Words I Hate

[UKMikey]

I think what I don't like most about people who use cringe as an adjective is how ungrammatical it sounds. Cring(e)y or cringeworthy would be better.

 

[Pupik]

I think what I don't like most about people who use cringe as an adjective is how ungrammatical it sounds. Cring(e)y or cringeworthy would be better.

In the 1990s, Bill Waterson famously said "verbing weirds language".

In the last decade, I've found adjectifying weirds conversations.

Must be a product of its times.

 

[GBO Possum]

In the 1990s, Bill Waterson famously said "verbing weirds language".

In the last decade, I've found adjectifying weirds conversations.

Must be a product of its times.

This is America. WE have the freedom to verb all nouns. No exceptions.

 

[MedigoFlame]

Guess I'll pull the old man yelling at clouds with people finding a different usage for a word...

"Cook" or "Cooked"

Seeing it used like:

"Did I cook!?" (Someone posting in a collecting subreddit asking if they did well with their purchase/haul)

"Is DC comics cooked!?!?!?" (Even a "news" site/blog asking if something is screwed or in trouble)

Yeah, guess this is another "am I getting old?" post. Felt that way 5 years or so ago when a co-worker would use "Gucci" instead of "good" as a word. "Yo, we're gucci."

 

[TexRex]

Guess I'll pull the old man yelling at clouds with people finding a different usage for a word...

"Cook" or "Cooked"

Seeing it used like:

"Did I cook!?" (Someone posting in a collecting subreddit asking if they did well with their purchase/haul)

"Is DC comics cooked!?!?!?" (Even a "news" site/blog asking if something is screwed or in trouble)

Seems to me these are both shortened forms of existing idioms, "cooking with fire" and "your goose is cooked."