i've seen a lot going around about the TIME words to ban in 2015 poll where the word 'feminist' is in first place by a landslide.
here's the poll
http://time.com/3576870/worst-words-poll-2014/
do you feel like we should stop using the word? why do you think so many people are wanting to eliminate it? do the poll results surprise you?
pineapple / 12802 posts
LOL. I chose literally.
I have literally never heard of some of those words over used before and I LITERALLY don't know what a few of them mean...
#omnomnom
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
Wait, but so many of these aren't even "real words"... I never heard of some of them! And I still don't understand some of the explanations... lol
pineapple / 12802 posts
@snowjewelz: I know! I realize they were trying to be witty but, I still didn't understand their explanations to a few.
Turnt? wtf.
pomelo / 5257 posts
Yeah the feminist one is freaking depressing. I can't even...(see what I did there? :-P) But seriously that makes me want to cry. As for most of the others? Please go away. Bae, yaaasss, literally, basic, said no one ever -- so sick of nearly all on the whole list!
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
This is just sad that so many people want to ban the word feminist. 
Also, some of those words I've never even heard of. What is "bae"? It's in second place and I don't even know what it means!
pineapple / 12802 posts
@MrsSCB: I haven't ever heard of another woman being referred to as basic. When did that start? I know I'm not old, but maybe I'm just THAT out of the loop?
grapefruit / 4703 posts
They made it all serious by adding 'feminist' as a choice... I would rather it be a silly list. (I chose Bae, BTW)
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
@Adira: I only know teens use bae instead of baby...
@.twist.: I don't get basic, bossy, disrupt & turnt at all!
pomelo / 5257 posts
@.twist.: I don't think it started too long ago, I'm pretty sure I've only been hearing it for maybe a couple months? But that's enough, haha. Buzzfeed has been all over it, which is probably why I'm finding it so annoying... 
:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/keithhabersberger/what-does-basic-mean
http://www.buzzfeed.com/laraparker/things-all-basic-white-girls-do-during-the-fall
http://www.buzzfeed.com/javiermoreno/i-didnt-choose-the-basic-life
coconut / 8861 posts
Personally, I love the word "bae." It's not as bad as some of the words. It cracks me up for some reason.
To the feminist thing, I think that the word is abused or used wrongly by celebrities and media to the point that it's become muddled in its meaning. I feel like I need to read some Betty Friedan or Gloria Steinem whenever I hear it too frequently in the media.
Reading over the list, it sounds like words that Giuliana Rancic uses over and over again to try to sound so hip and cool instead it makes her look foolish for someone whose pushing 40.
honeydew / 7504 posts
I voted for "omnomnomnom" Makes me stabby.
ANYWAY. As for wanting to ban feminist/feminism. I think it's more from the approach of can all those random celebrities please stop making their positions and perceptions on feminism known? And can the media please stop making a big deal out of it? I'm lookin at you, Shailene Woodley. I don't think TIME wants to ban it as a topic of discussion, an important movement, an idea, etc. I just think there's been too much "celebrity gossip" surrounding it lately, and it's being kind of....overdone.
grapefruit / 4671 posts
You must not be watching enough Real Housewives and Love & Hip Hop if you don't know about bae, turnt and basic hahahaha.
pineapple / 12802 posts
@plantains: Well, that is definitely true in my case, so I think I'm happy about that! HAHA. I don't need to watch any of those shows. lol! ETA: What does THOT mean?!
@littlebug: I agree with you on Feminism but respectfully disagree on omnomnom. 
blogger / nectarine / 2600 posts
I dont know like half of these words. I dont watch enough reality TV?
bananas / 9628 posts
@Shutterbug: hahahahahahaha 
omg. that's fabulous! #lonely #literallyherbaepillowcaughther #hashtagsfordays
it is fun to make fun of silly made up terms, but what does it say when a serious word is added to the mix? that we view women's rights as silly or that we've come so far that the thought of needing to make a point of talking about women's rights is unnecessary? i'd like to say it's the latter, but i don't think we've come far enough where that's a reasonable explanation. i think so many people view the protection of women and their rights to be silly and pointless. it hurts my heart to think we don't value ourselves and other woman enough to respect the word, how far it's taken us, how far we still have to go.
honeydew / 7504 posts
Here's TIME magazine perpetuation the feminism-being-overdone-in-media thing... http://time.com/87967/shailene-woodley-feminism-fault-in-our-stars/
grapefruit / 4703 posts
@plantains: OMG yes! I do not understand thot, no matter how many times it's explained to me.
grapefruit / 4997 posts
Why is feminist in the lead? That's just dumb to ban a word that has done so much and brought so much progress for us. Why is cray cray not on the list? I voted for literally, it's used wrong all the time!
pomelo / 5257 posts
@mrs. bird: I agree, I don't think this was a good place for it. Either make the list silly or have it spark a serious discussion. Putting them together is just confusing and trivializes the more serious words, IMO.
@littlebug: Oh and Shailene Woodley needs to shush. Way to show everyone you have no idea what that word really means...
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
@Kimberlybee: I forget where I saw this, but I read somewhere that people use "literally" incorrectly so much, that the definitely of the word is going to be updated to reflect that "literally" can also mean "figuratively."
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
@.twist.: Check out http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/literally which has two very different definitions!
GOLD / watermelon / 14076 posts
@MrsSCB: Did you see this one? Katy Perry's statement is a gem.
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/news/g2956/celebrity-feminists/#slide-13
coconut / 8234 posts
This makes me want to roar. Every other word on that list I could understand. I hate that feminist has become a dirty word. Seems like it's mostly because of people who don't actually understand what the meaning of the word is and we're having women debate who gets to call themselves a feminist and not.
@plantains: I hate thot.
coconut / 8234 posts
@lawbee11: Cringe at that link. I love men, too, Lady Gaga. Love them A LOT. And I'm a feminist, so your logic does not compute. Did you see this lovely quote from Salma Hayek: http://jezebel.com/salma-hayek-gets-award-for-womens-equality-says-shes-n-1655746211
bananas / 9628 posts
@littlebug: i still call BS (with her views, not you!!). being a feminist doesn't mean you hate men, i love men! it means i love & respect women, too. it means i believe in access to education, to fair and equal pay, to healthcare- healthcare that doesn't penalize women for being born a woman by not covering all their healthcare needs, it means i believe in protecting a group of people who have been oppressed and making sure they have what they need to make strides toward equality in the future. i don't feel the need to define a certain percentage of myself as masculine or feminine, i am me, that is enough, i shouldn't need to, no one should. one's sex doesn't define them, it is a part of them, but to reduce someone to their sex and the social construct we've created for that gender is crap. we are better than that.
grapefruit / 4997 posts
@Adira: No! That is not cool!!! But I guess it's been done before with words like "so bad" and "so sick" meaning so cool?!
pomelo / 5257 posts
@lawbee11: Arghghh nooo, Katy Perry! And Lady Gaga? so much of that just makes me sad. I feel like so many young girls just do not understand what this word is supposed to mean (if Hollywood is any indication, lol). But I do love what Sheryl Sandburg said, perfection: "It's a heavy word, feminism, but it's not one I think we should run from. I'm proud to be a feminist."
cantaloupe / 6059 posts
I voted for sorry not sorry. I can't stand when people use that phrase! So obnoxious
coconut / 8861 posts
To the feminist and celebrities who misuse/abuse the word, I think of this every time it comes up on ONTD.
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