letter words and expletives with the
exception of...love, you will not be able to reach the end of
this list without remembering that you have probably heard one
or more of these words today alone. If you do not recall hearing
them for a while it may be that you live an isolated life in the
mountains or you have found company that would be the envy of
any halfway intelligent person.
Relationship: Here is a word that is used to qualify, justify
and honey coat just about every nefarious, sleazy or
reprehensible union between just about anybody and anything.
Recently on an edition of the Jerry Springer show a guest was
about to be interviewed who was getting it on with a very close
relative. Heckles, and murmurs flowed through the crowd from the
moment they entered the room and much of the way through the
interview. Everything quieted down instantly when Springer asked
the question, using in this case the great justifier. He asked
how long they had been having this relationship. The audience
quieted at first then began to add their opinions and advice as
if the word relationship provided all the civility and credence
needed to put this obviously perverted affair back into the
realm of respectability or at least acceptability. The word is
used today to describe everything from marriages to the
on-goings between a farmer and his barn animals. This is an
overused word that has elevated some of the worst unions in
history to a place they hardly deserve.
Love: The word love has but one general definition in the
English language but in contrast there are over forty
definitions for it in the Greek. Unfortunately definitions for
this word are almost always unknown, ignored or drawn from only
the basest and lowest of human response. Usually it is defined
by physical attraction. If it goes beyond that it wouldn