At least it gives you yet another thing to feel superior about, policing people's emotional reactions like that.
In the spirit of the thread I'll point out that I hate the term hand-wringing as it usually refers to someone who's actually concerned about something rather than smirking down on people from an enlightened plateau of "rationality."
― ultros ultros-ghali, Monday, 6 November 2017 12:50 (six years ago) link
hi, I'm here to police your policing of adam's policing. you are now clapped in gaol. thanks.
― ogmor, Monday, 6 November 2017 13:28 (six years ago) link
The main bad thing about that post was that it wasn't about a word usage or phrase
― The Suite Life of Jack and Wendy (wins), Monday, 6 November 2017 13:30 (six years ago) link
in a similar vein: people saying they are "gutted" every time someone famous dies. I'm trying to mourn Tom Petty here, I don't need to think about your intestines spilling onto the floor.
― President Keyes, Monday, 6 November 2017 13:47 (six years ago) link
that use of "gutted" has long been common in the uk but crossed the pond in recent years
― Lee626, Monday, 6 November 2017 16:38 (six years ago) link
was gonna say
― mh, Monday, 6 November 2017 16:39 (six years ago) link
I was having a serious "why does everything weigh more in the future" moment
― mh, Monday, 6 November 2017 16:40 (six years ago) link
when yanks say "preggers" i die a little bit in my mouth
― phenibut rock (rip van wanko), Monday, 6 November 2017 16:53 (six years ago) link
even if i were english there's just no way i could use that word
― phenibut rock (rip van wanko), Monday, 6 November 2017 16:54 (six years ago) link
"veggies"
― dogs, Monday, 6 November 2017 16:54 (six years ago) link
I used to get the same reaction from "veg"
― mh, Monday, 6 November 2017 16:56 (six years ago) link
wasn't that in the very first post?
― Fox Mulder, FYI (dog latin), Monday, 6 November 2017 16:57 (six years ago) link
no american actually says "preggers" unless they're a weirdo or into some sort of porn iirc
― mh, Monday, 6 November 2017 16:57 (six years ago) link
you'll see it on, like, buzzfeed
― phenibut rock (rip van wanko), Monday, 6 November 2017 16:59 (six years ago) link
― Lee626, Monday, November 6, 2017 11:38 AM (twenty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
oh, I know. I know what you do over there.
― President Keyes, Monday, 6 November 2017 17:05 (six years ago) link
"something'-Dad as a diss, as in 'Centrist-Dad'. I'm not even a dad, but there's something a bit sweeping and generalised (not to mention ageist) about this. I totally get that this is a stand-in for 'middle-aged white man with condescending opinions', but it doesn't sit right with me.
― Fox Mulder, FYI (dog latin), Monday, 6 November 2017 17:12 (six years ago) link
― mh, Monday, November 6, 2017 11:57 AM (twenty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Oh, I've heard plenty of people say "preggers" and also "preggo". I hate it when people say "We're pregnant." No, you're not. Only one of you is. Stop this.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 6 November 2017 17:20 (six years ago) link
Pregrock dads
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Monday, 6 November 2017 17:22 (six years ago) link
"across the pond" is bad not good
― mark s, Monday, 6 November 2017 17:23 (six years ago) link
Not just because it makes me feel like I live on a water feature
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Monday, 6 November 2017 17:24 (six years ago) link
Thoughts and prayers (from people with no real intention of acting constructively)We stand with (as used by senior politicians increasingly on social media)Lest we forget (from people who seem to want to make ever-grander visible gestures of remembrance as if they really are terrified or forgetting or having been seen to have not remembered enough)
fite meh
― nashwan, Monday, 6 November 2017 17:31 (six years ago) link
I wonder how much thought and prayer they even get around to doing.
― jmm, Monday, 6 November 2017 17:54 (six years ago) link
How would you all feel about a joint US/UK adoption of the word "veggers"?
I think we can really make this one happen!
― Moodles, Monday, 6 November 2017 20:00 (six years ago) link
It would speed along its adoption, if each use of "veggers" was accompanied by a meme-ish facial expression and tone of voice, patterned after some popular sitcom character.
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 6 November 2017 20:03 (six years ago) link
vegetables -> vegmathematics -> maths
fuckin' come on, british people
― mh, Monday, 6 November 2017 20:08 (six years ago) link
Day veggers
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Monday, 6 November 2017 20:23 (six years ago) link
sports = sport
― phenibut rock (rip van wanko), Monday, 6 November 2017 20:35 (six years ago) link
math is short for mathematic
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 6 November 2017 21:44 (six years ago) link
;_;
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 7 November 2017 03:09 (six years ago) link
― Lee626, Monday, November 6, 2017 8:38 AM (ten hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― mh, Monday, November 6, 2017 8:39 AM (ten hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i am of british descent but this kind of thing concerns me
― brimstead, Tuesday, 7 November 2017 03:12 (six years ago) link
words crossing the pond i mean
westward
i've already caused offense, should've kept it to myself
― brimstead, Tuesday, 7 November 2017 03:13 (six years ago) link
― lefal junglist platton (wtev), Tuesday, 7 November 2017 16:40 (six years ago) link
vegetables -> vegmathematics -> mathsfuckin' come on, british people
― lefal junglist platton (wtev), Tuesday, 7 November 2017 16:41 (six years ago) link
well you don't go around calling methamphetamines 'meths'
― jesus and figs and science and the foo fighters (unregistered), Tuesday, 7 November 2017 16:46 (six years ago) link
no britishers say "maths"
― mh, Tuesday, 7 November 2017 16:47 (six years ago) link
ok that was still unclear: british people say "veg" and "maths"
https://colorex.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/meths-combined-4l-1l.jpg
― mark s, Tuesday, 7 November 2017 16:48 (six years ago) link
Lol beat me to it
― The Suite Life of Jack and Wendy (wins), Tuesday, 7 November 2017 16:48 (six years ago) link
i do drugmy favorite is meths
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 7 November 2017 16:49 (six years ago) link
And yet this fucking annoying advert is currently being inflicted on Britishes TV viewers...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qwLe_EDiaA
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Tuesday, 7 November 2017 18:35 (six years ago) link
I hope it catches on and Microsoft retrains the UK :)
― mh, Tuesday, 7 November 2017 18:36 (six years ago) link
How about "cyber-" as a prefix signifying information technology or the internet? Grates on me every time, like some clueless high level manager who's never used a computer trying to sound like his/her business is ready for the information age. "Cyber-bullying", "cyber-security", AARGH it's not even what the term MEANS.
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Wednesday, 8 November 2017 21:24 (six years ago) link
is there ever an occasion to say "female" or "females" outside the context of something scientific or statistical?
― phenibut rock (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 8 November 2017 21:37 (six years ago) link
when you are learning a language w gendered nouns
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 8 November 2017 22:41 (six years ago) link
Didactic context is fine. But as a substitute for woman/women, generally crepey
― phenibut rock (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 8 November 2017 22:59 (six years ago) link
Proof of creepiness:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m9m5-n-aP8
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Wednesday, 8 November 2017 23:02 (six years ago) link
... Jesus, that song is terrible, apologies to everyone.
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Wednesday, 8 November 2017 23:03 (six years ago) link
the stranglers were terrible, the clue is in the name
― mark s, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 23:10 (six years ago) link