GTKY: Words

[TheMooseIsLoose]

Jan 31, 2015 18:20:16 GMT -5 rosalie12 said:

Jan 31, 2015 16:01:34 GMT -5 TheMooseIsLoose said:

It bugs me when people use "unorganized" when they really mean "disorganized"....it's a subtle difference, but still annoys me.

Also "literally" gets used incorrectly a lot.

And "fridgerator" isn't a word. Refrigerator already has a nickname, and it's fridge.

Did you know that several dictionaries have recently added the wrong, misused definition of literally? This infuriates me. How can dictionaries add meanings of words from stupidity? So now there is literally no English word that means literally exclusively.

www.cnn.com/2013/08/15/living/literally-definition/

WHAT?!?! That's an abomination!!! (<---word I love)

[saragw]

Jan 31, 2015 17:52:45 GMT -5 mrsc928 said:

I hate the use of the words "totes" and "adorbs". Have we gotten too lazy to use proper English.

Have we?

[famousea]

I hate discharge.

[mrsc928]

Jan 31, 2015 20:00:48 GMT -5 saragw said:

Jan 31, 2015 17:52:45 GMT -5 mrsc928 said:

I hate the use of the words "totes" and "adorbs". Have we gotten too lazy to use proper English.

Have we?

I just meant society in general. No one in particular. I'm just not a fan of the current popular slang. Most of my employees are college students and I can't stand it when they talk like this. May be I'm just getting old.

[carriedaway19]

I love cathartic and gargantuan.

[crawford411]

Jan 31, 2015 20:04:41 GMT -5 famousea said:

I hate discharge.

I legitimately shuddered,

[crawford411]

Jan 31, 2015 17:52:45 GMT -5 mrsc928 said:

I hate the use of the words "totes" and "adorbs". Have we gotten too lazy to use proper English.

I love these words.

[Deleted]

Conundrum is fun to say, too. Also Aloysius even though it's a name

[applegrape]

Jan 31, 2015 19:39:43 GMT -5 babybeluga said:

Jan 31, 2015 19:26:49 GMT -5 applegrape said:

I also have a BA in Linguistics!  Theoretical?  Computational?  TESOL?

Awesome! I have a BA in Applied Linguistics and a MA-TESOL. You?

BA Linguistics with TESOL cert. I could never afford to do a MA, haha. Do you teach ESL?

[maggie6424]

I also like shenanigans. Reminds me of Super Troopers, which I love!

[happyin14]

Jan 31, 2015 21:19:08 GMT -5 maggie6424 said:

I also like shenanigans. Reminds me of Super Troopers, which I love!

I love shenanigans too! Saying it and doing it.

[maggie6424]

Jan 31, 2015 21:21:08 GMT -5 happyin14 said:

Jan 31, 2015 21:19:08 GMT -5 maggie6424 said:

I also like shenanigans. Reminds me of Super Troopers, which I love!

I love shenanigans too! Saying it and doing it.

hell yeah!

[itspbjellytime]

I hate moist!

[itspbjellytime]

I love saying, "totes jelly" because I think it is hilarious...

[maggie6424]

Jan 31, 2015 20:04:41 GMT -5 famousea said:

I hate discharge.

Dammit, now I'm going to think of "that kind" every time I hear/say it.  Unfortunately that's a lot since I work in mental health where we handle hospital and inpatient releases.

[victoria]

Jan 31, 2015 17:52:45 GMT -5 mrsc928 said:

I hate the use of the words "totes" and "adorbs". Have we gotten too lazy to use proper English.

We totes have.

[Deleted]

Jan 31, 2015 21:22:14 GMT -5 maggie6424 said:

Jan 31, 2015 21:21:08 GMT -5 happyin14 said:

I love shenanigans too! Saying it and doing it.

hell yeah!

Same! Shenanigans FTW!

[jellykat2]

Jan 31, 2015 13:48:57 GMT -5 apk4 said:

I hate the word moist. Lately I've been loving the word jank.

 
I also hate the word moist. As well as supple. Especially if put together. Eww.

I say essentially a lot. I don't know why. Favorites though, probably fuck.

[babybeluga]

Jan 31, 2015 21:07:31 GMT -5 applegrape said:

Jan 31, 2015 19:39:43 GMT -5 babybeluga said:

Awesome! I have a BA in Applied Linguistics and a MA-TESOL. You?

BA Linguistics with TESOL cert. I could never afford to do a MA, haha. Do you teach ESL?

I did the tesol cert too! I teach ESL to adults at a community college and a masters was required for that where I live. Do you teach?

[dani0329]

Favorite word: stellar (no idea why)

Least favorite word: panties

[applegrape]

Jan 31, 2015 23:27:48 GMT -5 babybeluga said:

Jan 31, 2015 21:07:31 GMT -5 applegrape said:

BA Linguistics with TESOL cert. I could never afford to do a MA, haha. Do you teach ESL?

I did the tesol cert too! I teach ESL to adults at a community college and a masters was required for that where I live. Do you teach?

I used to teach ESL to immigrants and refugees.  It was a non-profit that partnered with an elementary school in an under-served area, so my students were all parents of the elementary kids.  We moved, and there was nothing like that in our area hiring, so now I teach GED and life skills to felons.  I'd love to get back into ESL at some point, though!

[purplehippo]

I love words. A couple favorites off the top of my head are pumpernickel and sarsaparilla.

Can't think of the ones I don't like right now.