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> Language always evolves. If you can learn what "yeet" means, you can practice using words people prefer for their groups. We're talking about using words. I
by HKH2 2y ago
> Language always evolves. If you can learn what "yeet" means, you can practice using words people prefer for their groups.
We're talking about using words. I have never used that word.
- hungie 2y agoUnderstanding is not using, but fair, not everyone understands yeet. Replace it with any sufficiently recent neologism. Rizz, zhuzh, doggo, sus, cromulent, phishing, nerf, npc, gram/grammable, etc etc. The point isn't about yeet, specifically.
- HKH2 2y agoNPC, sus and phish are at least 20 years old and serve a clear purpose. The rest I've never used.
- hungie 2y agoDo you understand them? I've never ever used "rizz", but I understand it means "charisma" or charm, for instance.
- HKH2 2y agoI know what 'nerf' and 'grammable' mean because they're obvious, but I won't ever think of using them. The rest I honestly have no idea about. I really don't care about fashionable language.
- burnished 2y agoYour disinterest is ostentatious to the point of itself being a fashion statement. Also, 'nerf' and 'grammable' are obvious? I know what nerf means but neither are in any way obvious. I think you've got some unexamined ideas about language that have more to do with the words you learned as you were coming up than any principled or aesthetic reason.
- HKH2 2y ago> Your disinterest is ostentatious to the point of itself being a fashion statement. Which part of what I said was unwarranted? > Also, 'nerf' and 'grammable' are obvious? If you know the brands, the verbs/adjectives can stick easily. > I think you've got some unexamined ideas about language that have more to do with the words you learned as you were coming up than any principled or aesthetic reason. I think you have problems understanding why people say what they do.