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I wish someone would write an article on how words become popular on the Internet. I'm sure there's a doctoral linguistic student (or 10) on it by now.

Words that you rarely saw like janky, salty, etc. suddenly are so overused that you see them everywhere.

The English language is investing and complex but it seems that the lowest common denominator always determines what's popular.
03-08-2016 09:38 PM
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(03-08-2016 09:38 PM)tiger2000 Wrote:  I wish someone would write an article on how words become popular on the Internet. I'm sure there's a doctoral linguistic student (or 10) on it by now.

Words that you rarely saw like janky, salty, etc. suddenly are so overused that you see them everywhere.

The English language is investing and complex but it seems that the lowest common denominator always determines what's popular.

Janky, dude.
03-08-2016 09:46 PM
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(03-08-2016 09:46 PM)TigerBill Wrote:  
(03-08-2016 09:38 PM)tiger2000 Wrote:  I wish someone would write an article on how words become popular on the Internet. I'm sure there's a doctoral linguistic student (or 10) on it by now.

Words that you rarely saw like janky, salty, etc. suddenly are so overused that you see them everywhere.

The English language is investing and complex but it seems that the lowest common denominator always determines what's popular.

Janky, dude.

hyperbole is another one.
03-09-2016 10:37 AM
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(03-09-2016 10:37 AM)tiger2000 Wrote:  
(03-08-2016 09:46 PM)TigerBill Wrote:  
(03-08-2016 09:38 PM)tiger2000 Wrote:  I wish someone would write an article on how words become popular on the Internet. I'm sure there's a doctoral linguistic student (or 10) on it by now.

Words that you rarely saw like janky, salty, etc. suddenly are so overused that you see them everywhere.

The English language is investing and complex but it seems that the lowest common denominator always determines what's popular.

Janky, dude.

hyperbole is another one.

Another word that is overused?

Okay, you have a point and I, too, would like to understand the phenomena, but for a different reason. Language is cool, philology has always been an interest of mine.
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I read yesterday that the guy who created email has passed away.

Mostly credited for use of the @ sign.
03-09-2016 05:05 PM
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(03-09-2016 05:05 PM)Tiger46 Wrote:  I read yesterday that the guy who created email has passed away.

Mostly credited for use of the @ sign.

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A word I never saw before the Internet, but I see all the time now, is "butthurt".
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(03-10-2016 09:02 AM)PlainTiger Wrote:  A word I never saw before the Internet, but I see all the time now, is "butthurt".

Good one. Same here. I'm not 100% sure what it even means.
03-10-2016 10:10 AM
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The spelling of 'lose' has evolved to being spelled 'loose'.
03-10-2016 10:29 AM
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(03-10-2016 10:10 AM)TigerBill Wrote:  
(03-10-2016 09:02 AM)PlainTiger Wrote:  A word I never saw before the Internet, but I see all the time now, is "butthurt".

Good one. Same here. I'm not 100% sure what it even means.

Me either, but I have a pretty good idea.
03-10-2016 11:45 AM
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