OpticalMoose@discuss.tchncs.de to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 2 months agoSeruleously, I'm already sick of that word.discuss.tchncs.deimagemessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1649arrow-down119
arrow-up1630arrow-down1imageSeruleously, I'm already sick of that word.discuss.tchncs.deOpticalMoose@discuss.tchncs.de to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·2 months agoWait, is this actually how young people talk or are you gaslighting us?
minus-squareBakerBagel@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·2 months agoLingo and slang changes every decade or so. I don’t know why people are surprised that the trends from when they are 14 are no longer cool.
minus-squaregndagreborn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months agoIt’s not even every decade. It’s basically every 3 weeks
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoI’m not surprised that language changes, I just never heard this particular phrasing before but judging from your offendedness, I guess it is used
minus-squarewinterwulf@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWell, they didn’t imply that it is surprising.
minus-squareSkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoI mean I use it, and I’m in my mid-20
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIn that case, English is broken. This is too much, we are literally cooked and need a new global lingua franca
minus-squareSkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoWhy? New slang has always been forming, it’s literally how language evolves
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThe joke was that I used the very word I was complaining about (hopefully correctly) in combination with another word (literally) many pedants get pissed when used in a non literal sense
minus-squareSkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI seeee, it did cross my mind it being a joke, but I also thought you might have been mocking it lol
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI’m not mocking it, I’m totally cooking it
minus-squareP4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoBro cooked but nobody ate it 💀
Wait, is this actually how young people talk or are you gaslighting us?
Lingo and slang changes every decade or so. I don’t know why people are surprised that the trends from when they are 14 are no longer cool.
It’s not even every decade. It’s basically every 3 weeks
I’m not surprised that language changes, I just never heard this particular phrasing before but judging from your offendedness, I guess it is used
Well, they didn’t imply that it is surprising.
I mean I use it, and I’m in my mid-20
In that case, English is broken. This is too much, we are literally cooked and need a new global lingua franca
Why? New slang has always been forming, it’s literally how language evolves
The joke was that I used the very word I was complaining about (hopefully correctly) in combination with another word (literally) many pedants get pissed when used in a non literal sense
I seeee, it did cross my mind it being a joke, but I also thought you might have been mocking it lol
I’m not mocking it, I’m totally cooking it
Bro cooked but nobody ate it 💀