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One irate member here struggling with the use of the English language and rather a desperate need to clarify one or two aspects of this
Overutilized incorrectly and abused without much thought in its delivery and randomly brought up whenever a member deems she is upset at a particular post or at another member this rather maligned extensively used word that springs to mind is BASH/BASHING
My rather naive mind immediately projects itself to a Tom and Jerry scenario
Jerry being chased by Tom with a skillet pan going round and round in circles
Jerry ducking and diving avoiding the 'bashing' that Tom wheels slipping and sliding at the rate of hundred miles an hour
More often then not Jerry getting the better of Tom
Old as I maybe this can still make me chuckle with mirth at their comical antics
Somehow much as I may try I cannot for the life of me conjure up an image of Khushi chasing Arnav with a skillet pan. Or vice versa
Immediately the word bash/bashing irks me when its used in context of any post that vaguely spells any nuances or ounce of so called 'negativity' against our lovely ASR/ Arnav or the man himself Mr Barun Sobti! Even the DTs have been using this word liberally
When this word is employed repeatedly particularly as its relevance and meaning is lost in translation as well at its delivery point, I can assure you I am not chuckling. Not even a glimmer of a smile. I do wonder if one was to take a survey, the word bash might be in the top five poll position in this Forum
There are as follows:
Men bashing jokes
Male bashing jokes
Female bashing jokes
Man bashing quotes
Guy bashing quotes
Boy bashing quotes
Etc, etc , and etc
There are also as follows:
Gay- bashing
Feminist- bashing
China-bashing
Etc, etc and etc
The definition of the word bashing according to the good book , the dictionary is as follows
bashing
noun
1. the act of beating, whipping, or thrashing: a series of unsolved bashings and robberies.
2. a decisive defeat: We gave the visiting team a good bashing.
3. (used in combination)
a. unprovoked physical assaults against members of a specified group: gay-bashing.
b. verbal abuse, as of a group or a nation: feminist-bashing; China-bashing.
I am aware this particular word maybe used in the context of bashing anyone or any organisation but I must humbly ask whether this one word is overutilized and chewed and regurgitated over and over? Ad nauseam
Are we in need of a better and maybe more 'delicate' word?
Without Tom and Jerry's escapades immediately leaping to one's mind?
Sigggh the thought has crossed my mind of the possibility that I stand alone in this debacle
Am I flying solo here perplexed in this quandary, as ever, with the customary practice of this word of the English language?
