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Serious or irreverent welcome

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[-] BentiGorlich@gehirneimer.de 25 points 1 year 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 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 year ago
[-] CheeseToastie@lazysoci.al 3 points 1 year ago

Too much to ask, pure fantasy

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

I petition to bring back regular use of Kerfuffle.

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

I'll sign that petition no doubt

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

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

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

lambasts

Lambastes?

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

Verisimilitude. It's just nice.

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

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

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

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

Looks cool though!

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

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

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

Gadzooks. It's just such a fun phrase.

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

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

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

Ooooh those are good ones

[-] janus2@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year 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 year 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 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 year ago

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

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

May tomorrow you have an excellent Day of Venus.

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

Why thank you 😊

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

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

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

I love you. :'(

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

No kings. United we stand. ✊

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

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

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

Smoke weed every day

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

"proselytize"

Only came across the word recently.

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

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

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

Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow

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

What WAS that song???

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

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

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