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Which word do you dislike most?

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  • idunnololz@lemmy.worldI [email protected]

    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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    Twice a time period. Semi for every two time periods. So every two weeks is semiweekely. However it gets misused so often you almost always have to check making it almost useless.

    Similar to failsafe vs redundant.

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    • randomcruft@lemmy.sdf.orgR [email protected]

      Thanks for the link. Interesting definition / history on that word. However, I like it even less now that read all that πŸ™‚

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      Pleasure is mine πŸ˜€

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        Literally.

        Because holy fuck, Carter, learn a new word.

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        Like literally πŸ˜†

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        • softestsapphic@lemmy.worldS [email protected]

          What could I call myself to show I am a feminist, but not that type of feminist.?

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          I personally feel like anyone who's not a bigot IS by nature a feminist at least in a solidarity for the ENTIRE human race sense, but keep in mind, this is coming from my perspective as a male, so I might be missing something by virtue of it not regularly impacting me personally.

          I'd love a less-abused word, personally.

          As a guy, I don't think I'd WANT to call myself a feminist, lest I be incorrectly associated with the likes of Joss Whedon, Neil Gaiman, or a whole host of other clearly NON-feminists who hid behind the word to cover their actions.

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            Literally.

            Because holy fuck, Carter, learn a new word.

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            Bro. Are you kidding me right now? Are you kidding me bro? Bro. Bro.

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              Twice a time period. Semi for every two time periods. So every two weeks is semiweekely. However it gets misused so often you almost always have to check making it almost useless.

              Similar to failsafe vs redundant.

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              Frustratingly enough, it's the other way around. Biweekly is every two weeks, semi weekly is two times a week.

              I remember it like this:

              • bicycles are two circles, biweekly is two weeks
              • semicircles are half a circle, semiweekly is half a week

              But yes, people use the words interchangeably so often that it's faster just to avoid the problem altogether and just say "every two weeks".

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              • crackhappy@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

                I've known a few people who used "breeding" as a kink word and I'm like motherfuckers i raised four kids it's not a fucking kink, it's a lifelong occupation.

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                Right? I'm raising one amd I'm constantly exhausted.

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                  Frustratingly enough, it's the other way around. Biweekly is every two weeks, semi weekly is two times a week.

                  I remember it like this:

                  • bicycles are two circles, biweekly is two weeks
                  • semicircles are half a circle, semiweekly is half a week

                  But yes, people use the words interchangeably so often that it's faster just to avoid the problem altogether and just say "every two weeks".

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                  Blah got it backwards. Back to coffee for me.

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                    I dislike words with the nasal E sound, specifically meal. I don't know what but for the last three years I can't stand the word meal. "Oh I hope you had a good MEEEEEEEeeeeal"

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                    • W [email protected]

                      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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                      Phonetically, 'za should be short for lasagne, and 'sa for pizza... or people can just say the damn words.

                      Whatever, I guess. Peeps gon' slang slang, for real, for real. πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ

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                        I'm not typically one to kink shame, but that's just creepy.

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                        Why?

                        I can point out a whole collection of really creepy kinks. This is just a word that is normally used for when two animals produce offspring, so let's use it for people shagging, makes it more animalistic.

                        I really don't see the problem with this one but if you want real kina to blink twenty times, look into vore or guro

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                          Panties. Paaaaanties.

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