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[Revoltingest]

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1. (of speech, writing, etc.) high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious.

Lately, I've not see that usage at all.
It now appears to be synonymous
with violent, raging, & angry.

Example that inspired this thread...

Trump’s violent talk shows signs of taking over Congress

Trump-allied conservatives are using more pugnacious rhetoric than ever, and in some cases, such as an incident Tuesday featuring Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), are ready to make things physical,…

thehill.com

Excerpted...
"Republican and Democratic senators say former President Trump’s bombastic threats and insults...."

 

[Orbit]

The only word that really bugs me that didn't happen before: the use of "gift" as a verb instead of a noun, as in "He gifted me a new car". It drives me up a wall. NO! He GAVE you a new car!

 

[Revoltingest]

The only word that really bugs me that didn't happen before: the use of "gift" as a verb instead of a noun, as in "He gifted me a new car". It drives me up a wall. NO! He GAVE you a new car!

The phrase that gives me pause is "free gift".

 

[Twilight Hue]

If I had used the word "wellness" back in grade school, my English teacher would have *****ed slapped me on the side of the head.

 

[Revoltingest]

If I had used the word "wellness" back in grade school, my English teacher would have *****ed slapped me on the side of the head.

"Health" had only 1 syllable.
I notice that many word changes
are based on this growth, eg,
"modality" replacing "mode".

 

[The Hammer]

If I had used the word "wellness" back in grade school, my English teacher would have *****ed slapped me on the side of the head.

Well....





That explains a lot.

 

[Stevicus]

The phrase that gives me pause is "free gift".

If they're in a gift shop, they're not free.

 

[Valjean]

"Health" had only 1 syllable.
I notice that many word changes
are based on this growth, eg,
"modality" replacing "mode".

I cringe at phrases like "healthy food." Most food is dead, which is about as far from healthy as you can get.
"A healthy alternative?" What's to be made of that?

A mode and a modality are different.

 

[Valjean]

"One-on-one."
Never heard that when I was young. It's a neologism; a basketball term, I believe. It implies competition.
I hear expressions like "a one-on-one meeting with your banker, therapist or fitness instructor. Why should such meetings be competitive?

Standard English is "one to one."

 

[The Hammer]

I cringe at phrases like "healthy food." Most food is dead, which is about as far from healthy as you can get.
"A healthy alternative?" What's to be made of that?

A mode and a modality are different.

Food only has one (2?) job(s). Fill you up and make you poop.

The rest matters less.

 

[Valjean]

The word "sex" used to be used in literature, on forms and applications, and in conversation, to differentiate our species' two reproductive forms. Then it was replaced by "gender" -- which I'd always understood to be a linguistics term for a type of noun-class. Then the LGBT community began using gender to indicate sexual identity.

It all must be very confusing to anthropology or linguistics students to learn of linguistic communities with no genders, or with animate-inanimate or natural-artificial genders.