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Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/fizzy-correct-disco-and-other-words-we-love/ Like yin and yang. Bono and Cher. Jekyll and Hyde. While they’ll always be a long list of words we hate, there’s just as many that we’ll always love.  Some are satisfying. Others are fun to say. And lots are hard to spell. Here’s a bunch of our favourites, add yours below. Mercenary: Such a whimsical sounding word with such an unfortunate meaning. Whack: As in, that shit is whack. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/fizzy-correct-disco-and-other-words-we-love/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/fizzy-correct-disco-and-other-words-we-love/#item8585 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 They can ruin a perfectly good sentence. Make your roll your eyes and scrunch up your face. Say grrrr. The worst ones have the power to ruin your day. They’re the words we hate and they’re everywhere. So we’ve made a list! And now all those horrible words can live together at last. Join in. Birthing/gifting/tasking There are too many perfectly good nouns being turned into improvised verbs. Here are some of our least favourite. Birthing is potentially the most annoying.  It’s used in sentences like: “when I was birthing Sally”. And usually by people gloating about the fact that they didn’t have an epidural. Panties Shudder. This word is the verbal equivalent of a recoil. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/giftting-journey-and-other-words-we-hate/ They can ruin a perfectly good sentence. Make your roll your eyes and scrunch up your face. Say grrrr. The worst ones have the power to ruin your day. They’re the words we hate and they’re everywhere. So we’ve made a list! And now all those horrible words can live together at last. Join in. Birthing/gifting/tasking There are too many perfectly good nouns being turned into improvised verbs. Here are some of our least favourite. Birthing is potentially the most annoying.  It’s used in sentences like: “when I was birthing Sally”. And usually by people gloating about the fact that they didn’t have an epidural. Panties Shudder. This word is the verbal equivalent of a recoil. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/giftting-journey-and-other-words-we-hate/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/giftting-journey-and-other-words-we-hate/#item8523 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 They can ruin a perfectly good sentence. Make your roll your eyes and scrunch up your face. Say grrrr. The worst ones have the power to ruin your day. They’re the words we hate and they’re everywhere. So we’ve made a list! And now all those horrible words can live together at last. Join in. Birthing/gifting/tasking There are too many perfectly good nouns being turned into improvised verbs. Here are some of our least favourite. Birthing is potentially the most annoying.  It’s used in sentences like: “when I was birthing Sally”. And usually by people gloating about the fact that they didn’t have an epidural. Panties Shudder. This word is the verbal equivalent of a recoil. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Moving-forward-let-me-say-this-about-working-families/ Australia is one of the most multi-ethnic societies on earth. As a result, we are living in a kaleidoscope of different cultures and different languages. Among these is one which has always been around. Ever since democratic politics emerged, and expanding rapidly in recent years, politicians have developed a distinctive language of their own: pollie-speak. This is especially evident among Ministers, but all politicians have learnt to use it. It is an unusual language. Other languages have developed as a means for people to communicate with each other, with reasonable clarity. Pollie-speak, however, seems to be designed not to communicate but to obfuscate: to make communication unclear, unintelligible, or bewildering. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Moving-forward-let-me-say-this-about-working-families/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Moving-forward-let-me-say-this-about-working-families/#item6231 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 They can ruin a perfectly good sentence. Make your roll your eyes and scrunch up your face. Say grrrr. The worst ones have the power to ruin your day. They’re the words we hate and they’re everywhere. So we’ve made a list! And now all those horrible words can live together at last. Join in. Birthing/gifting/tasking There are too many perfectly good nouns being turned into improvised verbs. Here are some of our least favourite. Birthing is potentially the most annoying.  It’s used in sentences like: “when I was birthing Sally”. And usually by people gloating about the fact that they didn’t have an epidural. Panties Shudder. This word is the verbal equivalent of a recoil. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/translators-required-going-forward-episode-ii/ Another arrival from the crowd that brought us this indecipherable press release, but this time the gobbledegook’s even worse. SAP Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) today announced the availability of hosted offerings from its channel partners for midsize companies, providing a new delivery channel for SAP solutions for mid-size customers in ANZ. SAP integration partner CIBER is the first ANZ partner to offer hosting as an alternative to the traditional on-premise deployment option. The hosted offerings allow midsize companies to implement and run SAP® Business All-in-One solutions without the need to hire and train dedicated IT staff to implement and manage the software. SAP Business All-in-One is comprehensive and flexible software for midsize companies with deep industry best practices built-in. My eyes. Over to you: translations please? penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Lightweight http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/translators-required-going-forward-episode-ii/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/translators-required-going-forward-episode-ii/#item3062 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 They can ruin a perfectly good sentence. Make your roll your eyes and scrunch up your face. Say grrrr. The worst ones have the power to ruin your day. They’re the words we hate and they’re everywhere. So we’ve made a list! And now all those horrible words can live together at last. Join in. Birthing/gifting/tasking There are too many perfectly good nouns being turned into improvised verbs. Here are some of our least favourite. Birthing is potentially the most annoying.  It’s used in sentences like: “when I was birthing Sally”. And usually by people gloating about the fact that they didn’t have an epidural. Panties Shudder. This word is the verbal equivalent of a recoil. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/translator-required-going-forward/ This just landed in The Punch’s inbox. Can anyone explain what it means? To meet a growing demand from companies of all sizes for software-as-a-service (SaaS) business intelligence (BI) tools that are easy to use, SAP Australia New Zealand today announced the local launch of the SAP® BusinessObjects™ BI OnDemand solution. Targeted at casual BI users currently under-served by products on the market, the solution will deliver a complete BI toolset in one flexible offering. Leading local on-demand services and solutions provider Sqware Peg is the first local partner to offer customers the new solution, which will provide analytics capabilities for customers using core on-demand solutions.  penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Lightweight http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/translator-required-going-forward/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/translator-required-going-forward/#item3006 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 They can ruin a perfectly good sentence. Make your roll your eyes and scrunch up your face. Say grrrr. The worst ones have the power to ruin your day. They’re the words we hate and they’re everywhere. So we’ve made a list! And now all those horrible words can live together at last. Join in. Birthing/gifting/tasking There are too many perfectly good nouns being turned into improvised verbs. Here are some of our least favourite. Birthing is potentially the most annoying.  It’s used in sentences like: “when I was birthing Sally”. And usually by people gloating about the fact that they didn’t have an epidural. Panties Shudder. This word is the verbal equivalent of a recoil. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/southwell-dummy/ Prime Minister Kevin Rudd today said that the Government was moving with “the utmost urgent speed” to fix what might be “perceived as an unfortunate conceptual misalignment” regarding the issue of asylum seekers. “Up until now we have described our policy as ‘tough but humane’, however from now on the correct designation will be ‘harsh but kind’,” Mr Rudd said. The Prime Minister looked annoyed when a reporter suggested that perhaps a better alternative might be “sweet and sour”. “Let me say this, do I apologise for saying what I mean and meaning what I say? Not withstanding the various qualifications existent for meeting the dynamic fluidity of changing contingencies,  no, I do not apologise, not in the slightest,” Mr Rudd said. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/southwell-dummy/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/southwell-dummy/#item1645 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 They can ruin a perfectly good sentence. Make your roll your eyes and scrunch up your face. Say grrrr. The worst ones have the power to ruin your day. They’re the words we hate and they’re everywhere. So we’ve made a list! And now all those horrible words can live together at last. Join in. Birthing/gifting/tasking There are too many perfectly good nouns being turned into improvised verbs. Here are some of our least favourite. Birthing is potentially the most annoying.  It’s used in sentences like: “when I was birthing Sally”. And usually by people gloating about the fact that they didn’t have an epidural. Panties Shudder. This word is the verbal equivalent of a recoil. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/some-key-learnings-about-the-debasement-of-language/ I admit it:  I’m in danger of being a language bore. I’m that guy who, when you say you’re ‘honing in’ on something, asks derisively if you’ve ever heard of a honing pigeon or a honing missile. If you call me a ‘font of information’, I’m liable to take offence on the grounds that a font is a shallow bowl used for church christenings, and I’d rather be a fount, thank you. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/some-key-learnings-about-the-debasement-of-language/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/some-key-learnings-about-the-debasement-of-language/#item1349 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 They can ruin a perfectly good sentence. Make your roll your eyes and scrunch up your face. Say grrrr. The worst ones have the power to ruin your day. They’re the words we hate and they’re everywhere. So we’ve made a list! And now all those horrible words can live together at last. Join in. Birthing/gifting/tasking There are too many perfectly good nouns being turned into improvised verbs. Here are some of our least favourite. Birthing is potentially the most annoying.  It’s used in sentences like: “when I was birthing Sally”. And usually by people gloating about the fact that they didn’t have an epidural. Panties Shudder. This word is the verbal equivalent of a recoil.