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“No worries! It’s all good!”

02.02.2015 by David Murray // 3 Comments

No, young man, it is not, in fact, "all good." Some of it is good, no doubt! But some of it is undeniably bad. And while I'm at it, are there really "no worries"? Or are there many, many worries, chief among them the surfer-dude-izing of the English language.

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  1. Kate Zimmerman says

    February 2, 2015 at 3:32 pm

    Agreed. May I add that “It is what it is” is what it is, which is meaningless? Thanks!

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  2. Cindy Abramson says

    February 2, 2015 at 4:23 pm

    I agree with both David and Kate and would add “whatever” to that list of meaningless, but faintly hostile remarks.

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  3. David Murray says

    February 2, 2015 at 4:39 pm

    @Kate: You know, I’ve considered the social utility of “it is what it is.” I think what it means is, “I cannot change it, so I have accepted it.” Which of course is a thing that really needs to be said a lot of the time in life. But then why don’t we simply say it then? Because we’re afraid it’s more likely to be challenged–WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU’VE ACCEPTED IT!?–“it is what it is” … is.
    @Cindy: Whatevs.

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