Overmorrow refers to the day after tomorrow and I feel like it comes in quite handy for example.

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As long as it’s not “used car salesmen” words:

  • the ask
  • the spend
  • action this

It’s as discordant as “the above paragraph” or “see the below steps” except with wrong words instead of broken ordering.

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No one mentioned “niggardly” yet? What’s going on?

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For those that can’t believe it’s not a racial slur.

Niggard (14th C) is derived from the Middle English word meaning ‘stingy,’ nigon, which is probably derived from two other words also meaning ‘stingy,’ Old Norse hnǫggr and Old English hnēaw.[2] The word niggle, which in modern usage means to give excessive attention to minor details, probably shares an etymology with niggardly.[3]

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I don’t understand, why is that your word?

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It’s an obsolete and relatively obscure word that I think a lot of people don’t know - because if most people did know it, no one would ever have gotten into trouble for using it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_about_the_word_niggardly

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Yeah, I know the word, just I’ve only ever heard it used by smug assholes with “guess what I almost said” expressions on their faces.

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Wait did you just coin that? That’s fucking brilliant /s

Edit: apparently I needed a /s because Lemmy doesn’t use this term constantly or anything?

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification

Writer Cory Doctorow coined the neologism “enshittification” in November 2022, though he was not the first to describe and label the concept.[1][2] The American Dialect Society selected it as its 2023 Word of the Year.

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Because there was no /s - no they didn’t, it’s been around for a little while now. It basically means products or services slowly getting worse rather than better - such as adding ads, adding useless or broken ai to everything, switching to a subscription without adding any actual value. This is almost always done in the interest of maximizing profit as much as possible, at the expense of the users (monetarily and experience wise). Basically, see any major company decisions in the last several years, especially at companies with very large audiences (Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Airbnb, Facebook, etc)

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lol I didn’t think I needed the /s because it was dripping with sarcasm.

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Since we’re talking about it, and I really like the guy’s work, I figured I should say who coined it! Author, Cory Doctorow! He has a blog where he (among all the other stuff he writes about) defined the word, and wrote several articles about it.

pluralistic.net

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It was coined by Cory Doctorow.

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I actually dislike that term a lot.

It’s like spunkgargleweewee. It seems immature and makes me feel more dismissive towards the argument. Maybe that also has to do with it being a catch all term and people seem less willing to give specific examples of how things are declining in quality.

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You’re claiming that is a term people use?

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I believe the term originated with Yahtzee during the military and tactical shooter crazy in the 2010s. It referred to games that paraded players through various spectacles and rooms full of chest high walls, until enough time had passed to call it a campaign.

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Skibidi Ohio rizz bro.

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Not commonly but every so often YouTubers I watch will start using it and it sticks for a prolonged period of time.

It was just the first thing that came to mind. I imagine there are other equally silly internet words out there.

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spunkgargleweewee

Ah, an individual of culture.

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Lemmy

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Sorry

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I see you’ve never been to Canada.

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Sorry, I speak a little Canadian, eh?

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