Washed

[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

[sidewayshighways@lemmy.world]

oh dip! molotov cocktail

[anomnom@sh.itjust.works]

We used to use spent when we were too lazy to say washed up. Or fucked.

But you can’t use 4 letter words or your social media will get de-emphasized and your referral traffic will be washed fucked.