Word: meaninglessness
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...Lake Superior State College in Michigan, offer a list of current English scourges. Among them: "ballpark figure," "pre-boarding-how can you board a plane before you board it?" and "no problem." Even insult has lost its point: "I couldn't care less" has degenerated to the meaningless "I could care less." Greetings are equally vapid: telephone operators now routinely use '80s-babble, chirping, "Have a nice day," the moral equivalent of the smile button. Kramer vs. Kramer is advertised as a film that is "absolutely today." Nouns continue to be overrun by the jargonaut: the New York...
...order to protect SALT II, and to present a picture of himself as a strong leader, Carter authorized the development and deployment of the cruise and M-X missiles in such a way as to render the SALT treaty meaningless to the Soviets. Simultaneously, Carter has tried to emphasize his commitment to non-military means of securing U.S. interests...
...Namath and Johnny Unitas. Both near the ends of their careers. One meaningless game between two mediocre teams. They duel without every being on the field at the same time. In each series they seem worried that they'll never play again so it's all out, all afternoon. No short passes. Bombs. Rich Caster catches three. Forget who won. It doesn't matter...
Ronald Reagan had downplayed the affair as "meaningless," and waited until 40 minutes before the prevoting speeches before sweeping into town at the head of an enormous press entourage. He approached the podium behind Rosie O'Grady's Good-Time Jazz Band, and the cheering lasted for six minutes. Reagan needed only ten minutes for his speech attacking Big Government and urging a tough foreign policy...
...Good vs. Bad, Us vs. Them. All peoples cherish this myth, the notion that in the scales of universal justice and morality their struggle, their existence, their purpose is justified and vindicated. All peoples need to have this feeling, otherwise the plodding course of daily life is petty and meaningless...