not annoyed but v bemused at the emergence of "slapper" (in the US) to denote a song that slaps
― rob, Friday, 2 August 2019 15:56 (five years ago) link
Knee-slapper.
― pomenitul, Friday, 2 August 2019 16:00 (five years ago) link
this term has been around for over 20 years
― Οὖτις, Friday, 2 August 2019 16:01 (five years ago) link
Was blissfully unaware of its British & Irish meaning.
― pomenitul, Friday, 2 August 2019 16:06 (five years ago) link
ok some searching reveals you're right Outic, though it seems to have migrated from (bay area?) rap usage to more general application--I encountered it twice today. And if you are aware of the other meaning, this sub-headline is a little startling: https://www.thefader.com/2019/08/01/rosalia-j-balvin-con-altura-song-of-the-summer-el-guincho-frank-dukes
― rob, Friday, 2 August 2019 16:09 (five years ago) link
keep it in the cigar box, people!
― ☮ (peace, man), Friday, August 2, 2019 6:27 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
😭
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Friday, 2 August 2019 16:20 (five years ago) link
guessing that lady learned in English in India, where that usage of "cum" is more common than it is here in the US (for obvious reasons)
― 2019OK plus bennu (wins), Friday, 2 August 2019 16:32 (five years ago) link
Also when ppl innocently fall into that trap it belongs in “words, usages and phrases that delight the shit out of you” obv
― 2019OK plus bennu (wins), Friday, 2 August 2019 16:35 (five years ago) link
English place names are a source of infinite delight:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorlton-cum-Hardy
― pomenitul, Friday, 2 August 2019 16:36 (five years ago) link
in the UK you'd just call this a spunk bed
― akm, Friday, 2 August 2019 19:08 (five years ago) link
Penistone takes the unsoggy biscuit
― lefal junglist platton (wtev), Saturday, 3 August 2019 08:08 (five years ago) link
"woof" < "oof"
not that it matters... they're both trash
― flappy bird, Monday, 12 August 2019 05:23 (five years ago) link
stochastic
oh look a new term that still isnt going to do anything
― phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Monday, 12 August 2019 16:14 (five years ago) link
new term
Yes but no.
― pomenitul, Monday, 12 August 2019 16:16 (five years ago) link
maths is meant to annoy ppl
― mark s, Monday, 12 August 2019 16:18 (five years ago) link
yes but yes but no but look
― phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Monday, 12 August 2019 16:21 (five years ago) link
Stochastic af.
― pomenitul, Monday, 12 August 2019 16:21 (five years ago) link
as an american i enjoy "maths," it's cute
― flappy bird, Monday, 12 August 2019 17:00 (five years ago) link
do you do a lot of mathematic urself
― phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Monday, 12 August 2019 17:23 (five years ago) link
Good enough for Xenakis, good enough for me tbh.
― Euripedes' Trousers (Tom D.), Monday, 12 August 2019 17:54 (five years ago) link
xp No I'm horrible at it
― flappy bird, Monday, 12 August 2019 22:18 (five years ago) link
We tripped the light stochastic
― Rumspringsteen (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 12 August 2019 22:31 (five years ago) link
'automatic', in the context of, or as a misappropriated synonym for 'instant'. i seem to see this a lot - perhaps when someone is explaining the rules of a game: "that's an automatic lose". no! stop!
― meaulnes, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 14:33 (five years ago) link
Another interpretation is that people are using "automatic" instead of "instant" because automatic also carries the sense of something happening due to systemic conditions instead of the result of a volitional act. Anyone who has experience dealing with, say, Amazon customer support, can intuitively understand the frustration of being subject to the automatic while being promised the instant.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 16:21 (five years ago) link
when you're writing and You Do This Thing instead of "this thing"
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 16:49 (five years ago) link
Sorry, This Thing is very current and is good not bad
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 16:55 (five years ago) link
fb otm itt over the past 48h.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 16:57 (five years ago) link
It's An Annoying Tic Popularized By David Foster Wallace That Is Insufferably Precious
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 17:03 (five years ago) link
this book from 1975 is amazing and Ballard rightly considered it one of the best books about politics ever writtenhttps://proxy.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fweb2.uwindsor.ca%2Fcourses%2Fleddy%2Fcreitz%2Fmajipoorbibliography_files%2Fmajipoor26.jpg&f=1
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 17:05 (five years ago) link
The cool kids are saying "automagically."
― Rumspringsteen (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 17:41 (five years ago) link
that does sound cool
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 17:48 (five years ago) link
"this thing" and This Thing have different uses
― ogmor, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 18:56 (five years ago) link
[ x ] is a Big Deal vs.[ x ] is a "big deal"
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 19:37 (five years ago) link
are we okay with dis ting
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 20:06 (five years ago) link
Depends
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 20:18 (five years ago) link
ok but how about dat ting
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 20:23 (five years ago) link
not until you're old der
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 20:41 (five years ago) link
not all capitalisation is Ironic Capitalisation
― ogmor, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 21:08 (five years ago) link
Millions of German speakers agree.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 21:14 (five years ago) link
And Emily Dickinson.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 13 August 2019 21:22 (five years ago) link
I cant stand it when I hear someone say 'impactful' is that even a word? Impact is not a property, its created.― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Tuesday, December 23, 2003 11:45 PM (fifteen years ago)
― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Tuesday, December 23, 2003 11:45 PM (fifteen years ago)
Visionary post.
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 22:52 (five years ago) link
"In a rapidly changing world/society/environment, ...." or other trite filler lines to that effect.
― ninthyoung, Wednesday, 14 August 2019 23:57 (five years ago) link
Also not a fan of those standard form funny phrases people add to their tweet, like "thanks for coming to my ted talk" after the message or something like that. If you don't have the confidence to let your thing stand on its own then it's probably no worth tweeting.
― ninthyoung, Thursday, 15 August 2019 00:03 (five years ago) link
DM overtaking PM, seemingly overnight, is an inexplicable irritant.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 15 August 2019 15:18 (five years ago) link
"checks notes" is especially bad xp
I agree pomenitul
― flappy bird, Thursday, 15 August 2019 18:13 (five years ago) link
I mostly avoid this thread for its "old man yells at cloud" feeling, but I just got unreasonably annoyed after doing a silly quiz, when I was confronted by this:
Permission this app to share your results with friends!
Permission this app?! FFS.
― emil.y, Saturday, 31 August 2019 22:37 (five years ago) link
getting a bit fed up of 'wholesome' now.
― meaulnes, Friday, 13 September 2019 18:51 (five years ago) link
is there another word for wholesome?
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 13 September 2019 18:51 (five years ago) link
salutary? restorative?
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 13 September 2019 18:56 (five years ago) link