Pretentious - worst word in the English language.
 

Stop fucking using it. UGH!

it's become so popular in the last 10 years

it's the new ironic

it's a perfectly good word that's been overly misused by dumbfucks (just like "ironic" in the 90s or "sarcasm" in the 00's).

rather than accuse innocent words, let's make the right request-- don't be a dumbfuck.

"I'm incapable of constructing a decent argument; please have a weak one".

AND the irony that most 'pretentious' people are perfectly earnest.

I've just finished a book that argues that 'postmodern' nominalisation ends up eliding the possibility of meaningful dialogue, and that we should return to the liturgical culture of the Roman Rite to arrest this process. Something for us all to think about.

When I used to work in a bar at the end of my shift I would be changing into normal clothes and this guy would regularly ask me 'have you finished?'.

That sentence feels like it's missing a 'with spunk glistening on my sanguine lips'.

I'm sorry if crass and unfunny gay jokes are too pretentious for some of you. I'm an artiste, I don't play by your rules. So fuck off.

Incidentally, I think I'm going to end every post with 'so fuck off' today.

i would say for every 500 times i've heard the word used it probably gets used correctly once. plus, what's so bad about pretentiousness anyway?

Moustaches are what's bad about pretentiousness. So fuck off.

you guys are soooooo pretentious..

Yeah, it's not so much the worst word, but the most misused, especially on imdb! That's why my imdb sig is the full, complete, correct use of the word "pretentious".

This stemmed from when I was thinking about a certain person we've spoken about before calling Jean-Luc Godard 'pretentious'.

That person has never seen a JLG film, knows nothing about him, and knows nothing about movies, period.

The best thing I did was completely stop reading just about everyone's facebook page, except for 4 or 5 people I didn't "hide the status" of. I mainly just use it for email.

why don't the lot of you FUCK OFF

Yeah, she's a total moron.

The best thing I did was just delete my page. I logged into it the other day after not being online for days and some of the things people were saying just legitimately made me angry. I've never cared for what other people say but when I realised I was actually caring about the diatribe people vomitted onto this cesspool of social hate, I decided it was time to stop.
If Glice fucks off then the rest of us will follow.

You must blah. So fuck off.

great sig, derek.

frusciante is probably one of the top 10 musicians ever

why you found that word the worst?
pretentious = don't think you are more then me

a word to put a hold on some one
like you would like to dim the light
to have some sort of control

i'm a pretencious ass

Lose the 0 in 10 and you're in the right ballpark. :)

Oh by the way Adam, here's some Frusciante links you should check:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL6a9ZbGhEw
VPRO Interview; conducted in 1994 in Frusciante's home while he was a reclusive fucked up heroin addict. He talks about everything from Kurt Cobain to why he loves heroin etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx7oJ7-Xjpg
A short film called STUFF that was directed by Johnny Depp before he was famous. Shows Frusciante's living conditions before that house burned down in a fire (destroying his record collection and guitars in the process). Concludes with Frusciante lying on his bed reciting a poem.

You've probably seen these if you've looked around but more people should see them anyway.

THANKS

I have no qualms with any word, I think of all words as equal in the English language of course. But this word is grossly misused by idiots who want to shoot down an artist's work if it's vaguely experimental.
NO PROB.

Johnny Depp was famous then, he's been famous since the 80s

Oh, everywhere I've seen that's written about that video has said it's "directed by Johnny Depp before his fame" but you're probably right, I'm not too knowledgable of him anyway.

EDIT: Oh, he was the jock in A Nightmare on Elm Street. Fuck hahaha.

it's before he was famous for being in Pirates of The Carribean though

he became famous in 21 jumpstreet. a ridiculous show available online if you want to laugh at the 80s. the hairdos are priceless.

nice funny.

not my personal number 1, but I definately think one of the most underglorified musicians of the past 30 years.

i don't have a problem with the word or its overuse. it's just that when someone labels something "pretentious" the critique usually stops there. that irks me more than the word itself.

It's only really used by people who dread opinionated people and don't have any manner of defence against them because they prefer not being challenged. Give me a person who has strong views about something, regardless of mutual agreement, over an apathetic waste of space any time.

pendejo, let's have a drink.

oh wait, i live in the ass of the world and you live under its nose hairs.

o well. another time.

That'd be awesome. :)

Johnny Depp has been famous since he grew a pube.

John Frusciante is further proof that Captain Beefheart inspired all the best musicians ever. He shot up, painted, and listened to Beefheart every day for 12 hours a day for a year. Sounds awesome.

And obsessively studied Burroughs.

EVERYONE, at least watch part 3... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DgCQ...eature=related ... most amazing thing ever.

interview: "what did you think when Kurt Cobain died?"
john: "I cried. I dunno why.. his music was awful."

and then a cigarette falls out of his mouth, he nearly falls off a couch, he talks about he's frightened by the camera taking his soul, he said he doesn't understand why anyone would kill themselves when they can slam dance with their daughter.

AMAZING!

usually just a t-shirt is one of my all time favourite albums, above any SY album, the man is a genius...

REP

A Week In The Life Of John Frusciante

A great article i thought some of you would like to read.

cool, thanks, didn't know he was into godard an herog

I listened to an interview where he said he obsessively watched Blue Velvet and Eraserhead as a teenager (while he wasn't jerking off or playing guitar).

He changed his mind on Nirvana in later years though, covering 'Lounge Act' in some live shows.