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AIBU to detest this new-fangled propensity for made up words?

65 replies

Whatad · 05/04/2019 11:00

I have just recently come to terms with Brexit.
I understand that language evolves.
But it's bloody pissing me off!!!!

Just now I've gotten a notification on my phone that Donald Tusk is going to advise the EU to allow the 'flextension'.

I actually want to scream!!!!!!!

AIBU? Do I need to chill out? FFS

Please tell me that I'm not alone?

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PrincessAndThePee · 05/04/2019 11:24

Remoaner, libtard, etc.

Actual adults use these words to describe each other. Hmm

onalongsabbatical · 05/04/2019 11:25

Yes to the demise of the coiner of Brexit. Here you go OP, do your worst! Grin news.sky.com/story/brexits-my-fault-how-the-word-i-invented-could-be-an-epitaph-for-the-nations-decline-11576816 Glad you like Apocalexit, I've been pushing it for a few weeks now. Mine, my precious!

PrincessAndThePee · 05/04/2019 11:25

Clusterfuck trips off the tongue better I think.

WonkoTheSane42 · 05/04/2019 11:26

apparently 'physicality' has now made it to the dictionary

The word physicality has been in use since the 16th century and has had its current meaning since at least 1827.

Also, all words are made up.

PlainSpeakingStraightTalking · 05/04/2019 11:26

Physicality only on Soccer AM [GRIN] [GRIN] [GRIN]

FuriousCheekyFucker · 05/04/2019 11:27

I think it's perfectly cromulent.

TheViceOfReason · 05/04/2019 11:27

I find it a bit Orwell 1984.

onalongsabbatical · 05/04/2019 11:29

Clusterfuck is a wonderful general word. Apocalexit refers entirely to what we are going through right now. Not to be compared.

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Whatad · 05/04/2019 11:29

Look at the fooking head on the cunt. If he hadn't invented the word I'd want to slap him anyway! Grin

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PrincessAndThePee · 05/04/2019 11:29

“Physicality” is a legitimate word. Whether it’s a good choice as a sports term is another matter.

The noun “physicality” entered English in 1592, when it was another word for medicine or medical practice, according to the Oxford English Dictionary.

In 1827, it was first used to mean “the fact, state, or condition of being physical (as opposed to mental, spiritual, etc.),” the OED says.

In 1844, “physicality” began to be used in another sense: “the awareness of the body or of bodily sensation; a bodily function or experience.”

At the same time, it came to mean “the quality of being physically demanding; physical intensity; strong physical presence or appeal.” For example, a 1994 citation the OED refers to “the sheer physicality of the work.”

PrincessAndThePee · 05/04/2019 11:30

It's a word, it's a word, it's a word

PrincessAndThePee · 05/04/2019 11:31

Ye Olde Mumsnet would have been full of people kicking off about Shakespeare.

motheroffourcats · 05/04/2019 11:31

I'm throwing in bouncebackability from Soccer AM.

PrincessAndThePee · 05/04/2019 11:32

As long as it wasn't invented in a corporate handbook by Bob from Middle management or a Kardashian

Original poster
Whatad · 05/04/2019 11:33

I present you with.......... religiosity........ Apparently that's a word too!

I don't like it.

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Whatad · 05/04/2019 11:33

@motherofourcats You are at risk of driving me over the edge here.

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BelulahBlanca · 05/04/2019 11:34

Language is living and organic.

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Whatad · 05/04/2019 11:35

Oh Christ yes - I've been the victim of Bob From Middle Management's concoctions too.......... The muppet.

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PrincessAndThePee · 05/04/2019 11:35

I am shocked that people can listen to football punditry and find the words the worst bit.

They talk for literally hours about NOTHING. Nothing.

NOTHING. Yes, dh you heard me. NOTHING.

RIght we're talking with Bill from Croydon and he reckons that the lads need to show some real heart and get in there. Do you agree George from Liverpool?

George from Liverpool: I think it's about getting in early and then doing the thing, you know. Some just geddit. You know?

We know.

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Whatad · 05/04/2019 11:36

Ye, well living and organic as it might be, Brexit can fuck right off - along with its cousin Flextension.

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Abra1de · 05/04/2019 11:36

I've gotten

😆

motheroffourcats · 05/04/2019 11:37

Princess

My first thought was: Physicality IS a real word.
I aboslutely hate the word BREXIT. Everytime I hear it. Abhorrent.

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Whatad · 05/04/2019 11:38

Imagine poor Pierre from France googling 'Flextension' and coming up with this bloody link!

Pierre - let me explain - a flextension is a big steaming pile of shite. Comprends?

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BelulahBlanca · 05/04/2019 11:39

@Whatad I agree with you on Brexit

PlainSpeakingStraightTalking · 05/04/2019 11:39

I'm throwing in bouncebackability from Soccer AM.

Arrrgh! >sweeping generalisation< footballers are not renowed for their brain power, its the plonking in of words out of context

Ahem - "Look at his physicality" WTAF does that actually mean ??

physicality
/fɪzɪˈkalɪti/
noun
noun: physicality

the fact of relating to the body as opposed to the mind; physical presence.
"there's an emphasis on the physicality of the actors"
    involvement of a lot of bodily contact or activity.
    "the intense physicality of a dancer's life"