To hate this word ?

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Autumnal it just fills me with rage. I’m sure the first time I heard it used was last year but just don’t like it at all. AIBU ?

Yes one's a noun, one's an adjective, that's what I was trying to say.

Anyway no it's not at all new!

All seasons have an adjective
Summery
Wintery
Spring-like?

I'm going to use the word Autumnal at least five times tomorrow, and its all thanks to you op!

Spring-like
Summery
Autumnal
Wintery.
I am the world's worst neologism hater-but autumnal isn't one!

I was saying the same thing the other day. Trendy, overused word! I'd never heard it until last month.

And now I have a new word, neologism.

People didn't just used to say Autumn OP. Autumnal has been around for years and years! It's got a different use to Autumnal.

I say autumnal quite a lot to describe my autumn crafting colours. Autumn colours might work there, maybe?

Yanbu. I don't like it either, wouldn't say hate though. It just doesn't sound enough like the word autumn to me but that may be local accent as here autumn = awe-tim. But autumnal = awe-tum-nal, so the "Tim" is changed to "tum". Nah don't like it, much prefer to say "it feels autumn-y" even though it's not a real word of course.

John Donne - 16th Century poet:

'No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face'

16th century, apparantly.

YABU.

Autumnal is not a new, trendy, word coined by hipsters. It cannot be used interchangeably with Autumn.

Snap!

Aww Paddling thanks for the late night reminder of Elegy IX.

Has it suddenly become trendy? It's a very old word, not some trendy marketing word someone has just thought up.

If its currently trendy and overused perhaps because it's urm.....autumn and so in recent weeks it has felt autumnal.

(this is a new low, I am very tired and have lots of things to do, its nearly midnight and I am defending the word 'autumnal', about which I have no feelings or opinions whatsoever).

There you are OP as pp said 16th century. So pretty old.

Yes but Paddling it gave you a lovely opportunity to quote Donne, and how can you do that on MN?

I know what you mean. But it’s not as bad as the word “cupcakes”

YABU. It's a great word. I particularly like the emphasis on tum and occasionally it's the only word that will do.

Anyway I was surprised to find that "autumnal" is the word this thread is about. There are so many much more awful words. Have been keeping abreast of the Brett Kavanaugh hearings in the US this week: "boof" and "bork" are two that immediately spring to mind. Had to look them both up, mind.

Well I don't think I can find a Donne quote for cupcakes!

And certainly no Donne quote for boof and bork, whatever they mean.

Boof and borf!!!!!

I think these may be neologisms?

'Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was asked about his familiarity with the word “boof,” a slang term that many have defined to mean anal sex (and others to be a kayaking technique) — and declared that it was a reference to farting'

I like you, OP. Your irrational dislikes are actually irrational.

Funereal is my worst word. I have no idea how to pronounced it.