Annoying things people say?

[jimmy jazz]

ngl - i usually say that before i start bullshitting

So before every sentence then.

[Toy Revolver]

So before every sentence then.

ngl - all the fucking time

[Psy-Fi]

"Weaponized" is another word that has become trendy in the media over the past couple of years.

[Toy Revolver]

"Weaponized" is another word that has become trendy in the media over the past couple of years.

ngl- i use it a lot

[Lisnaholic]

Go, Team English, jimmy jazz! 

"Clapping back" is one I've noticed being used in the US media recently.

I guess the words "reply" and "respond" aren't hip enough now.

Yep, to me it's a real disservice to the language to replace precise existing words with a phrase which is confusing: clapping back, as I understand it, has nothing to do with clapping. So, yeah, why mess up the language like that when you don't have to?

"Weaponizing" on the other hand seems to me like a useful new word to describe a new political ploy. Surely the media were in need of a new word to describe what Trump's admin were doing to supposedly neutral institutions like the DOJ ?
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Some perfectly decent words to describe the speed of a response are "instantaneously, immediately, rapidly", but apparently these words are no longer adequate to describe our interactions with, for example, AI. Instead, these days, machines are responding "in real time", presumably to distinguish them from things that respond in unreal time.

My house is wired up so that, at the flick of a switch, the lightbulbs come on in real time. Anyone using lightbulbs that come on in unreal time?

[Janszoon]

Go, Team English, jimmy jazz! 


Yep, to me it's a real disservice to the language to replace precise existing words with a phrase which is confusing: clapping back, as I understand it, has nothing to do with clapping. So, yeah, why mess up the language like that when you don't have to?

"Weaponizing" on the other hand seems to me like a useful new word to describe a new political ploy. Surely the media were in need of a new word to describe what Trump's admin were doing to supposedly neutral institutions like the DOJ ?
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Some perfectly decent words to describe the speed of a response are "instantaneously, immediately, rapidly", but apparently these words are no longer adequate to describe our interactions with, for example, AI. Instead, these days, machines are responding "in real time", presumably to distinguish them from things that respond in unreal time.

My house is wired up so that, at the flick of a switch, the lightbulbs come on in real time. Anyone using lightbulbs that come on in unreal time?

"Real time" has been around since at least the early 90s I believe. It had a good reason for existing when it was coined, because at that time it was a major accomplishment for anything involving the internet to happen instantly, like it would in the real world. Now it doesn't make as much sense to call out because most things on the internet happen almost instantly.

[jimmy jazz]

- Saying things 'with your chest'
- Keeping 'receipts'

[Janszoon]

- Saying things 'with your chest'
- Keeping 'receipts'

I'm not sure I understand either one of these. 

[jimmy jazz]

I'm not sure I understand either one of these. 

1 - https://twitter.com/heartsforgoogie/status/1649525431685742592?t=lSvvZ5_Quu1obfenfcU1Yw&s=19

2 - https://twitter.com/HashtagGriswold/status/1676998301508415488?t=N34ntJINsxAVXGCYHoQxaw&s=19

[Lexi Darling]

I'm not sure I understand either one of these. 

"Receipts" means providing evidence, usually used online to prove that someone has lied or committed a misdeed, or otherwise just proof that they are a bad person. Like posting a text conversation or voicemail where they say racist stuff.

"This dude is a racist, and I have the receipts" would be common phrasing. Basically getting dirt on someone.

[Janszoon]

1 - https://twitter.com/heartsforgoogie/status/1649525431685742592?t=lSvvZ5_Quu1obfenfcU1Yw&s=19

2 - https://twitter.com/HashtagGriswold/status/1676998301508415488?t=N34ntJINsxAVXGCYHoQxaw&s=19

This is the first time I've heard either of these, so no strong feelings here.

"Receipts" means providing evidence, usually used online to prove that someone has lied or committed a misdeed, or otherwise just proof that they are a bad person. Like posting a text conversation or voicemail where they say racist stuff.

"This dude is a racist, and I have the receipts" would be common phrasing. Basically getting dirt on someone.

Interesting. I don't think I've ever heard it used in that context.

[jimmy jazz]

This is the first time I've heard either of these, so no strong feelings here.

Interesting. I don't think I've ever heard it used in that context.

I think the thing that makes it more annoying is you see one person say it then it spreads like wildfire and everyone says it.

Another one is 'cooking'.

[Janszoon]

I think the thing that makes it more annoying is you see one person say it then it spreads like wildfire and everyone says it.

Another one is 'cooking'.

You have the receipts, you said that with your whole chest, and I love you for it.

[Psy-Fi]

I think the thing that makes it more annoying is you see one person say it then it spreads like wildfire and everyone says it.

Another one is 'cooking'.

I'm cooking with gas, baby! 

[jimmy jazz]

You have the receipts, you said that with your whole chest, and I love you for it.