Language adjuncts. Crutches for smaller thoughts. Add this. Pad that.
stuffers and fillers for your ‘own’ meanderings. when your ideas are flat , you have to stuff them… aka, Word-Flab. thought fillers.
A new hyphenate; an invisible hyphen has grown from the script writers. “My” has become “my own,” rather my-own” The hyphen is invisible, unsaid.
drama not information ;a table thump . a diversion like a sigh .
“my own” is so common [2025] there shouln’t be a space ‘tween ’em. Like this : myown OR possibly my’wn, m’own … Try ’em out.
“my own…” is a form of shadow brag. And, it’s like, well, you know, kinda sorta a format for crutched concepts. See?
if the meaning stands without it, what does it mean? Found among the casual [still currently points at TypePad] {redund}
the rise of the 'own' word.
A bumper crop of bumper words .
Words between . in attempt to clarify your inclusion. your noun.
The obsessive possessive case
padding, stuff9ng the sentence. upping the word count
salesman sidetone . canter banter filling empty conversation with empty headed phrases
desperate individuality .. an example of the origin, long form of OWN useage : ...'add to it with my own.' o w n period.
- top: add to her own dog pack
- redundancy is automatic: ..’share my own experience and advice..’ strike the
own - almost every webshop: “MAKE YOUR OWN CUSTOM” alt: make a // ‘you’ to the point.
- ‘ have to own their own computer’ …AI bites self
- ..’developed its own algorithm that..’ [ padded phrases; 2025’s kinda sorta hmm ya’know phase]
- ..’ parse their own XML..’ [spills into IRS source code ..] 2025
- ..’describes her own approach.. ‘ [ bookform inflates the phrase ]
- …’ then me own dad..’ [british pop tv character. low brow ]
- On the other hand: …’ dead at own address..’
- ‘tried making my own pinhole’ — alt: tried making a pinhole
- ‘in his own right’
- …’ described my own thought process..’ [chatgp3 .. he has been trained by you to pad his answer ]
- ‘… void in my own limited reference materials regarding her own specific techniques…’ [person prone to exaggeration, and re-use of tales]
- ..’My own view..’ [educated debate… try without the ‘own’ did you lose meaning]
- ..’ your own good ..’ [cartoon movie ] alt: not for my good … weep, but your [redundant] o w n good.. cue drama light
- ..’ its own museums and the..’ [what other word ? “its museums” seems complete. maybe ‘own’ is clearer than “its other museums” What is the opposite of o w n ? [ oct,25]
- ..’through his own gallery’ [is it clearer]
- ..’oedipus would kill his own father ..’ [ drama amplification ]salt in the script.
- ..’my own DSLR..’ [australian: not a stolen, rented,borrowed camera]
- ..’my own survey of’ [stike own; what is lost]
- ..’insecure about their own standing’ [read withou o w n — what happens?]
- … in review: ‘and her own personal story’
- .. ‘living his own life..’ British TV script. adds/ emphasizes ? separation & … ‘ your own endeavors ..’
- …’retelling their own story in a way that…’ [british literary pub]
- … ‘save my own job,’
- …’ popular in his own lifetime…’ [britain bookseller]
- … anger news : ‘in her own bedroom’
- … ‘my own flesh and blood’
- [ britishit — ‘her own daughter’ — putting on posh ]
- …’sending his own soldiers out’ [ not really his]
- … ‘he fed Alpo to his own dogs’ ad sincerity
- … ‘my own dear dog’ — makes dear bigger? [comparative-superlative]
- ..’ shoot her own husband..’ [ her ? husband ] dramatic clarity from brit TV
- ..’ with my own.. ‘ [instead of mine ]
- .. ‘my own digital light sources’ — owner built
- ..’brew my own ..’ [instead of mine ]
- … ‘into their own pockets ‘
- ..’ provide your own card ”
- .. ‘on its own mission and a clear violation of its own honor ‘ [ religion site ]
- …”our own packaging and final finishing for our film…” [packaging vs film ]
- ..’ finding our own voices in a world’ [children’s book
- ..’ his own, not his character voice’
- ..’AI is writing its own blog’ –[
- … ‘making my own’ — not for sale / use of others
- .. ‘attend his own graduation.’
- … ‘my own behalf’
- …’ his own century..’ [philosopher]
- …’Trump’s own deep skepticism’
- ..’ took his own life ‘ [ news ]
- … ‘look at them with my own eyes’ [double vision in words]power padding
- … ‘his own website ‘[ the social puss]
- … ‘their own expertise ‘
- … ‘building my own…’ [clarity; ]
- …’ his own killer …’ british fast food crime show… emphasis without effort
- ..’my own understanding..’ alt: my VERY understanding ..
- … ‘Trump’s own attendance’
- ..’ your own Eigen setup’
- OpenAI’s own web-search ‘ [what does o.w.n clarify]
- ..’ RAH hisownself doing ‘ [ as oneword .. off grok etymology
- ..’include their own plot digitizer features. ..’ [AI gemini has learned to over-verbalize ] ED: include digitizer features.. to a point. 11,15 ’25
ALT:… textiles she created herself.
ALT.. EMPHASIS FORM …’ spent too much time actually making photographs
ALT — another flavor: universities themselves to put up a more muscular response. The faculty
ALT– emphasising DIY ‘ness
— judge and Vietnam veteran himself
— Michael Milken himself made a speech
— claimed it as their own
— ‘his only daughter’
Even the blurbs overflow: “… Other Reasons Why I Write opens a window on Messud’s own life: a peripatetic upbringing; a warm, complicated family; and, throughout it all, her devotion to art and literature….”
Collections arrive without a name.
We don’t read a word after it becomes a weed. How many times do you see ‘THE’
otiose: used to describe a word or phrase, or sometimes an idea, that is unnecessary or has been used several times:
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