Guest Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 (edited) People, especially broadcasters, adding '....ness' onto words. Already today I have heard 'humbleness' instead of humility, and the spectacularly bad 'underwhelmingness.' Edited March 14, 2023 by IncomingExile 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 2 minutes ago, IncomingExile said: People, especially broadcasters, adding '....ness' onto words. Already today I have heard 'humbleness' instead of humility, and the spectacularly bad 'underwhelmingness.' On Sunday for the 1st time I saw the word 'doneness'. It makes perfect sense but I'd never heard or seen it before. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 11 minutes ago, IncomingExile said: People, especially broadcasters, adding '....ness' onto words. Already today I have heard 'humbleness' instead of humility, and the spectacularly bad 'underwhelmingness.' Not exactly the same but i read an article about "enshittification" yesterday. I quite liked that one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxo Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 48 minutes ago, IncomingExile said: People, especially broadcasters, adding '....ness' onto words. Already today I have heard 'humbleness' instead of humility, and the spectacularly bad 'underwhelmingness.' My other half frequently says 'judgy' in place of 'judgemental'. As in "don't be so judgy". Completely boils my piss. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 18 hours ago, coprolite said: “no drain” tuna. Should be called “much less draining but you’ll still need to drain it a little bit or your bread will get wet tuna” Are folk really putting mayoless tuna on a piece? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 9 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: Are folk really putting mayoless tuna on a piece? Yes. Real men, proper men use salad cream 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 On 08/03/2023 at 17:46, coprolite said: Feels a bit exclusionary for domesticated women that it’s only the international ones that get a day. Typical woke nonsense There 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 34 minutes ago, Derry Alli said: Yes. Real men, proper men use salad cream Fucking wrong ‘uns. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 54 minutes ago, Paxo said: My other half frequently says 'judgy' in place of 'judgemental'. As in "don't be so judgy". Completely boils my piss. Feel your pain but 'judgemental leg coverings' doesn't quite trip off the tongue like 'judgey pants'. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 On 10/03/2023 at 09:31, mathematics said: I’ve a feeling this might not be petty: Smoking on hospital grounds, and in particular, smoking at the fucking entrance to hospital grounds. Absolute arsehole behaviour. A lot of the patients can't walk any further than the front door... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 1 hour ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: Are folk really putting mayoless tuna on a piece? I didn't want to admit to a salad and hadn't thought it through. "Rocket, watercress and baby leaf spinach" doesn't scan as well either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 3 hours ago, IncomingExile said: People, especially broadcasters, adding '....ness' onto words. Already today I have heard 'humbleness' instead of humility, and the spectacularly bad 'underwhelmingness.' That pisses me off, too. I was complaining about it the other day to my friends in Inver and Bo'. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 2 hours ago, Derry Alli said: Yes. Real men, proper men use salad cream Have to admit this one turned really hilarious as I had just watched a bit of TV with a commercial featuring animated vegetables, so the phrase “salad cream” took the imagination somewhere really unexpected. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematics Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 4 hours ago, Jacksgranda said: A lot of the patients can't walk any further than the front door... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 I've overheard a couple of people say "last but the least" lately, and just heard it used in an advert. I'm old enough now to know that, in five or ten years' time, an entire generation of youngsters will have decided that, to emphasise the final entry on a list is not less important than the others, they'll use a phrase that declares the exact opposite. I'm wondering if it's an American thing, like the brainless "I could care less" abomination. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 21 minutes ago, BFTD said: I've overheard a couple of people say "last but the least" lately, and just heard it used in an advert. I'm old enough now to know that, in five or ten years' time, an entire generation of youngsters will have decided that, to emphasise the final entry on a list is not less important than the others, they'll use a phrase that declares the exact opposite. I'm wondering if it's an American thing, like the brainless "I could care less" abomination. A hundred percent 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 2 hours ago, BFTD said: I've overheard a couple of people say "last but the least" lately, and just heard it used in an advert. I'm old enough now to know that, in five or ten years' time, an entire generation of youngsters will have decided that, to emphasise the final entry on a list is not less important than the others, they'll use a phrase that declares the exact opposite. I'm wondering if it's an American thing, like the brainless "I could care less" abomination. Sounds like a Chinese whisper of “last but not least”. That I’ve heard here, not last but the least. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 2 hours ago, BFTD said: I've overheard a couple of people say "last but the least" lately, and just heard it used in an advert. I'm old enough now to know that, in five or ten years' time, an entire generation of youngsters will have decided that, to emphasise the final entry on a list is not less important than the others, they'll use a phrase that declares the exact opposite. I'm wondering if it's an American thing, like the brainless "I could care less" abomination. Irregardless, language evolves. As evidenced by autocorrect seeing nothing wrong with the word "irregardless" as I type this. Well didn't that backfire on me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 10 hours ago, Cosmic Joe said: A hundred and ten percent FTFY 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 9 hours ago, Miguel Sanchez said: Irregardless, language evolves. As evidenced by autocorrect seeing nothing wrong with the word "irregardless" as I type this. Well didn't that backfire on me. The horror of discovering that language evolves by people mishearing words/phrases, never putting any thought into the meaning behind them, and other people changing their usage to follow because they never thought about the meaning either and are terrified that they might have been wrong all along We should all pick a phrase, misuse it as often as possible, and see if we can get it into the public lexicon. I'm going to go with "bite the skin of your teeth". Y'know, because sometimes you end up biting the skin of your teeth with nerves. I'm used to coming across as an idiot anyway, so a wee bit extra for science is no biggie. I could care less. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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