Down with Cute! Up with Vocabulary!

[Chemical]

I recently read a student essay that brought me much amusement:

If there's one word that deserves to be hauled into the back alley and dismembered letter by letter, it's CUTE. Just looking at the word brings up images of pink, frilly dresses; Veggie Tales; and helpess puppies. And the word brings up my breakfast. But why do I want to deface pictures of babies sitting in flowers? Why do I want to smash Precious Moments figurines into smithereens? And why do I want to put big black X's over stylized hearts?
For as long as I can remember, cute has inspired nothing in me but contempt. It's a cop-out descriptor. Whenever I hear it, I think, "What? Can you find no better adjective? With so many options, how could you choose cute?" Because cute is used so often and so carelessly; it means so little.
"Your shirt is sooo cute!"
"They make such a cute couple!"
"What a cute idea!"
Soon we'll be calling Jesse Ventura cute, or Fidel Castro, or nuclear warfare. Just recently I heard a girl squeal about a plain-faced education prof,"Oh, Dr. O'Reilly is so cute!" Get me a bucket so I can throw up. Cutely, of course.

I personally use the word rarely; I prefer adjectives like putrifying, acrid and deplorable. Though I think its true that vocabulary has been reduced to pop-words like: hot, cool, cute, *a'yo... it's really all rather unimaginative.

So in response I say;
"Goodbye thesaruas.com - hellooo Easy-Speak."

[TyphoonThaReapa]

A'yo, can A'yo be put on your list of unimaginative words? If so, A'yo, I'm still gonna use it!!!! KILL OFF "EXCUSE ME"!!!!!! LONG LIVE "A'YO"!!!!!!!

[Resha]

I dunno if this is directly relevant, but eh. I hate it when people put "cool" stuff in their slogans or adverts or signs like uhm..."CANS 4 SALE", "R U HIP? BUY &#&#* TODAY!"

smurf off smurf off smurf offffff! It's fine on the net, in text messages, in emails! But to see stuff like that in malls? On glossy brochures? I retch. They all think they can open themselves to a younger market by sounding like that but hey smurf OFF >=(

[Quindiana Jones]

I dunno if this is directly relevant, but eh. I hate it when people put "cool" stuff in their slogans or adverts or signs like uhm..."CANS 4 SALE", "R U HIP? BUY &#&#* TODAY!"

smurf off smurf off smurf offffff! It's fine on the net, in text messages, in emails! But to see stuff like that in malls? On glossy brochures? I retch. They all think they can open themselves to a younger market by sounding like that but hey smurf OFF >=(

Calm down dear, it's only a commercial.

[Jessweeee♪]

I use the words "cute" and "cool" and "awesome" and "nice", etc. all the time n.n

[Quindiana Jones]

That's why we all hate you. :bigbiggri

[Rengori]

I dunno if this is directly relevant, but eh. I hate it when people put "cool" stuff in their slogans or adverts or signs like uhm..."CANS 4 SALE", "R U HIP? BUY &#&#* TODAY!"

smurf off smurf off smurf offffff! It's fine on the net, in text messages, in emails! But to see stuff like that in malls? On glossy brochures? I retch. They all think they can open themselves to a younger market by sounding like that but hey smurf OFF >=(

Calm down dear, it's only a commercial.

To YOU maybe.

[Jessweeee♪]

That's why we all hate you. :bigbiggri

I love that smiley...it's so cute n.n

[Quindiana Jones]

HOLY I GOT 2 POSTS QUOTED IN THE SAME VERY SMALL, MOST PROBABLY GOING TO FAIL, THREAD!

I just peed my pants.

[Old Manus]

I dunno if this is directly relevant, but eh. I hate it when people put "cool" stuff in their slogans or adverts or signs like uhm..."CANS 4 SALE", "R U HIP? BUY &#&#* TODAY!"

smurf off smurf off smurf offffff! It's fine on the net, in text messages, in emails! But to see stuff like that in malls? On glossy brochures? I retch. They all think they can open themselves to a younger market by sounding like that but hey smurf OFF >=(

Calm down dear, it's only a commercial.

Giant win

[Hazzard]

I thought it was only me who felt flattered when getting quoted!

[Madame Adequate]

I dunno if this is directly relevant, but eh. I hate it when people put "cool" stuff in their slogans or adverts or signs like uhm..."CANS 4 SALE", "R U HIP? BUY &#&#* TODAY!"

smurf off smurf off smurf offffff! It's fine on the net, in text messages, in emails! But to see stuff like that in malls? On glossy brochures? I retch. They all think they can open themselves to a younger market by sounding like that but hey smurf OFF >=(

Calm down dear, it's only a commercial.

Giant win

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[Jess]

I use words like that all the time in day to day life whilst speaking, but obviously if I'm writing something like an essay I'll make more of an effort to use better adjectives. It doesn't bother me what words people use, however, if they say them and they don't know what they mean it annoys me.

[Værn]

I attempt to only use the word "cute" when I'm talking about Ryo-Ohki and/or Fuku.

[Ash Ketchum]

I have to agree - cheese is king!