Poorly

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Aibu to find it really annoying how English people use this word?

Sick. You mean sick. Unwell. Under the weather.

Unless the question is "how did Rangers perform?" and the answer is "lol poorly" it has no place in the English language.

I'm Welsh so I assume I'm ok to use it?!

I dislike the term "sick" being used for "ill". It used to mean "vomit" as in "I was sick everywhere" but now it's just a lazy coverall with an American accent.
"Poorly" is for young children.
"Ill" is for anyone over the age of 10.

I'm originally from South Yorkshire and everyone there says Poorly.
Although my mam (aged nearly 80) says "badly", which means the same thing.

That may be true regarding ‘sick’ where you are, but it’s certainly not true everywhere.
It’s not an Americanism.

Totally agree

Exactly!

But in your example, they did poorly = they did not do well.

He is poorly = he is ill/not well. It's the same word, with the same meaning!

It's not formal language in a health context, true enough (and I don't like the word either, fwiw!), but it's perfectly correct grammatically.

Poorly-sick, otoh, is an abomination!

Oh wait, it's just occurred to me - OP are you one of those people who replies "I'm good, thanks" when asked how you are? If so then YABVVVU.

I hate it too. Never heard it until I lived in England. Don't know why it annoys me so much.

Perhaps it's regional? Widely used in the midlands and the north.
Only for poorly patients though eg icu or medical. I wouldn't expect to hear it on an orthopaedic ward. Unless someone had befome very poorly!

Whoa, memory unlocked! West Mids myself and say poorly instead of poo-ly, but I remember a girl at primary school calling a scab on her leg a poo-ly 😁 haven’t heard it in a long time, but thanks for the flashback!

Why does it matter to you.? Poorly is a perfectly acceptable term to mean unwell. It has been used to mean unwell for generations. My mother who would be over 100 now would never say unwell or ill always poorly. So it's not a new use of the word.
Everyone knows what it means and language is for communicating

Absolutely. Or ‘Nae Weel’ if it’s serious

And we would never use the term sick for unwell or ill. That means to vomit.

Nah sick isn't American.

At work we have sick leave, sickness absence, etc.

I had to reflect on what term I use and I think I say "she's not well". Rather than sick

And I'm not saying noone uses it but I'm old and have never heard poorly used other than that English primary teacher.

Poorly is a normal word where I live (mainly working class area of the North of England), which explains why there's so much snobbery about it from some people. However, we will continue to use it, even if it makes you 'sick to your stomach' 🤪

WTF. A presumably sane adult 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

It’s in the dictionary as a perfectly acceptable use of the word ‘poorly’. There nothing wrong with it.

It does make sense though
'How are you Doing?' can be answered:
'Well'
or
'Poorly '

The NHS uses infantile words like "poorly" and "tummy" because their language has to be accessible to people with very poor(ly) vocabulary.

Love both of those.
Also if someone has a funny turn, they've had a "parrywabble"

My daughter works with a lot of nurses from other countries and they love learning new Doric words 😁

It may be used in other English-speaking countries but it has entered use in England to mean ill via American television series, along with, for example, 'gotten' and the insertion of 'like' unnecessarily multiple times in a sentence.

Well I'm afraid that is where you are wrong

Haha at this response

I agree on poorly

I hate it, it just sounds so pathetic! But I know I’m in the minority. Family is not English so never heard it growing up.