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What's a word you've spent a long time not using right? (lemm.ee)

submitted 10 months ago by shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Just recently I was in a conversation with a number of UK mainlanders and we had a debate over what "tories" meant, apparently disproportionately ordinarily it refers to a political party and it's not usual to use it as short for "territories" as I've used it (according to how the debate ended, it was half and half between them). And once again I'm reminded of how people feel to look back at their usage of a word/phrase over the years and cringe.

More tragically, me and a friend were embarrassed once upon realizing everyone was confusing "encephalitis" with "hydrocephalus" when talking to someone about their kid with hydrocephalus. Awkward because encephalitis is caused by HIV.

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[–] johnjamesautobahn@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Noisome means smelly, not noisy.

enormity means serious or grave, not very large.

terrific isn’t always great or amazing; it can be synonymous with terrifying.

[–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

Portuguese ⟨bisonho⟩. I always used it as "needy", "demanding excessive attention" (like a child). Until someone informed me that it was supposed to be "weird".

[–] Scew@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

"just" was meant to indicate a recent position in time. As in "just now."

[–] Nemoder@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you just adjust your justice you might just make it just.

[–] Scew@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

If you just

Yeah that's the one that gets me. People use it to say something without having to commit to having said it and/or attempt to reduce the weight of an action. Just make more money, just work harder, just work faster, just don't worry about it, just calm down. Pretty much minimizes the context the person they're talking to comes from like whatever they're suggesting is so easy no one should have to think about it.

"Just don't use the word just!" lol

Using it as a shortening for justice doesn't bother me for some reason xD

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I have cryptolalia; so probably all of them.

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

TIL something I've always experienced has a name.

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