Driven to MadnessCaptain Placid asks: What annoying things do significant others, workmates and other people in general do that drive you up the wall? Do you want to kill your other half over their obsessive fridge magnet collection? Driven to distraction over your manager's continued use of Comic Sans (The Font of Champions)? Tell us.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 4 Oct 2012, 12:11)
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Any kind of addiction that is given the name '[subject]oholism'You're not a workaholic, as you're not addicted to workahol.
You're not a shopaholic as you're not addicted to shopahol.
By that fucking stupid reasoning, an alcoholic would have to be called an alcoholaholic.
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CaptainCrackerjack live trout, slow motion, Mon 8 Oct 2012, 13:36,
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So?It's entered the vernacular, and there's sod all you can do about it, so just let it go.
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Fuck vernacular.All that's achieved by allowing etymology like that to reign unchecked is the loss of meaning and distinction.
Vernacular is for cunts.
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CaptainCrackerjack live trout, slow motion, Tue 9 Oct 2012, 15:39,
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