https://www.cbr.com/ms-marvel-embiggen-merriam-webster/I guess I shouldn't be surprised by this since Merriam-Webster has already come to Donald Trump's rescue after his use of the word "bigly." Still, I sometimes wonder how emdumber future generations will sound the more neologisms infiltrate our lexicon.
Also, how slow of a news day was it at CBR today?
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The greatest asset of the English language is its ability to evolve along with our culture.
I'm not a fan of the word "...splaining" in any form*, but I love the hell out of "embiggen".
* I get what it is, and I know that it happens, but just call it the ad hominem logical fallacy, willya?
It’s worse when actual adults (opposed to millennials) use the term. I’ll gladly discuss social awareness, but I cannot take the conversation seriously if “woke” is being used in the conversation.
And (not trying to be a smartass) for the sake of keeping the same tense and meaning, shouldn’t it be “awakened” rather than “awaken”? I don’t care for awakened (or awaken). It’s not as powerful sounding as woke—in fact, it sounds kind of haughty—and it has spiritual/supernatural connotations (but maybe that’s because I read too much genre fiction).
You know, people have the same problem with the common Southern usage of “y’all”. But I think it’s great for distinguishing between the singular you and the plural you in certain instances when it could be otherwise confusing. You get the distinction without having to add a syllable. It might sound ignorant, but it’s actually very smart.
https://youtu.be/VdPciselWuo
If you think about it, every word was once not a real word. Just ask Shakespeare.