OpticalMoose@discuss.tchncs.de to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 1 day agoSeruleously, I'm already sick of that word.discuss.tchncs.deimagemessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1558arrow-down117
arrow-up1541arrow-down1imageSeruleously, I'm already sick of that word.discuss.tchncs.deOpticalMoose@discuss.tchncs.de to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squarelugallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoIn that case, English is broken. This is too much, we are literally cooked and need a new global lingua franca
minus-squareSkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoWhy? New slang has always been forming, it’s literally how language evolves
minus-squarelugallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoThe joke was that I used the very word I was complaining about (hopefully correctly) in combination with another word (literally) many pedants get pissed when used in a non literal sense
minus-squareSkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·41 minutes agoI seeee, it did cross my mind it being a joke, but I also thought you might have been mocking it lol
minus-squarelugallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 minutes agoI’m not mocking it, I’m totally cooking it
In that case, English is broken. This is too much, we are literally cooked and need a new global lingua franca
Why? New slang has always been forming, it’s literally how language evolves
The joke was that I used the very word I was complaining about (hopefully correctly) in combination with another word (literally) many pedants get pissed when used in a non literal sense
I seeee, it did cross my mind it being a joke, but I also thought you might have been mocking it lol
I’m not mocking it, I’m totally cooking it