words to ban
Wil Wheaton’s not-so-temporary backup weblog is quickly becoming one of my favorite sites. The former Star Trek: The Next Generation star and current actor, author, parent, professioanl poker player, and King of the Geeks is a real pleasure to read.
His recent post on words he’d like to remove from the Universe got me thinking about one word I’d like to see stricken from the Akashic Records.
Boi – Pronounced “boy”. Means “boy”. Used primarily by gay men and fourteen year old girls to describe, well, a boy. Only different, because, it’s like, whatev. If I ruled the Universe there would be an entire division of law enforcement empowered to shoot on sight anyone who spells “boy” with an “i”. Suggested new definition: a food in the culinary arts of Hawaiian cannibalism.
If you ruled the Universe, what words would you erase?
“Boi” can also be used to describe a transgender person who is FTM. Even so, I still hate purposeful misspellings.
If I were the boss of the universe, I would get rid of all abbreviations as used in text messages, IMs, email, etc. It’s YOU and YOUR and YOU’RE. It is NOT U or UR.
Same thing goes for using numbers instead of words. It’s “for,” not 4.
“We are the most inarticulate generation to come around in, like, a really long time.” – Some linguist whose name I can not remember.