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Patatopotato · 16/08/2023 17:37

What is with people having no manners or spatial awareness these days?

Just out of work and walking along the road (busy city centre with traffic so not option to just walk into road) approach 4 men in suits taking up the whole footpath.

Not one attempt to make a gap for me (or anyone else to get past) so I, quite rightly in my opinion, bang my elbow right off him, wish I'd of done it harder tbh!!

Aibu to have wished it had of had such force it would have knocked the phone right out of his hand!! (He was holding phone in front showing his equally ignorant mates something)

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daisychain01 · 21/08/2023 14:26

EveSix · 21/08/2023 07:54

Alright, Daisy. It's a secondary definition specifying informal usage in recognition of a long period of stubborn misuse
And my Colombia / Columbia example is spot on: the onus is on the listener to figure out the meaning based on context.
What's wrong with 'rude'?

Presumably you're aware of the term synonym @EveSix ?

so, there's nothing wrong with the word rude, but there are other descriptive synonyms that might more effective express the meaning of a concept at the choice of the user I.e in this case, me.

you use whatever term you like, I also use a term I like because that's how it works. Aka Freedom to express oneself as one chooses without being told you can't - or being told use this word but not that word.

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