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Re:Modern PHP by petepete on Sunday March 27, 2022 @12:34PM (#30821586)
Just taste really, it sounds wrong to me.

On the scale of new words I dislike, it's nothing compared to how football pundits describe players as 'unplayable' when they're on form.

Re:Modern PHP by unfocussed_mike on Sunday March 27, 2022 @12:38PM (#30821620)
On a scale of new words I dislike, it's actually more annoying to me than "revert back" meaning "get back to you on that", which has a wry charm.

Mind you, I am still annoyed by people saying "addicting" when they actually mean "addictive", or "concerning" when they mean "a cause for concern".

So I'm really not a good judge. But it still has to go in the circular filing cabinet.

Re:Modern PHP by 1123581321 on Sunday March 27, 2022 @12:56PM (#30821790)
If we were better at keeping -ive suffixed words, we could have had concernive instead to shorten that phrase without misusing -ing. :)
Re:Modern PHP by unfocussed_mike on Sunday March 27, 2022 @01:21PM (#30822014)
Now you're just trying to upset me. ;-)
Re:Modern PHP by yakshaving_jgt on Sunday March 27, 2022 @04:44PM (#30823930)
Greetings, fellow curmudgeons!
Re:Modern PHP by anamexis on Sunday March 27, 2022 @06:22PM (#30824743)
Surely the worst word to come out of sports pundits is "winningest"