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[almosNSFW]Words That Have Lost Their True Meaning
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 And i dont even get a re, this is cheese!fixed pictures | ||
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Flicky
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"He's a boxer" "I love watching Boxer" I can't imagine any instance of me mixing these three words up. Also, the other two kinds of Flash are both verbs making these really... wrong. | ||
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REDBLUEGREEN
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On January 19 2010 06:43 Scorch wrote: It can happen when every progamer and their mother chooses a random English word as their nick. Stork, Movie, Shine, Violet, Luxury, Tempest, Mind, Free, Action, Baby etc. lol i don't know if it was intentional but movies nick was indeed chosen by his mother. kind of.. | ||
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On January 19 2010 07:35 REDBLUEGREEN wrote: lol i don't know if it was intentional but movies nick was indeed chosen by his mother. kind of.. Hm? Please elaborate! | ||
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goldenkrnboi
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Movie's actual name is 영화 (romanized young hwa), which means movie in korean. | ||
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Chef
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I'm not against evolution of language... far from it. But I think this is devolution of language. Some words are getting less and less specific, so that they become so general you can't convey your point as efficiently to a modern audience. For someone like me who likes simple, common words, that presents a real challenge in communication (especially writing). I don't want to use obscure words you have to look up... because that will also reduce the efficiency of communication... So it's just all around lose-lose... Anyway, sorry to get serious in a playful thread, but it's something that irks me and I had to say it lol. | ||
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d3_crescentia
United States4054 Posts
On January 19 2010 13:14 Chef wrote: I'm actually pretty disturbed by what WoW and I guess video gaming in general has done to the word 'epic.' It's become a buzz word that's completely synonymous with massive/great and it means every time I use it in its original—perhaps now archaic—meaning, I have to go out of my way to say so (which ruins the efficiency of language). I'm not against evolution of language... far from it. But I think this is devolution of language. Some words are getting less and less specific, so that they become so general you can't convey your point as efficiently to a modern audience. For someone like me who likes simple, common words, that presents a real challenge in communication (especially writing). I don't want to use obscure words you have to look up... because that will also reduce the efficiency of communication... So it's just all around lose-lose... Anyway, sorry to get serious in a playful thread, but it's something that irks me and I had to say it lol. Blame 4chan and its explosion in popularity first. The words 'epic,' 'legendary,' 'fail' and 'win' are those that have become transmuted into shadows of themselves. | ||
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Salv
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On January 19 2010 02:53 micronesia wrote: Haha funny. I'm sure you are aware that this doesn't apply for these words for about 98% of the population. More like 99.998 lmao | ||
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gyth
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"He's a boxer" Is that someone who packs boxes all day? | ||
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micronesia
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Technically true but what I said was intended to focus on smooth delivery rather than specifically accurate content. | ||
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