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> you're supposed to ask Rufus now completely off-topic but the names they give these dumb ai tools is so cringe
by andrekandre 2mo ago
> you're supposed to ask Rufus now
completely off-topic but the names they give these dumb ai tools is so cringe
- fragmede 2mo agoWhat would you call it?
- gesis 2mo agoUseless. I would call it useless.
- mancerayder 2mo agoDufus is how it automatically maps when I say it out loud.
- BeetleB 2mo ago[flagged]
- jamiek88 2mo ago(English doesn’t work like that people use cringe as an adjective therefore it is one, it’s an extremely flexible language.)
- deleted 2mo ago[deleted]
- lpribis 2mo agoOxford dictionary lists cringe as adjective. Cambridge dictionary lists cringe as adjective. Merriam-Webster lists cringe as adjective. Might need to update your understanding.
- BeetleB 2mo ago> Merriam-Webster lists cringe as adjective. MW has it as slang. Cambridge has it as informal. OED I don't have access to.
- HeatrayEnjoyer 2mo agoSlang and informal words exist, yes.
- DrewADesign 2mo agoThat’s an awfully persnickety correction attempt for someone that replaced an opening capital letter and period with parentheses. That’s far more grammatically lax than using slang.
- HeatrayEnjoyer 2mo agoIt is both.
- taneq 2mo agoVerbing weirds language.
- dsr_ 2mo agoIt's the renounification that really bugs people.
- mancerayder 2mo agoAmericans and especially corporate culture America likes to do this all the time: The ask instead of request is an example. I just politely use the words I prefer when that happens. Our new promotes for this year. etc. I read from a linguistic source that it's a feature of English and the Brits do it as well.
- catlifeonmars 2mo agoIt’s shorthand for “makes you cringe” :shrug: