• paulzy@lemmy.world
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    Penultimate. Anyone writing about or reviewing the second last of anything uses it in their first breath like their English degree depends on it.

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    biweekly, bimonthly, etc.

    Wtf does it mean? Twice a week? Every two weeks? Who knows. What’s the point of this word when it’s so ambiguous.

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      In the UK we have the word “fortnight” for two weeks, which helps. I also found out very recently that “biannual” mean twice a year and “biennial” means every other year so, yeah, fuck knows.

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    “y’all” its so wierd how people normalized such a cringe word, and it was originally laughed at because people who often say it dont seem so intelligent.

    also the words “academic incest” which is really wierd an cringe, it suppose to describe getting more than 1 degree, usually a grad and a UNDERGRAD In the same university.

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    Broth.

    I hate that word. To be clear, I have no ethical, cultural or culinary objection to broth, but it’s an awful word to say. You have to empty your lungs to say it, it just sounds like your belching, there’s no standout syllable to emphasise, in fact, is it actually monosyllabic or not? Bro-ffff? Utter horseshit. From now on, it’s Thick Soup.

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    When people call sex “breeding”.

    It sounds like some puritanical shit where they believe that sex is only for procreation.

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    Cocktail… it sounds stupid as a word to describe an alcoholic drink. Maybe it’s because I’m not a drinker and I just don’t understand 🤷

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      A peacock’s tail is a flourish, something that adds to the whole without detracting.

      A cocktail combines spirits with other flavors to make them something else.

      I don’t really drink cocktails, but thr antiquated term makes sense in a particular context.

      Now looking it up, apparently the origin of the term isn’t actually known and my interpretation isn’t even in the running, but I’m saving this anyway because it’s amusing.

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        I’ll also take your definition. It sounds good and if there’s not a known origin, it could be true

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    Can’t pick just one so here’re a couple.

    “Crypto” used in the context of cryptocurrrencies. “AI”, referring only to LLMs. “Research”, referring to an indeterminate amount of reading up on the topic at hand, such as in the phrase “do your own research” that’s being bandied around in some communities.

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      “AI”, referring only to LLMs.

      Yeah, it’s annoying because there are a lot of legit image recognition and pattern matching applications in my work field, and I need to ask for clarification every time someone says “AI”.

      Like, is this actually useful, or do you mean “we asked ChatGPT to generate you 20% nonsense”?

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    Slay because my 10 year uses it for everything. Slayalicious, slaytastic, slayme…

    Nag. Just sounds harsh

    Bungalow. Should be obvious.

    People who shorten food names aren’t doing English any favors…

    'za (Pizza), taters, sgetti, nanners, gnosh (im hungry I need some gnosh gnosh)

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      It’s unfortunate - I like the concept of people talking about bundles of sticks, or slang for cigarettes. But the negative usage so dwarfs those cases that they’re really no longer legitimate

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      With some specific exceptions, for me. If you are one, and you aren’t using it against others, it’s fine. Like storytelling and describing a conversation, or just even being playful about it. Maybe being at a store with some friends looking at clothes or something, describing yourself and how something looks perhaps? Totally fine in my book. That’s our term, we should be able to reclaim it for ourselves.

      But someone else who I don’t know and can’t immediately determine the meaning/context that uses it? Bitch you about to die.

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        I don’t know. I think reclaiming slurs can be a good thing, (queer, for example), but that one is inherently violent and I always feel uncomfortable when I hear it. Like, there’s a reason you didn’t write it out in your comment.

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          Fair. I didn’t type it since I don’t want to be that guy like ‘you mean [word]’. It’s very context sensitive yeah, but I think it’s okay in the right moment.