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Sad, Big Pharma strikes again.
by netr0ute 5y ago
Sad, Big Pharma strikes again.
- OJFord 5y agoDid people start sentences with 'Sad' like this before Trump's presidency? I don't know if it's a (an American) colloquialism I simply hadn't noticed prior to that, or a more personal quirk that caught on? I don't mean to single out you specifically, I keep noticing it now.
- netr0ute 5y agoTrump is more associated with "SAD!" but with how many sad privacy/freedom violations there are nowadays, it could be because of that.
- meowster 5y agoYes, it's been used that way in American venacular for at least several decades.
- OJFord 5y agoThanks, it was an honest question, something I've noticed a few times and wondered about. I was going to say (did type) that I can't think of another word that's used in the same sort of declaratory way - but actually, as I wrote, it occurred to me that 'funny' is too. 'Funny, I just never noticed it with 'sad' until a few years ago.'
- OneLeggedCat 5y agoIt became a lot more common around 2015.
- dTal 5y agoLet me put it this way. How linguistically innovative do you think Trump is?