I have a new pet-peeve:
Ok seriously...this needs to end.
Thursday, April 2, 2009It's the Christianese phrase "love on." As in, "we're just gonna go love on them...etc." It's usually used when describing short term missions endeavors to people at church.
My problem with it: it sounds wrong, and its users sound slightly crazy when they say it. What even does it mean? What exactly does "loving on" someone involve? Did we ever define it?
I think it's just one of those phrases that everyone picks up because they hear other people saying it. And in that process, it's come to mean something different to each person. This bugs me. I know that all language is subjective, but Christians need to work at defining their words and think about how much jargon is helpful and how much is harmful.
I can't be the only one who's disturbed by "loving on." It's such a weird thing to say...
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Ha. Well, that's the nature of language isn't it? Someone figures out some new, not quite correct way to use words, it catches on because it has some sort of communication benefit (it's funny, it conveys a specific idea particularly well, etc), and then eventually becomes part of the vocabulary. I guess "love on" doesn't make a lot of grammatical sense, but I think you could say the same about describing something as "cool" or as an "epic fail!" Most of these tend to be fads, and my guess is "love on" will be among those.
haha...I hope "love on" disappears...
Definitely agree!
It's like using the words "Lord" and "just" as vocal fillers during prayer- something almost everyone does, but sounds incredibly stupid.
Some Christiany phrases and habits are so irritating.
Twice as creepy as "love on": "look on."
I'm going to go ... look on ... that person.
Ew.
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