like 80% of internet slang
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If enough people used “green” to refer to “red” objects, the meaning of the word would change.
See: inversion of the meaning of the word “literally”
And if not enough people use it that way, it remains wrong, which is what appears to be the point of the above comment
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If enough people used “green” to refer to “red” objects, the meaning of the word would change.
See: inversion of the meaning of the word “literally”
wrote last edited by [email protected]See: inversion of the meaning of the word “literally”
That's a great example of a word being misused. If the way a word is used makes its meaning less clear than before, it's being misused. Since "literally" can now mean "figuratively," you don't know how a person means it without additional information. If a new word came about to mean the opposite of "figuratively," all well and good, but without it, meaning is being objectively obfuscated. Another word that suffered this fate is "nonplussed," which means "being so surprised and confused a person doesn't know how to react," but is commonly used to mean "unperturbed," its opposite. Because of this, it's usually recommended to just not use it at all, because nobody can be sure what it's supposed to mean.
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See: inversion of the meaning of the word “literally”
That's a great example of a word being misused. If the way a word is used makes its meaning less clear than before, it's being misused. Since "literally" can now mean "figuratively," you don't know how a person means it without additional information. If a new word came about to mean the opposite of "figuratively," all well and good, but without it, meaning is being objectively obfuscated. Another word that suffered this fate is "nonplussed," which means "being so surprised and confused a person doesn't know how to react," but is commonly used to mean "unperturbed," its opposite. Because of this, it's usually recommended to just not use it at all, because nobody can be sure what it's supposed to mean.
This can even happen to technical terms, for example bimonthly now has both the original meaning of once every 2 months, and also means semimonthly, twice a month.
In other words it's completely worthless as a word because it fails to specify between conflicting meanings.
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This can even happen to technical terms, for example bimonthly now has both the original meaning of once every 2 months, and also means semimonthly, twice a month.
In other words it's completely worthless as a word because it fails to specify between conflicting meanings.
"Biweekly" and "biannually" have the same problem. I guess the terms have stuck because the dates they're referring to are usually specified as well. It's not much help to only know that something will happen at some point within a week, month, or year. "Okay, but when, exactly?"
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3 panel meme. First panel: "I made a new internet slang". Second panel: "New or misused AAVE?" Third panel: "Misused AAVE".
:::the other 20% is either 4chan incel language or something trump tweeted in 2017
Whenever I read: AAVE, I like to imagine it's pronounced like the halo theme.
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When my son was a younger teen, I’d look up the cool new slang words, and casually throw them into conversations with him and his friends. I never tried to actually use them correctly. He’d groan and roll his eyes. His friends would laugh and think his dad was a nerd.
One time I said a word wrong and they all laughed. Soon they were saying it as a joke. Then it became a word they just used.
I never saw it used online, so I don’t think I made a change in slang usage anywhere else except for a small group of middle schoolers. But I find it funny how it became accepted so quickly. And then forgotten just as quick.
What was it?
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3 panel meme. First panel: "I made a new internet slang". Second panel: "New or misused AAVE?" Third panel: "Misused AAVE".
:::the other 20% is either 4chan incel language or something trump tweeted in 2017
I still maintain that the only good thing Trump ever did for anyone was give us covfefe.
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What was it?
You know when you think something is swell? Call it "cool" instead.
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When my son was a younger teen, I’d look up the cool new slang words, and casually throw them into conversations with him and his friends. I never tried to actually use them correctly. He’d groan and roll his eyes. His friends would laugh and think his dad was a nerd.
One time I said a word wrong and they all laughed. Soon they were saying it as a joke. Then it became a word they just used.
I never saw it used online, so I don’t think I made a change in slang usage anywhere else except for a small group of middle schoolers. But I find it funny how it became accepted so quickly. And then forgotten just as quick.
I LOVE HYPERLOCAL SHIBBOLETH
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I still maintain that the only good thing Trump ever did for anyone was give us covfefe.
Tack on Tim Apple to the list, too.
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I still maintain that the only good thing Trump ever did for anyone was give us covfefe.
And hamberders
