Lists of Words or Phrases To Look For (and Avoid)

Monday; January 29, 2007

Or more specifically: Lists of Words Or Phrases to Look For (and Avoid) On This Website. In order to establish a certain standard of quality for my future dispatches, I have compiled three lists that establish what I would prefer to include and exclude from this website. I will inevitably think of more in the future, and will continue to add to these lists as necessary. Consider yourself lucky if you are not familiar with any of the items on the first list:

A List of Words Or Phrases to Avoid

  1. blog
  2. GTD
  3. evil
  4. terrorist plot
  5. meme
  6. web 2.0
  7. AJAX
  8. George W. Bush

A List of Words or Phrases to Look For

  1. eytimology
  2. framework
  3. specifically
  4. honest
  5. trope
  6. metaphor
  7. teleological
  8. lattice
  9. political theatre
  10. albatross
  11. geek
  12. existential
  13. wonk
  14. revisionist history

A List of Words Or Phrases That I Would Rather Not Use But May Prove to Be Unavoidable

  1. art
  2. iPod™