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Post by lesserknownpea on Apr 26, 2017 22:27:35 GMT
Don't use the word curate!!
There, I feel better
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Post by gypsymama on Apr 26, 2017 22:29:29 GMT
THANK YOU X1000000000000
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Post by 950nancy on Apr 26, 2017 22:30:54 GMT
I hear it alllllll the time at work.
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Post by papersilly on Apr 26, 2017 22:31:14 GMT
awww common, don't you just love it when restaurants use it to describe their special cheeses or when clothing shops use it to describe their new collection or when online shops want to highlight a special seller? LOL
yeah, i agree with you. museums only please.
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Post by leannec on Apr 26, 2017 22:33:58 GMT
You mean I can't curate my cat furballs and dishtowels?  Disappointed  |
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Post by Anita on Apr 26, 2017 22:35:06 GMT
Amen. Also, when did "invite" become a noun? Bugs the shit out of me.
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Post by papersilly on Apr 26, 2017 22:39:06 GMT
sometimes i wish i could curate DH's clothes before he goes outside. LOL
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Post by 950nancy on Apr 26, 2017 22:44:36 GMT
noun
1.
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
2.
any ecclesiastic entrusted with the cure of souls, as a parish priest.
verb (used with object), curated, curating.
3.
to take charge of (a museum) or organize (an art exhibit):
to curate a photography show.
4.
to pull together, sift through, and select for presentation, as music or website content:
“We curate our merchandise with a sharp eye for trending fashion,” the store manager explained.
Isn't it okay to use it the way the dictionary defines it? I think it just become much more popular recently.
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Post by mcscrapper on Apr 26, 2017 22:48:17 GMT
What IS it with people trying to use big words these days? Half the time the words aren't really even appropriate for the situation anyway. Drives me bonkers!
There is a medic that brings patients in from time to time and always says, "When I oscillated her lungs....." First of all, the word "listened" is quite appropriate but the word you are butchering is auscultate.
Please leave the curatin' for the museum folk and other big words for those that can use them properly.
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Post by supersoda on Apr 26, 2017 22:49:40 GMT
Omg. I hate that word so much. I swear it was the most overused word of 2016 and the trend continues.
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Post by sharlag on Apr 26, 2017 23:03:17 GMT
It's funny you mention this word. I heard it twice today and thought "what the heck?"
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Post by petenthusiast on Apr 26, 2017 23:32:50 GMT
Don't use the word curate!! There, I feel better Yup. About a year ago I culled all Twitter followers that had and variation of the words curator or influencer. >search>(word)>filter people you follow. BS'ers of that kind (usually rabid selfie takers too) are not people I want interaction with. The more phrases like that on the profile seem to coincide with those who seem lower on the intellectual ladder as well. 🙊 --or they at least think WE all are 😸 |
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Apr 26, 2017 23:51:31 GMT
My favorite restaurant is called Curate but it's Spanish, has an accent... but it means to heal oneself... as in curative able to cure something, typically disease.
I do think you can curate things outside of a musuem.
I don't hear the word used much.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Apr 26, 2017 23:59:28 GMT
Hmmm. If your scrap stash contains unused items that are in the 15-20 year old range, wouldn't it be appropriate to "curate" that?  After all, it's kind of "art" and my basement studio kind of looks like a museum with all that ancient old stuff in it, LOL!  |
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Post by jenjie on Apr 26, 2017 23:59:55 GMT
What IS it with people trying to use big words these days? Half the time the words aren't really even appropriate for the situation anyway. Drives me bonkers! There is a medic that brings patients in from time to time and always says, "When I oscillated her lungs....." First of all, the word "listened" is quite appropriate but the word you are butchering is auscultate. Please leave the curatin' for the museum folk and other big words for those that can use them properly. Oscillated? Did he move her lungs back and forth? Thanks so much. Now I have a picture in my head of Willow Smith messing with a set of lungs like it's a fan. |
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Post by tincin on Apr 27, 2017 0:19:48 GMT
Now hold on just a gosh darned minute, I am the curator of an extensive textile collection. It is not simply that I over buy quilting fabric.
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Post by myshelly on Apr 27, 2017 0:47:02 GMT
My life is carefully curated.
And I enjoy curating it.
Also, I love that word.
But it really does perfectly describe what I mean.
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Post by mcscrapper on Apr 27, 2017 1:01:55 GMT
Oscillated? Did he move her lungs back and forth? Thanks so much. Now I have a picture in my head of Willow Smith messing with a set of lungs like it's a fan. I know!!! A respiratory therapist was in the room one time and he kept going on and on and I could not even look at her out of fear of laughing at a most inopportune time. I can't make this up! SaveSave |
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Post by annabella on Apr 27, 2017 1:04:56 GMT
4. to pull together, sift through, and select for presentation, as music or website content: “We curate our merchandise with a sharp eye for trending fashion,” the store manager explained. With this definition, people use to describe their aesthetically pleasing instagram feed. I feel the definition fits. People are piecing together photos that look good together. They are not posting random pics live, they use an app to move the pics around to see how they would flow best together before they post it. |
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Post by basketdiva on Apr 27, 2017 1:08:25 GMT
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Post by marimoose on Apr 27, 2017 1:40:36 GMT
I must really live in a shell - I can't recall hearing anyone using the term curate. Now I will be all ears LOL
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Post by melanell on Apr 27, 2017 2:01:34 GMT
I'm with marimoose. I can't recall ever hearing that term in real life outside of a museum. I only see it used in other ways online. |
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Post by melissa on Apr 27, 2017 2:20:17 GMT
I hear it with regards to dance performances. The very recent dance performances at the Kennedy Center were curated by 2 dancers of the moment, Misty Copeland and Justin Peck. They each chose companies to perform over the course of a few days and were involved in the commissioning of new works. Just as in a museum, they chose which performances the public would get to observe. I find it a very appropriate use of the word, curate.
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Post by PolarGreen12 on Apr 27, 2017 2:23:21 GMT
I keep hearing people use it when talking about designing/organizing their closet. lol Comes off a bit pretentious or maybe I'm just too much of an asshole to get it.
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Post by 950nancy on Apr 27, 2017 2:32:40 GMT
I keep hearing people use it when talking about designing/organizing their closet. lol Comes off a bit pretentious or I'm just too much of an asshole to get it. This sounds pretentious. I'm on your bench. |
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Post by milocat on Apr 27, 2017 2:39:40 GMT
I've never heard the word curate used, outside a museum reference.
My pet peeve word from the online world is collection. When you shop and buy a millionth thing that will never increase in value you are not adding it to your collection. "I thought these makeup/coffee mug would be a great addition to my collection." Or "I don't have anything like these earrings/shoes in my collection so they are a good investment." Things that are mass produced and not that expensive are not investments, just say you love to shop and wanted all the pretty things.
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Post by 950nancy on Apr 27, 2017 2:43:41 GMT
My boss asked me to curate a list touch points for an evaluation. I looked it up before I went on the trip. Now that I see it is also for a presentation, it makes sense. I will say that I need a thesaurus half the time listening to him.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Apr 27, 2017 2:50:47 GMT
I understand what the word means, and that people feel they can stretch the meaning to include Tupperware, their wardrobe, and what cheeses they sell.
I'm just sick to death of the pretentious overuse.
I live in Portland, OR, and we seem to have more of this preciousness than some other areas.
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Post by anonrefugee on Apr 27, 2017 2:51:17 GMT
Well, I secretly use the word about me and my vintage stash but never in public.  I know it's justification of not reducing my stuff! I hate the word Dialogue when used as a verb. DS had a teacher who loved to say, "We'll dialogue that." Even when "talk about it" would suffice. I looked it up before writing this and see it's an acceptable use, but to me it will always sound like a low-rent attempt to add prestige. |
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Post by AussieMeg on Apr 27, 2017 2:52:20 GMT
I must really live in a shell - I can't recall hearing anyone using the term curate. Now I will be all ears LOL I've never heard it (apart from museum references) either. |
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After all, it's kind of "art" and my basement studio kind of looks like a museum with all that ancient old stuff in it, LOL! 
I know it's justification of not reducing my stuff!
