A list of 16 words by uselessness.
- flight attendant appears on 5 other lists
- administrative assistant appears on 2 other lists
- law enforcement officer appears on just this list
- hospital volunteer appears on just this list
- waitstaff appears on 1 other list
- sales representative appears on 1 other list
- congressperson appears on 1 other list
- firefighter appears on 5 other lists
- mail carrier appears on 1 other list
- bartender appears on 7 other lists
- chairperson appears on 5 other lists
- fisher appears on 8 other lists
- housekeeper appears on 5 other lists
- ombudsperson appears on 1 other list
- healthcare worker appears on just this list
- selectperson appears on just this list
chained_bear My college in New England was run by Town Meeting. We had a board of selectpersons. I'm used to hearing it, so when I came across the word selectman, which is more commonly used in actual towns that are run by town meeting, I thought it was really weird. I still do. Just got used to selectperson, I guess. Oct 26, 2007
samoritan I have seen most of these words in general usage for a long time. A very good thing! May 29, 2007
uselessness I've never heard it spoken, either, but it shows up in the dictionary and yields plenty of hits on Google... Apr 18, 2007
alguien Do people actually say "ombudsperson"? I have never heard it. Apr 18, 2007
abraxaszugzwang Itnal! You should list that. Apr 18, 2007
uselessness LOL, nice. :-) The only thing worse than political correctness today, is political correctness historical revisionism. Good grief. Apr 17, 2007
reesetee Ha! Took me a second there, trivet, but I got it. ;-) Apr 17, 2007
trivet When I was just a wee coaster, our church got a new, PC hymnal that had replaced He and Him with Spirit, Creator and the like (with little regard to meter or integrity). We called it the Itnal... Apr 17, 2007
reesetee Around here, the tongue-in-cheek term for a gender-neutral restaurant worker is waitron. :-) Apr 16, 2007
uselessness You're not the only one! Apr 16, 2007
spicolli Wow, ombudsperson made me do a double-take Apr 16, 2007