The only possible downside to this situation (other than driving our friends crazy and making them nervous to write us emails, lest we send them back with a failing grade) is that we take our editors into everyday life with each other. Clichés are out of the question, social memes are allowable only ironically, and sources must be quoted verbatim.
Over the years, Andrew has drawn the line with a few of my favourites. He recently canned verbal usage of "O.M.G." and refers to my punctuation as suffering from Commaitis. I have parried with forbidding "praiselluia" and "B.T.dubs" (which is a horrendous short-form of "B.T.W." which is already a short-form of "by the way"...atrocious). We hold each other to account each time we use the popular fillers such as "like", "whatnot", "what have you", and have almost eradicated any usage of the verb "to get", which I deem the Lazy Man's Verb (LMV for short) since you can almost always use another verb to explain yourself more clearly:
"I got this on sale." = "I bought this on sale." (better: "I purchased this on sale.")
"I got a cold." = "I caught a cold." (better: "I acquired a cold.")
"Did you get that?" = "Did you understand that?" (better: "Did you comprehend that?")
I hear the practice isn't uncommon to most relationships, including friends, siblings, and co-workers. I'm curious: what colloquialisms will you not stand for?
