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I've seen the word "enshittification" three times in three days now, and it is already rubbing my last nerve raw. we make fun of business jargon and buzzword f

I've seen the word "enshittification" three times in three days now, and it is already rubbing my last nerve raw. we make fun of business jargon and buzzword fads, and we do it just as much as anyone else, and it sickens me.

afavour 3y ago
Why does it sicken you? We make fun of business jargon because it’s an attempt to imbue authority where it isn’t due. “Enshittification” is… not that.
whyenot 3y ago
If you were on HN a decade ago, you would have seen "pivot" all over the place. Times change, but we are still human (mostly) and it seems to be part of who we are to mold language to fit our needs and circumstances. Take "bipping," a word I had never seen before a month ago, but that is now all over the place. (At least in some communities in the Bay Area; I guess all the car break-ins helped it's adoption).
- ShadowBanThis01 3y ago
  Never heard of that, and when I do I will gleefully mock whoever is using it.
  - Operyl 3y ago
    It’s almost as if the English language adapts over time. I’m sure in the 1580s when the word “Gleeful” was seemingly introduced people felt weird about it too, heh.
    - ShadowBanThis01 3y ago
      That's a convenient excuse for the lazy and ignorant.
      - Operyl 3y ago
        How so? The vast majority of the English language we use today, that’s “formal,” has been the evolution of what was “slang” back then. I don’t understand your argument here..
        ShadowBanThis01 3y ago
        It'll always be a subjective argument. On one side you can have rigid formalists who hate any change. On the other there's no rules at all. I'm not at those extremes. I consider the origin of the word. A few years ago I started seeing "griefer," and it quickly became apparent that these people didn't know there was already a word for that: spoilsport. It's those instances that I bitch about, because it reflects ignorance and an unnecessary obfuscation of the language. I'm down with adding words, including slang, that didn't have an equivalent. One example of foreign origin, "bokeh," really serves a purpose: to describe the aesthetic quality of blurriness. Cool.
- Shocka1 3y ago
  This is how I feel about the word "literally". I just assume at this point it's from an emotional person probably over indulging in politics.
jrflowers 3y ago
I feel this way about “jargon” and “buzzword”. If you couldn’t clearly explain something to Chaucer just don’t post it on the internet.
seanw444 3y ago
It is a pretty stupid word, I agree. The replies are correct, English changes over time, but I still get to think it's stupid regardless.
theodric 3y ago
Your exhaustion with the word mirrors my exhaustion with the practice, but ending use of the word will not quash the creeping shit

afavour 3y ago

Why does it sicken you? We make fun of business jargon because it’s an attempt to imbue authority where it isn’t due. “Enshittification” is… not that.

whyenot 3y ago

If you were on HN a decade ago, you would have seen "pivot" all over the place. Times change, but we are still human (mostly) and it seems to be part of who we are to mold language to fit our needs and circumstances. Take "bipping," a word I had never seen before a month ago, but that is now all over the place. (At least in some communities in the Bay Area; I guess all the car break-ins helped it's adoption).

ShadowBanThis01 3y ago
Never heard of that, and when I do I will gleefully mock whoever is using it.
- Operyl 3y ago
  It’s almost as if the English language adapts over time. I’m sure in the 1580s when the word “Gleeful” was seemingly introduced people felt weird about it too, heh.
  - ShadowBanThis01 3y ago
    That's a convenient excuse for the lazy and ignorant.
    - Operyl 3y ago
      How so? The vast majority of the English language we use today, that’s “formal,” has been the evolution of what was “slang” back then. I don’t understand your argument here..
      - ShadowBanThis01 3y ago
        It'll always be a subjective argument. On one side you can have rigid formalists who hate any change. On the other there's no rules at all. I'm not at those extremes. I consider the origin of the word. A few years ago I started seeing "griefer," and it quickly became apparent that these people didn't know there was already a word for that: spoilsport. It's those instances that I bitch about, because it reflects ignorance and an unnecessary obfuscation of the language. I'm down with adding words, including slang, that didn't have an equivalent. One example of foreign origin, "bokeh," really serves a purpose: to describe the aesthetic quality of blurriness. Cool.
Shocka1 3y ago
This is how I feel about the word "literally". I just assume at this point it's from an emotional person probably over indulging in politics.

jrflowers 3y ago

I feel this way about “jargon” and “buzzword”. If you couldn’t clearly explain something to Chaucer just don’t post it on the internet.

seanw444 3y ago

It is a pretty stupid word, I agree. The replies are correct, English changes over time, but I still get to think it's stupid regardless.

theodric 3y ago

Your exhaustion with the word mirrors my exhaustion with the practice, but ending use of the word will not quash the creeping shit