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Has anyone noticed this for, say the last 20 years? People no longer use "big words".
I am so sick of the following: veggies, kudos, jammies, crappy, selfies, besties, munchies, etc.
I was actually at a dinner party several years ago when an older woman jumped up from the table and cried, " Ooh, I've got to tee tee", and proceeded to run out of the room.
Guilty as charged.
But for three years I lived in another country (as an adult) where it is extremely common to shorten everything.
Veggies, sammies, munchies, sunnies, brekkie, tum, wee, footy, and nobody's name is more than a syllable.
Do you think that maybe it's a carry-over from the Australia-craze that the US went through back in the '80s and '90s?
Has anyone noticed this for, say the last 20 years? People no longer use "big words".
I am so sick of the following: veggies, kudos, jammies, crappy, selfies, besties, munchies, etc.
I was actually at a dinner party several years ago when an older woman jumped up from the table and cried, " Ooh, I've got to tee tee", and proceeded to run out of the room.
What happened to adult words and behavior?
This issue wasn't really on my radar.... but what are the appropriate big words for "kudos", "crappy" (which I use in place of what I really want to say, which is "sh*tty"), and "selfie" (which seems to be a term with a very specific meaning)?
If anything, I'd attribute it to the increasingly child-centric and casual culture that has emerged.
FWIW, I'm way more annoyed by corporate buzzwords. "Spend" is not a noun, people!!
Info, convo, lates, presh, obvi/obvs ... there are few more I say, mostly to annoy my oldest child. I say ridiculously silly things to my cats, but so far they're not complaining. I'm a business writer and can get out my big words if I want to.
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FWIW, I'm way more annoyed by corporate buzzwords. "Spend" is not a noun, people!!
Has anyone noticed this for, say the last 20 years? People no longer use "big words".
I am so sick of the following: veggies, kudos, jammies, crappy, selfies, besties, munchies, etc.
I was actually at a dinner party several years ago when an older woman jumped up from the table and cried, " Ooh, I've got to tee tee", and proceeded to run out of the room.
What happened to adult words and behavior?
This was discussed on the Writing forum, too. I have a friend who says she has to go potty. 75 years old. She told me her son stopped by her house the other day because he had to go potty, too. He's 51. I am going to say something the next time she says that. Or give her a good sharp slap upside the head.
less intelligent people are reproducing at a higher rate than intelligent people. expect this trend to continue.
in the next 50 years, the english language will devolve into a series of guttural sounds and acronyms. it's already happening with YOLO, SWAG, FML, WTF, OMG etc...people say this stuff as normal conversation now.
i remember a time not too long ago when you were considered uneducated or ignorant for using "ain't". it all seems so quaint now.
and then you have reality television, fast food, and the decline of the education system making everyone dumber and deciding that donald trump or hilary clinton would make a good president.
and then working adults are too busy with their 4 jobs to raise their kids correctly(and you can't spank them anymore without a busybody neighbor calling CPS). consequently, their offspring are turning into ill-mannered heathens with all these "psychological disorders" that these medical professionals are making up since they are in cahoots with the pharmaceutical companies. 15 years ago, you were just considered a dick or a lousy person. but now, the medical system has an excuse for you as long as you buy their pills and pay their salaries. yay, these drugs are yummy! time to watch keeping up with the kardashians!
brawndo, it's got what plants crave
Last edited by StAcKhOuSe; 07-07-2016 at 08:01 AM..
This issue wasn't really on my radar.... but what are the appropriate big words for "kudos", "crappy" (which I use in place of what I really want to say, which is "sh*tty"), and "selfie" (which seems to be a term with a very specific meaning)?
If anything, I'd attribute it to the increasingly child-centric and casual culture that has emerged.
FWIW, I'm way more annoyed by corporate buzzwords. "Spend" is not a noun, people!!
How about "asks" for "requests"? "Ask" is not a noun, either.
I say "crappy" for the same reason you do. I don't think that one is a kid word. "Kudos" is certainly not a kid word.
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