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Is it just me, or has "definitely" become sort of subtly indefinite in modern language? Consider: A) We should throw a party for him. B) We should defi
by _greim_ 9y ago
Is it just me, or has "definitely" become sort of subtly indefinite in modern language? Consider:
A) We should throw a party for him.
B) We should definitely throw a party for him.
A) We should get together soon.
B) We should definitely get together soon.
In each case, it seems like A is a call to action, whereas B is (for lack of a better term) more of a social expression which doesn't necessitate actually planning something right this moment. Or maybe I'm overthinking it.
- 83457 9y agoliterally
- nerfhammer 9y agothey used a panel of judges to determine whether a word counted as "absolutist" or not, the results of which look at least partly arbitrary to me. Apparently "really" and "anything" did not count as absolutist but "definitely" did.
- romwell 9y agoYeah, I think the authors should definitely consider this.