▲ 231 ▼ What's an interesting etymology for a common term? (feddit.uk) submitted 3 months ago by Iconoclast@feddit.uk to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 213 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 16 points 3 months ago (3 children) Copacetic -- it was just invented as a fake word to mean OK, all clear permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] idealotus@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago (1 child) It's a perfectly cromulent word. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 4 points 3 months ago One of my proudest accomplishments was sneaking 'cromulent' into an official government report before it was mainstreamed into the dictionary. permalink fedilink source parent [–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 months ago* (3 children) There are no such thing as fake words, the only deciding factor of whether a word is "real" is usage, if enough use it, it becomes "real" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] psycotica0@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago (1 child) Fair, but I think in the context of an etymology thread it's fair to say a word that came from nowhere, that someone thought they were inventing anew, is "less real" than all the origins at work here. But I appreciate the relativism, descriptivism, and hyanuboinism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) What's the last one? 😂 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] psycotica0@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago (2 children) I've just invented it from no sources, but I've taken it to mean "intending to inform and correct a future misunderstanding, without correcting the present statement" I don't have my IPA memorized, but in my accent I propose "high-annu-boyn-ism", in case anyone wanted to use it out loud. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) That was exactly how I guessed it would be said 😯 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] psycotica0@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago Maybe we're LONG LOST TWINS!!! 🙀 permalink fedilink source parent [–] tomiant@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) I am sorry but you most certainly did not invent hyanuboinism, that is a very old and respectable line of scientific inquiry. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) Makes me wonder what is a critical amount of people to use a word for it to realify permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 months ago* (1 child) There's a fun thing called a "friendly language", which is any pseudolanguage spoken by a insulated group of 2 or more people, and not spoken by the outside group permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) That doesn't make it a part of another language though, which is what I was thinking of. But you're right, as long as communication is successful, it is a language, I guess permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago When my camp counselor friends and I had friends visit us from the outside world, they said they could barely understand our shared language lol permalink fedilink source parent [–] tomiant@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago Bbrg mmhfm mufu pontiac. permalink fedilink source parent [–] tomiant@piefed.social 1 point 3 months ago I always hated copacetic and I still do. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] idealotus@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago (1 child) It's a perfectly cromulent word. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 4 points 3 months ago One of my proudest accomplishments was sneaking 'cromulent' into an official government report before it was mainstreamed into the dictionary. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 4 points 3 months ago One of my proudest accomplishments was sneaking 'cromulent' into an official government report before it was mainstreamed into the dictionary. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 months ago* (3 children) There are no such thing as fake words, the only deciding factor of whether a word is "real" is usage, if enough use it, it becomes "real" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] psycotica0@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago (1 child) Fair, but I think in the context of an etymology thread it's fair to say a word that came from nowhere, that someone thought they were inventing anew, is "less real" than all the origins at work here. But I appreciate the relativism, descriptivism, and hyanuboinism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) What's the last one? 😂 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] psycotica0@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago (2 children) I've just invented it from no sources, but I've taken it to mean "intending to inform and correct a future misunderstanding, without correcting the present statement" I don't have my IPA memorized, but in my accent I propose "high-annu-boyn-ism", in case anyone wanted to use it out loud. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) That was exactly how I guessed it would be said 😯 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] psycotica0@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago Maybe we're LONG LOST TWINS!!! 🙀 permalink fedilink source parent [–] tomiant@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) I am sorry but you most certainly did not invent hyanuboinism, that is a very old and respectable line of scientific inquiry. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) Makes me wonder what is a critical amount of people to use a word for it to realify permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 months ago* (1 child) There's a fun thing called a "friendly language", which is any pseudolanguage spoken by a insulated group of 2 or more people, and not spoken by the outside group permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) That doesn't make it a part of another language though, which is what I was thinking of. But you're right, as long as communication is successful, it is a language, I guess permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago When my camp counselor friends and I had friends visit us from the outside world, they said they could barely understand our shared language lol permalink fedilink source parent [–] tomiant@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago Bbrg mmhfm mufu pontiac. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] psycotica0@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago (1 child) Fair, but I think in the context of an etymology thread it's fair to say a word that came from nowhere, that someone thought they were inventing anew, is "less real" than all the origins at work here. But I appreciate the relativism, descriptivism, and hyanuboinism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) What's the last one? 😂 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] psycotica0@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago (2 children) I've just invented it from no sources, but I've taken it to mean "intending to inform and correct a future misunderstanding, without correcting the present statement" I don't have my IPA memorized, but in my accent I propose "high-annu-boyn-ism", in case anyone wanted to use it out loud. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) That was exactly how I guessed it would be said 😯 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] psycotica0@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago Maybe we're LONG LOST TWINS!!! 🙀 permalink fedilink source parent [–] tomiant@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) I am sorry but you most certainly did not invent hyanuboinism, that is a very old and respectable line of scientific inquiry. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) What's the last one? 😂 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] psycotica0@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago (2 children) I've just invented it from no sources, but I've taken it to mean "intending to inform and correct a future misunderstanding, without correcting the present statement" I don't have my IPA memorized, but in my accent I propose "high-annu-boyn-ism", in case anyone wanted to use it out loud. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) That was exactly how I guessed it would be said 😯 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] psycotica0@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago Maybe we're LONG LOST TWINS!!! 🙀 permalink fedilink source parent [–] tomiant@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) I am sorry but you most certainly did not invent hyanuboinism, that is a very old and respectable line of scientific inquiry. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] psycotica0@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago (2 children) I've just invented it from no sources, but I've taken it to mean "intending to inform and correct a future misunderstanding, without correcting the present statement" I don't have my IPA memorized, but in my accent I propose "high-annu-boyn-ism", in case anyone wanted to use it out loud. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) That was exactly how I guessed it would be said 😯 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] psycotica0@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago Maybe we're LONG LOST TWINS!!! 🙀 permalink fedilink source parent [–] tomiant@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) I am sorry but you most certainly did not invent hyanuboinism, that is a very old and respectable line of scientific inquiry. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) That was exactly how I guessed it would be said 😯 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] psycotica0@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago Maybe we're LONG LOST TWINS!!! 🙀 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] psycotica0@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago Maybe we're LONG LOST TWINS!!! 🙀 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tomiant@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) I am sorry but you most certainly did not invent hyanuboinism, that is a very old and respectable line of scientific inquiry. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) Makes me wonder what is a critical amount of people to use a word for it to realify permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 months ago* (1 child) There's a fun thing called a "friendly language", which is any pseudolanguage spoken by a insulated group of 2 or more people, and not spoken by the outside group permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) That doesn't make it a part of another language though, which is what I was thinking of. But you're right, as long as communication is successful, it is a language, I guess permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago When my camp counselor friends and I had friends visit us from the outside world, they said they could barely understand our shared language lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 months ago* (1 child) There's a fun thing called a "friendly language", which is any pseudolanguage spoken by a insulated group of 2 or more people, and not spoken by the outside group permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) That doesn't make it a part of another language though, which is what I was thinking of. But you're right, as long as communication is successful, it is a language, I guess permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago When my camp counselor friends and I had friends visit us from the outside world, they said they could barely understand our shared language lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) That doesn't make it a part of another language though, which is what I was thinking of. But you're right, as long as communication is successful, it is a language, I guess permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago When my camp counselor friends and I had friends visit us from the outside world, they said they could barely understand our shared language lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago When my camp counselor friends and I had friends visit us from the outside world, they said they could barely understand our shared language lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tomiant@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago Bbrg mmhfm mufu pontiac. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tomiant@piefed.social 1 point 3 months ago I always hated copacetic and I still do. permalink fedilink source parent