"Obscenely" Something or Another

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Lately, the news-clips attached to home-pages use this phrase far too often, and I have quit looking.

This is "obscenely-beautiful".....

"obscenely-different"....

"obscenely-moving"....

"obscenely-important"......

This trend has made me "obscenely-sick" of the term. imp
 

It was originally given currency, over here anyway, by trade union leaders who were forever talking about "obscene" directors' salaries or "obscene" job cuts.

Its original meaning was "likely to deprave or corrupt".

The misuse of the word is a gross obscenity!
 

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So what do you think of the current use of 'porn' to describe things like house or cooking programmes or photos, etc? House porn, food porn.
 
It is obscene to find I've finally reached an obscenely senior age. How obscene? The obscenity of reaching such an obscene age becomes obscenely clear as I step from the shower, turn around and see myself in that obscene mirror on the wall. It really strikes me as obscene how obscenely Mother Nature has cast her obscene hex that has caused my once obscenely muscular chest to gravitate downward and transition into an obscenely non-muscular waistline. Mother Nature, I hereby offer you an obscene gesture... that is if I could get my obscenely arthritic fingers uncurled for an obscene moment in time to do so!! :)
 
Ameriscot said:
So what do you think of the current use of 'porn' to describe things like house or cooking programmes or photos, etc? House porn, food porn.
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Or a play on the word... like the popular TV show "Pawn Stars".. a family that owns a pawn shop...

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The word 'LOVE' is another word that gets over used / used out of context.

I just love my new car.....I love these new shoes.....I really love the new wallpaper.....I love what you've done with your hair etc. etc.

Do you really ?
 
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grumpy ol' man said:
it is obscene to find i've finally reached an obscenely senior age. How obscene? The obscenity of reaching such an obscene age becomes obscenely clear as i step from the shower, turn around and see myself in that obscene mirror on the wall. It really strikes me as obscene how obscenely mother nature has cast her obscene hex that has caused my once obscenely muscular chest to gravitate downward and transition into an obscenely non-muscular waistline. Mother nature, i hereby offer you an obscene gesture... That is if i could get my obscenely arthritic fingers uncurled for an obscene moment in time to do so!! :)
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IKE said:
The word 'LOVE' is another word that gets over used / used out of context.

I just love my new car.....I love these new shoes.....I really love the new wallpaper.....I love what you've done with your hair etc. etc.

Do you really ?
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I'm sorry but shoes and love go hand and hand. :playful:
 
Whatever conveys the meaning is usually OK with me. Obscenely something is ok with me, so is house porn, or food porn, it gets the idea across.

But one expression I detest is "Over the Moon" which seems to be something people said in the 40s and 50s and some people still say it. I find it annoying, there are so many better ways of expressing it, including words like thrilled, happy, etc. Over the moon, reminds me of the nursery rhyme, Cow jumped over the moon, so..... is the speaker a cow then?
 
Food porn, shoe porn ...

What's happening to this world? Where's the good ol' fashioned kind of porn?!?


Oh, by the way ... some car porn.

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