Danwillhor

May 12th, 2015 at 5:09 PM ^

where is op's ass right now? Is it on the floor? Did they put it back on with a few stitches? If not, can you still poop & stuff? I've literally laughed really hard but never until my entire ass fell off. /just teasing it's a funny video but I hate that the definition changed from misuse

Danwillhor

May 12th, 2015 at 11:00 PM ^

To lose the definition of a common word to the exact opposite of its meaning b/c of misuse is tough. I'm no grammar-nazi, btw. I make TONS of lazy or generally stupid mistakes writing anything online. It's the internet, ya know. We're not writing a thesis or submitting to a scientific journal. So, the misuse of that word is my only peeve & it's why I loved that bit by Cross when I first heard it a decade ago. Sadly, he was WAY ahead of his time wrt the use, misuse & overall connotation of the word. I mean, the definition was changed to also mean "figurative" a year ago lol. In a decade a comedian talks about his pet peeve of the word commonly being misused to it being misused so much that the definition changed to accommodate those that misused it. Pretty incredible considering the word itself! Society didn't add another way to call something acceptable from another basic word through slang (dope, fresh, cool, etc). We've completely reversed the meaning of a word! A word was so misused (often in the exact innocent way you did & Cross riffs on with the friend that "literally crapped himself) that a word now means the opposite of what it once did. Think about that ha! That's like up also meaning down or left also meaning right because we F'd it up on such a massive scale that Oxford/Websters felt they had to step in. It's astonishing, hilarious & sad, IMO. The video was funny, btw. I literally laughed out loud but my ass is ok (ha). Thanks for sharing as I probably wouldn't have seen it otherwise due to simply avoiding the "deflategate" debate, discussion, concern & all that come with it. Genuine thanks for the link.