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words that will disappear post-PO

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Will words disappear because of PO?

Yes
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No, but this is a fun experiment
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No, PO is a conspiracy! lalalala!
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Total votes : 23

words that will disappear post-PO

Unread postby bodigami » Tue 12 Aug 2008, 03:05:36

This is simple, post a list of words that you think will disppear post-PO. This was a fun experiment that I started with a friend (the third PO-aware friend in "real life"!).

1 word:
party
fun
hope
dessert (as in food, not place)
pension
nation
mansion
rich
excess
consumption
mall
comfort
money
interest (for lending money)
savings (of money)
god
deity
destiny

2 words:
economic growth
social care
social security
selfless friend
human rights
health care
central bank
capital investment

...and many more :lol:
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Re: words that will disappear post-PO

Unread postby tex123 » Tue 12 Aug 2008, 05:30:52

How about

salad bar, telemarketer, muscle car, ambulance chaser, welfare, boob job.
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Re: words that will disappear post-PO

Unread postby Madpaddy » Tue 12 Aug 2008, 05:40:33

How long is a piece of string.

Anyway here are a few of a non-exhaustive list.

2 words.
leaf blower
hair dryer
KY jelly (gonna miss that one)
Las Vegas
personal freedom
car wash
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Re: words that will disappear post-PO

Unread postby SpringCreekFarm » Tue 12 Aug 2008, 09:42:12

Globalism.
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Re: words that will disappear post-PO

Unread postby PrairieMule » Tue 12 Aug 2008, 11:26:30

"Would you like to purchase a carwash with your fill-up?"
If you give a man a fish you will have kept him from hunger for a day. If you teach a man to fish he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.
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Re: words that will disappear post-PO

Unread postby smallpoxgirl » Tue 12 Aug 2008, 11:43:31

lawn mower
snow blower
jumbo size
free delivery
vacation destination
disposable
interest free financing
zero down
good credit, bad credit, no credit-no problem
McDonalds
carbon credit
environmentally friendly
subdivision
housing boom
"We were standing on the edges
Of a thousand burning bridges
Sifting through the ashes every day
What we thought would never end
Now is nothing more than a memory
The way things were before
I lost my way" - OCMS
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Re: words that will disappear post-PO

Unread postby davep » Tue 12 Aug 2008, 11:44:37

Economic Growth

Edit: Bugger, it's already been mentioned.

OK, <in a kid's voice>

"But I don't like veg"
What we think, we become.
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Re: words that will disappear post-PO

Unread postby nickynicky » Tue 12 Aug 2008, 13:12:28

ILLUMINATI (* party hats, horns honk honk, AAruugah! Aroooogaaaahh!*)

That is the good

Retirement,

That is the bad.
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Re: words that will disappear post-PO

Unread postby PrairieMule » Tue 12 Aug 2008, 13:50:04

Gamers
Consultants
Public Relations
free refills
Petsmart
cup holders
Blue tooth compatibility
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Re: words that will disappear post-PO

Unread postby bodigami » Tue 12 Aug 2008, 13:53:49

some that come to mind after reading the replies:

bufette (all you can eat food)
model (the "beautyful people" that do nothing useful)
modeling (a model's "job")
casino
bet
christmas
gift (not so sure about this one...)
commuter (why no one mentioned this?!)
fashion
actor/actress
lawyer [thank [s]god[/s] (deprecated, see above), PO!]
income
profit

free shipping
disposable income
beauty salon (or w-e it's called in english)
credit rating
credit card
debit card
green technology
family reunion
rock star
pop star
fashion designer
musician manager
artist manager
mass media
corporate profit
economic cycle
economic theory
economical class (people)
economical course

...yeah, some words won't be mised, at least by me :)
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Re: words that will disappear post-PO

Unread postby threadbear » Tue 12 Aug 2008, 13:55:00

Lifestyle choice
Grief counsellors
Low Self Esteem
Therapist
Sex in the City
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Re: words that will disappear post-PO

Unread postby dinopello » Tue 12 Aug 2008, 13:58:27

Appetizer

Restless Leg Syndrome

Excercise (replaced by "work")
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Re: words that will disappear post-PO

Unread postby eastbay » Tue 12 Aug 2008, 13:58:51

... a few more:

Affirmative action
Positive discrimination
Political ideology
Got Dharma?

Everything is Impermanent. Shakyamuni Buddha
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Re: words that will disappear post-PO

Unread postby Quinny » Tue 12 Aug 2008, 15:01:22

people !
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Re: words that will disappear post-PO

Unread postby alfonzo » Tue 12 Aug 2008, 17:14:52

kissinger
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Re: words that will disappear post-PO

Unread postby smallpoxgirl » Tue 12 Aug 2008, 17:24:25

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('alfonzo', 'k')issinger


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Re: words that will disappear post-PO

Unread postby kpeavey » Tue 12 Aug 2008, 18:41:51

gourmet
delicious
full
dinner
overweight
peace
snack
shopping
cruising
first class
coach
round trip
401(k)
subdivision

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"Would you like fries with that?"
"I can't eat another bite"
"Your seat cushions can be used as a flotation device"
If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face--for ever."
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twenty centuries of stony sleep were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, and what rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
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Re: words that will disappear post-PO

Unread postby JJ » Tue 12 Aug 2008, 19:02:53

time clock

after dark you can get your bowl of mush.
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Re: words that will disappear post-PO

Unread postby bodigami » Wed 13 Aug 2008, 20:38:41

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Re: words that will disappear post-PO

Unread postby bodigami » Wed 20 Aug 2008, 20:44:35

new ones:

garden
adornment
decorate
decoration
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