To think sometimes people use words without fully understanding them?

[Oodiks]

There were a few examples in my previous AIBU thread. Including, but not limited to:

Genocide
Antisemitism
Zionism
Ethnic Cleansing

These are strong trigger words for many people, myself included, but I think they are often misused and/or misunderstood.

Thoughts?

😂😂😂Fair point.

I've responded to many posts about words people have suggested, I was just a bit non-plussed by that first pair of words.

Sadly, @username3678 , you'll no doubt get a very defensive response to this factual and excellent reply.

Here's a word: Propaganda
noun

1. The systematic propagation of a doctrine or cause or of information reflecting the views and interests of those advocating such a doctrine or cause.
2. Material disseminated by the advocates or opponents of a doctrine or cause.
3. "wartime propaganda."

The poster was ascribing intention to my earlier post asking, "Did your last thread not go how you intended?"

I have already said, in that thread, that I did not have a particular intention in that thread.

Sure, in this one I'm intentionally riffing off the previous one, and if people want to come at me from the previous thread, I'm likely to respond, but I'm also enjoying the responses that are not related to it.

''in this one I'm intentionally riffing off the previous one''

Riffing. Verb: to speak for a long time on a particular subject, especially in a humorous way.

Do let us know when the humorous part starts.

Oooh, you got me! Feel better about yourself now?

I feel truly amazing. Thank you for asking.

🤣🤣
Take a bow!

You can literally be embarrassed to the point of wishing for death. You can’t literally (actually) be dead from embarrassment. Where you place the ‘literally’ matters.

Or you could use bellicist as a descriptor
Not quite synonymous, but close enough.
Both used correctly in your example

Puerile

But that's not how you are supposed to be playing this game!!
Honestly, you just can't get the PPs these days....
Wasn't like that in my day, etc, etc.....

Loose, thinking it means lose.

I’m hurt. And we were all getting along so well.

This

I find it weird when people claim someone is a narcissist and then go on to ask if a narcissist would do x, y and z. People can be shitty without being a narcissist but some on MN need shout narcissist to absolve them of their responsibility to put as much distance between them and the shitty behaviour.

There was an excellent piece on Woman’s Hour about narcissist mothers and how the overuse of the term undermines the experience of those growing up with narcissistic mothers.

So good you needed to say it twice?!

I don't know ...this thread is giving me all sorts of bad vibes.

I knew someone who often mixed up "genuinely" and "generally". She's often on the news and says things like "

Oops sorry, went to get fluff off of nail and posted too soon. She says things like "I generally think so" instead of "I genuinely think so".

😂😂

@Oodiks

Irony

I think you’ll find that many politicians have indicated genocidal intent.

You’ll also find that meeting the standard of genocide doesn’t require Holocaust levels of death.

And the last thing you’ll find, is that when it comes to a court your opinion has the same merit as mine- absolutely zero.
The facts will be presented and the judges will decide.

Have we done “infer” and “imply” yet?
Also “not fair” used to mean “I don’t like that”. My children are banned from saying “not fair” unless they can define the phrase and explain why the alleged transgression comes within that