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[–] 21 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

I miss when gay means happy.

Okay I'm not that old but i had a boss who said he's old enough to remember when gay literally means happy.

For me, my little pet peeve is when society changed the meaning of ironic to mean joking or satirical.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    My little pet peeve is when society changed the meaning of ironic to mean joking or satirical.

    Satire: noun: wit, irony, or sarcasm used to expose and discredit vice or folly.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    For me, my little pet peeve is when society changed the meaning of ironic to mean joking or satirical.

    Did they 'literally' changed it?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Perhaps not officially but i can see scholars eventually yielding to equate irony to mean satire.

    I remember growing up when the word ultimate is used everywhere and being equated to "super duper". I later learned it ultimately (no pun intended) means final. I guess the same will happen to the word irony now also to mean satire.

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