Washed

[boozilla@sh.itjust.works]

Everything has to be shorter, because gnat-like attention spans.

[kadup@lemmy.world]

Here's a fun little curiosity that profoundly annoys me: here in Brazil "cringe" accidentally got the wrong meaning. It was being heavily used online, so a famous TV news program decided to "explain what it means" to the older generation and accidentally explained it as "cringe means everything older generations are or do" so in other words, a lot of brazilians that aren't used to internet slang believe "cringe" means "somebody over 30" rather than actual cringe.

[affiliate@lemmy.world]

just wait until you hear about people saying “comp sci” or worse, “poli sci”. if you are so pressed for time that you can’t afford to say all the syllables in “computer science” you can use an acronym. i will still be upset about the acronym, but i can live with it

[chekhovs_gun@lemmy.world]

Ahh okay ...opposite of cringe. That makes it easy to remember.

[zoopzezoop@lemmy.world]

This sounds like brainwashed. I'm not saying that's what they meant, but the context you provided makes it sound like that.

[chickenladyloveslife@lemmy.world]

I'm so old I remember a time when sci-fi fans were offended by the term "sci-fi", preferring "SF".

[chickenladyloveslife@lemmy.world]

Nine Inch Nails made Johnny Cash popular again when he covered "Hurt". Now Trent Reznor is older than Johnny Cash was when he covered "Hurt".

[batman@sopuli.xyz]

I remember a huge rumbling when the Sci-fi channel changed its name to SyFy. Neither word even has Y's!!

I'm gonna go sit on the bench with the other's while I rub my knees.

[meliaesc@lemmy.world]

older generations

30

Ex freaking scuse me?

[kadup@lemmy.world]

Brother I'd join you in complaining about this, but let's be honest, our lower back and knees do not lie

[ziglin@lemmy.world]

Those examples are abbreviations, not acronyms. Acronyms use initial letters (though people have gotten lazy with that to get nice sounding acronyms), whereas abbreviations are a category containing shortened words and also acronyms.

I would also like to note that the 'poli' in 'poli sci' is way too close to the prefix 'poly' to not cause confusion. This is just one example of an abbreviation causing confusion among those not yet aware of the meaning. That's why when addressing a general audience I avoid them or in longer conversations introduce them first.

[affiliate@lemmy.world]

my point is that people should use acronyms instead of those abbreviations. e.g., “CS” instead of “comp sci”. i hate those abbreviations. and you’re right that the “poli” does cause confusion. it always takes me a second to figure out what people mean when they say it. i think we’re on the same side here.

[bestagon@lemmy.world]

It’s like “washed up”

[kipo@lemm.ee]

No matter how many times I see “SyFy”, my brain always thinks “sih-fee”.

[crayonrosary@lemmy.world]

Mirrors don't make words backwards either. They just let you see through the back of the paper.

[squirrelanna@lemmynsfw.com]

We don't need to. But we do it anyway for ease of language flow. See: Every single contraction, some of which don't even reduce syllables. Just contacted to make the tongue say it faster.

[mpony@lemmy.world]

yeah I don't even joke about hurting my knees.
People will laugh when someone gets kicked in the balls, but seeing someone fall onto their knees is all pain and no schadenfreude.

[dustydata@lemmy.world]

You mean “Junky” from William S. Burroughs?

[subverb@lemmy.world]

Since we're down the pedantry rabbit hole, "CS" is an initialism, not an acronym.

[affiliate@lemmy.world]

i can’t believe that i didn’t even know the difference until now. i hope i don’t lose my pedant card because of this