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As a side note for others, mid means mediocre or poor of quality, and hence chronically mid means extremely mediocre or very low quality.
by Etheryte 3y ago
As a side note for others, mid means mediocre or poor of quality, and hence chronically mid means extremely mediocre or very low quality.
- jey 3y agoIt also seems to be a sly reference to the “midwit” meme.
- tanjtanjtanj 3y agoI doubt it. Mid is extremely commonly used slang that means "Mid-Tier", "middle-of-the-road", "middling" etc.
- yamazakiwi 3y agoYou're right but unfortunately it rarely gets used this way. People who say mid end up saying it so often that it seems like everything they don't like is middling instead of bad or poor.
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- Jeff_Brown 3y agoChronically doesn't mean extremely. It means long-term or inescapably.
- Etheryte 3y agoThe dictionary agrees with both options, so I would guess this mostly comes down to local slang, or perhaps British vs American English?
- gknapp 3y agoThe dictionary doesn't agree with both options. Cambridge has a single definition: > In a way that continues or has continued for a long time. Merriam-Webster offers the following two: > continuing or occurring again and again for a long time > always present or encountered For"chronically" to mean "extremely" wouldn't make sense as to the root of the word, either.
- Etheryte 3y agoThe Oxford English dictionary gives the following description, in addition to the above: > to a very great extent; extremely: chronically stupid drivers, she was chronically indecisive. Whether it makes sense or not, the dictionary agrees with both options.
- brewdad 3y agoOxford English dictionary follows the trends of language rather than setting them definitionally. They offer the "extremely" definition because the word gets misused so often, not because of any original meaning. One can argue the merits of whether a dictionary should include such misuses that have become commonplace but that's the direction they have opted to go. In the same vein as this debate, OED considers irregardless to be a proper synonym for regardless.
- Jeff_Brown 3y agoVery tangentially related -- I keep hearing "disorientated" in the audio edition of The Economist (which is British). It drives me bonkers. I'm cool with neologisms if they add value -- but a 400-year old[1] neologism that's merely a longer way to say something we already have a word for is still too young for me to consider valid. [1] https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2020/01/disoriented-disorientated.html https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2020/01/disoriented-disor...
- Zetice 3y agoOn one hand, I find the phrase "mid" to be pretty fucking awful, but on the other I'm old (30s) so who knows.
- dragonwriter 3y agoIs it that you are old, or that you are young enough that the transition from the slang of your peers to a newer one as the fashion of the day is recent and acutely felt?
- krapp 3y ago>Is it that you are old, or that you are young enough that the transition from the slang of your peers to a newer one as the fashion of the day is recent and acutely felt? Once you start to notice that, once pop culture starts to alienate you, you're old. And there's no more obvious sign that you're old than complaining about modern slang.
- neodymiumphish 3y agoRight? What's wrong with "bad", "meh", "basic", "uninteresting", or "mediocre"?
- yamazakiwi 3y agoI don't like mid because it never accurately depicts the speakers actual opinion. People usually say mid to things they think are bad, not middling. Or they believe that the thing is bad because it is middling. A poor descriptor...
- Buttons840 3y agoSlurs like "chronically mid" don't belong on HN.
- low_common 3y agoDude stop gatekeeping what people can say on here and go find something better to do with your day.
- Etheryte 3y agoI hope the irony is not lost on you that you're telling someone to stop telling other people what to say.
- cactusplant7374 3y agoDoes that mean that first amendment is ironic because it allows one to speak and criticize the right to speak?
- cactusplant7374 3y agoMost of the comments on Reddit would be downvoted or deleted on HN. Most comments are just not that useful or interesting.
- Buttons840 3y agoSince you gave me an excuse, I'll explain why I'm offended at the slur. The comment says: > This is a boring legacy tech company who’s best selling point is being a discussion forum for the chronically mid. This insult isn't about the comments on Reddit, it's about the people on Reddit. "Chronically mid" means that the people are average and will always be average. The comment is arguing that Reddit is low-value and part of their argument is that the people using Reddit are low-value "chronically mid" people. Everyone can judge for themselves whether downplaying the value of millions of people is offensive or not.