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Serious or irreverent welcome

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[-] BentiGorlich@gehirneimer.de 25 points 1 month ago
  1. "Thank you"
  2. "My bad"
  3. "I am not familiar with the subject so I have no opinion on it"
[-] i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

On point number 3, I once got dunked on for saying that I didn't know anything about the subject at hand when asked. The other person told me "Well, that's just a cop out. Just make something up!"

edit: clarification

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 16 points 1 month ago
[-] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 3 points 1 month ago

Too much to ask, pure fantasy

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[-] justsquigglez@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago

I petition to bring back regular use of Kerfuffle.

[-] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 6 points 1 month ago

I'll sign that petition no doubt

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[-] superkret@feddit.org 11 points 1 month ago

"lambasts" or "pillories" instead of "slams" in news headlines

[-] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

How about “threw Mankind off Hell In A Cell, and plummeted 16 ft through an announcer's table” instead of “slams”

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

lambasts

Lambastes?

[-] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Verisimilitude. It's just nice.

[-] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 6 points 1 month ago

It's a good word! How would you use it in a sentence?

[-] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Poorly! As I'm currently high and do not feel confident using it correctly!

Looks cool though!

[-] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I'm less high now!

I normally use it when talking about miniatures and toy train setups.

"The miniature painted conifers with bits of snow really have the scene verisimilitude"

I could still be very wrong.

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[-] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

The general meaning is the appearance of truth or validity.

But I usually use it to describe something that is "believable" even if the underlying premise is not. So a fantasy story that pays close attention to detail and is highly consistent might be described as having versimilitude. On the other hand, a story where the characters make out-of-character choices might be lacking versimilitude, even if there are no overtly "fictional" elements to the story.

That's usually how I've heard it used, not sure if it's the "main" usage though.

[-] Grimtuck@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

"Wow isn't life great since we went to the 3 day working week!"

[-] Krudler@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

"I was wrong"

I love being wrong, it's the gateway to new knowledge, but other people view not knowing through a self-esteem lens

[-] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 5 points 1 month ago

Gadzooks. It's just such a fun phrase.

[-] Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago

I love it! I'm also pretty fond of words like shenanigans and hijinks.

[-] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 2 points 1 month ago

Ooooh those are good ones

[-] janus2@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

"Hi nice to meet you I'm your soulmate and future wife and I'm going to fix you and we'll help fix the world together"

(i mean if someone said that exact phrase to me I'd probably run screaming lol. But you know.)

[-] LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Call it cheesy, but people need to tell each other "I love you" more often.

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[-] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Good forenoon to you!

Also, I'm totally down with referring to the days of the Week by their etymological roots. Happy Day of Thor to you!

[-] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 3 points 1 month ago

Ooooh I'm 100% behind using the etymological roots. Good call!

[-] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

May tomorrow you have an excellent Day of Venus.

[-] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 2 points 1 month ago

Why thank you 😊

[-] Libb@jlai.lu 5 points 1 month ago

"I don't know."

If we were honest, it's the thing we should all be saying and hearing all day long. But it's not. Quite the opposite, it's among the rarest. Instead, people are shooting their certainties at one another, relentlessly.

Not knowing something or not having an opinion on a question is not an issue. It's to be expected, even if we were all geniuses (I'm certainly not one). Not doing the work to inform oneself could potentially be an issue but should not be as long we don't pretend otherwise. It's when one pretends to know, based on what one has heard someone else say, or because one wants to push a specific narrative that suits them, that shit starts hitting the fan. That's when living together turn into the stinking shit hole it has turned into in which lies are fine (when they're not adored) and facts have become suspicious if not dangerous.

Obviously, I don't know what I'm talking about.

[-] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 5 points 1 month ago

I've always been partial to there- and where-compounds (thereupon, therefrom, wherein, etc.).

[-] Nomad@infosec.pub 4 points 1 month ago

I love you. :'(

[-] wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io 4 points 1 month ago

No kings. United we stand. ✊

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!

[-] smokinbud@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Smoke weed every day

[-] Sammirr@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago

"proselytize"

Only came across the word recently.

[-] doctortofu@reddthat.com 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"I disagre, but you know what? That's fine, let's drop the subject and have a drink or whatever!"

[-] ElderReflections@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago

"NO! I will destroy you, and wipe your seed from this earth unless you agree that Batman Begins had some pacing issues at the end of act 1!

[-] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

Old english stuff like thy or thou. Nothing practical, just for the lol.

[-] Sergio@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago
[-] Floey@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago
[-] lvxferre@mander.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

For me, the small politeness words are not "thank you", "sorry", or "good morning". They're "maybe", "I think", "perhaps", "I don't know". I respect honest doubt way, way more than I respect dishonest = rushed certainty, and I wish I saw more of that.

[-] backscatter@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

"Bosom". Religious nuts shouldn't have a monopoly on the word. Also, it makes me chuckle every time.

[-] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

It's like the wholesome counterpart to "boob." Both kinda sound like what they describe, but "bosom" feels classy.

[-] klemptor@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago

Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow

[-] backscatter@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

What WAS that song???

[-] lordnikon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I care about you but not just said to me but to between other people.

[-] TootSweet@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Does just broader vocabulary count? Maybe it's just a rule that everyone sits down with a dictionary every couple of weeks for 30 minutes just opening it to a random page.

Also, more latin phrases. That's cool shit.

[-] UpperBroccoli@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago
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