Posted by
Dave in Vegas on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 12:00:00 AM
Is it just me or are the following words and phrases extremely over-used:
Execution style
Surreal
Back in the day
Faux
Old school
At the end of the day
Packing heat
And speaking of “packing heat” . . .
When I read articles about gun control and/or concealed carry, invariably the writer says something about this not being the “old west” or “wild west.”
First, it seems to me that our time is much more violent than the old west. It would be nice if we did live in the old west. Then we could at least shoot back. The local sheriff would ask: “What happened here?” And we would say, “Well, sheriff, it’s like this: “I caught this here card sharp cheatin’ and I called him out.” And witnesses to the shootin’ would say: “Yep, sheriff, he gave him every chance, but that tin horn drew first. It was a fair fight, sheriff” And the sheriff would say: “Some of you boys cart him over to the undertaker.” And that would be that.
But my second point is, if’n this ain’t the “old west” news writers ought to stop using words and phrases that have been out of use since the ‘30s or ‘40s. Words like “packing heat”, “packing iron” or “toting a gun.”
The phrase “packing heat” is tired. At least change it up once in a while. How about using “smoke wagon” occasionally?
And execution style? Aren’t you stood in front of a wall when you are executed by firing squad? Certainly, I suppose when the bad guys makes you kneel and he shoots you in the back of the head he executed you but still, that phrase is over-used by an unimaginative MSM.