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Post by fumobici on Apr 20, 2022 17:41:20 GMT
When I was a child in a predominately black neighborhood in Berkeley, it was purely black slang— you'd never hear anyone else use it. Conjugating it as "loves" made it yet more colloquial.
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Post by casimira on Apr 20, 2022 17:50:38 GMT
I saw a headline, more of a click bait for people who follow every celebrity siting under the sun (many whom I have no idea of who they are).
"Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez were seen canooling in the airport en route to a vacaay in Palm Beach"
Initially I thought they were referring to canoeing but that made no sense as they were in an airport.
WTF?
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 20, 2022 18:00:08 GMT
Thanks, Fumobici. I recognized the phrase when I heard it, but couldn't remember the original source.
Casimira, was the word maybe canoodling? I think that is a very old slang word for smooching or other mutual displays of affection.
Another annoyance: "I'm not a fan of .... Just say you don't care for something. Don't automatically default to a once clever, now very tired phrase someone else came up with.
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Post by casimira on Apr 21, 2022 15:39:11 GMT
Yes Bixa. I do believe the word may have been canoodling. Thanks for the clarification as I never knew or heard that word before.
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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 21, 2022 16:18:27 GMT
I always thought that canoodle sounded a bit ridiculous, too, but I have always put it in my basket of "northeastern US" vocabulary, not meaning to be derogatory at all but just seeming to be adaptations from the language of European immigrants. Google speculates that canoodle might come from Scandinavia or Germany.
Obviously, the meaning has been softened over the years, probably due to Puritanism.
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Post by kerouac2 on May 1, 2022 10:40:29 GMT
I hate the word compulsory (used these days mostly concerning masks, tests, vaccinations). A synonym of compulsory is coercive, and it also makes me think of compulsions.
I far prefer obligatory or mandatory in such circumstances.
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Post by questa on May 2, 2022 8:24:37 GMT
I, personally, like words that leave you in total knowledge of what is required of you,
like "VERBOTEN"
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Post by lagatta on May 4, 2022 15:58:10 GMT
Kerouac, also in cases such as cumpulsory military service?
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Post by kerouac2 on May 4, 2022 16:05:50 GMT
Absolutely! It is not a compulsion even though it is coercive.
I hear that it might return to Russia starting May 9th.
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Post by onlyMark on May 4, 2022 16:19:11 GMT
I think coercive is related to compulsory but not a synonym.
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Post by lagatta on May 4, 2022 16:30:45 GMT
All wars are horrid, but this one is up there with Freedonia's going to war as a ludicrous example...
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Post by kerouac2 on May 4, 2022 16:32:32 GMT
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Post by lagatta on May 4, 2022 16:39:30 GMT
I know that Soviet war veterans are getting thin on the ground for obvious biological reasons, but they certainly included Ukrainians as well as Russians, and citizens of other Soviet republics - who have also celebrated the 9th of March. fFr All wars are horrid, but this is a particularly ludicrous one, up there with Freedonia.
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Post by onlyMark on May 4, 2022 18:27:20 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on May 4, 2022 19:12:10 GMT
If you love the word compulsory, that's fine with me. We don't live together.
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Post by onlyMark on May 4, 2022 20:13:58 GMT
You have a weird train of thought.
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Post by whatagain on May 6, 2022 7:00:34 GMT
German knuddeln is close to Flemish knuffelen. We had a collection of 'knuffel rock' CD's in the 80's with all these romantic rock ballads.
They were sold as Knuffel rock / Rock'mantique for the frenchspeaking.
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Post by Kimby on May 9, 2022 11:22:16 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 7, 2022 3:42:38 GMT
"Explainer"
What the blinkety blank?!
The word "explanation" has been in use simply forever & has served nobly. A sample sentence: "Here is an explanation of how the internal combustion engine works."
But now >>poof<< suddenly our old friend explanation is gone, replaced by the toddler-like "explainer".
I despair.
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 22, 2022 10:34:50 GMT
I belong to a cactus forum that is quite good sized and principally American but the word “awesome “ is used over and over again ad nauseum.
Is it a trendy US word these days?
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Post by onlyMark on Dec 22, 2022 10:42:45 GMT
Been trendy for yonks. Being superseded by the word 'extra' amongst the youth of today.
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 22, 2022 12:12:29 GMT
In my cricketing days I used to field at extra cover. I was awesome.
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Post by questa on Dec 22, 2022 12:31:10 GMT
Extra cover, eh? Don't know about awesome but you must have been "All Good"
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 22, 2022 13:07:58 GMT
Actually my main positions were slips, short leg and deep mid wicket.
Probably only questa knows what I’m talking about....
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Post by casimira on Dec 22, 2022 13:56:44 GMT
The use of "awesome" seems to be less prevalent than it was around ten years or so.
One phrase that I have seen used more and more and puts me on edge is "The Mother of all Storms". It's being used ad nauseum currently to describe a weather system in the US. It sensationalizes weather which is not uncommon but when they resort to using that particular phrase it often gets people more frenzied than is called for.
Living in a hurricane corridor I've heard it used so many times and initially would just roll my eyes.
Now, I react with both rolling my eyes and gnashing my teeth.
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Post by onlyMark on Dec 22, 2022 14:24:14 GMT
I played cricket just once competitively. That was for the school team and only because I could say then that I'd played for the school in every sport they had a team for. That also included chess if that is considered a sport.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 22, 2022 17:43:56 GMT
I belong to a cactus forum that is quite good sized and principally American but the word “awesome “ is used over and over again ad nauseum. Is it a trendy US word these days? Maybe that forum has older people on it, as "awesome" was superseded quite some time ago by "amazing". One phrase that I have seen used more and more and puts me on edge is "The Mother of all Storms".It's being used ad nauseum currently to describe a weather system in the US. I'm surprised the simple monkey-see/monkey-do jerks don't say "the mom of all storms". I've ranted about this somewhere already, but why why why has the word mother been replaced by mom, which should be an affectionate nickname. Here is the proof of how ignorantly pervasive it has become. Scroll to the last word in the description.
And while I'm on the subject, what's with all the excruciating baby talk that has invaded normal English? It started with "veggie" (full body cringe) and each day becomes more pervasive. "Comfy" is not a real word, nor is "judgy" nor "cringey". It's all so sloppy, so lazy, and so damaging to the language.
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 22, 2022 17:59:26 GMT
I belong to a cactus forum that is quite good sized and principally American but the word “awesome “ is used over and over again ad nauseum. Is it a trendy US word these days? Maybe that forum has older people on it, as "awesome" was superseded quite some time ago by "amazing". One phrase that I have seen used more and more and puts me on edge is "The Mother of all Storms".It's being used ad nauseum currently to describe a weather system in the US. I'm surprised the simple monkey-see/monkey-do jerks don't say "the mom of all storms". I've ranted about this somewhere already, but why why why has the word mother been replaced by mom, which should be an affectionate nickname. Here is the proof of how ignorantly pervasive it has become. Scroll to the last word in the description.
And while I'm on the subject, what's with all the excruciating baby talk that has invaded normal English? It started with "veggie" (full body cringe) and each day becomes more pervasive. "Comfy" is not a real word, nor is "judgy" nor "cringey". It's all so sloppy, so lazy, and so damaging to the language. Of course it has older people. Me.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 22, 2022 18:03:39 GMT
You can't possibly be a older person as we are the same age.
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Post by mickthecactus on Dec 22, 2022 18:05:16 GMT
Shouldn’t it be an older person btw?
And I’m older than you...
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