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Re:The Euphemism Treadmill by hungie on Thursday August 22, 2024 @01:27AM (#41317108)
Do you understand them? I've never ever used "rizz", but I understand it means "charisma" or charm, for instance.
Re:The Euphemism Treadmill by HKH2 on Thursday August 22, 2024 @01:33AM (#41317137)
I know what 'nerf' and 'grammable' mean because they're obvious, but I won't ever think of using them. The rest I honestly have no idea about. I really don't care about fashionable language.
Re:The Euphemism Treadmill by burnished on Thursday August 22, 2024 @04:59AM (#41318158)
Your disinterest is ostentatious to the point of itself being a fashion statement.

Also, 'nerf' and 'grammable' are obvious? I know what nerf means but neither are in any way obvious. I think you've got some unexamined ideas about language that have more to do with the words you learned as you were coming up than any principled or aesthetic reason.

Re:The Euphemism Treadmill by HKH2 on Thursday August 22, 2024 @08:07AM (#41319333)
> Your disinterest is ostentatious to the point of itself being a fashion statement.

Which part of what I said was unwarranted?

> Also, 'nerf' and 'grammable' are obvious?

If you know the brands, the verbs/adjectives can stick easily.

> I think you've got some unexamined ideas about language that have more to do with the words you learned as you were coming up than any principled or aesthetic reason.

I think you have problems understanding why people say what they do.

Re:The Euphemism Treadmill by burnished on Friday August 23, 2024 @07:31AM (#41328049)
Your degree of disinterest in 'fashionable' words. It is itself a fashion statement.
Re:The Euphemism Treadmill by HKH2 on Friday August 23, 2024 @07:49AM (#41328145)
The point is that I have a boring vocabulary and it's not out of spite that I don't use newer terms. Is that clearer for you now?