The misuse of words on the internet

[2fish]

Does this bother you? Do you have an impulse to correct these people? I have the solution!

2fish?s internet dictionary! We shall change the meaning of words to mean what the internet thinks they mean.

Objective: /əbˈjektiv/ Influenced by personal feelings or opinions that agree with mine.

Do you think this definition works? What words will you define?

 

[sextus the crazy]

That's great.

Nazi: Someone that I don't like. An Objectively bad person.

 

[Kolby Jack]

Irony: 1. Anything coincidental, odd, or somewhat outside normal circumstances.
2. What it would be if everyone were made of iron.

Then again, that one goes beyond the internet as well, and yes I know the definition has been updated to include previously incorrect uses of it. I just think we use it too much now.

Also:

Fuck: (n/v/adj/&#8734 1. Just.... anything. Anything you want it to be. Go nuts.

 

[NinjaDeathSlap]

Does the misuse of words on the internet bother me?

I'm British. What do you think?

[sub]For God's sake, stop saying literally when you mean figuratively! Fools![/sub]

But I'll play along...

Feminist: A mad, bitter, repressed hag that thinks her violent, period-induced mood swings take precedence over freedom of expression, and who has nothing better to do with her time than to ruin everybody else's fun by trying to take your boob physics away.

 

[Pfheonix]

Internet people are, in a word, ignorant. And no, I'm not misusing the term. They are also misinformed.

Also:

Christian - (noun) - A hateful, bigoted, conservative intolerant who has decided that you should be condemned for not believing what he believes.

Atheist - (noun) - A hateful, bigoted, liberal intolerant who has decided that you should be condemned for not believing what he believes.

Beastiality - (noun) - Something Danyal is WAY too intrigued by.

 

[The Artificially Prolonged]

Does the misuse of words on the internet bother me?

I'm British. What do you think?

[sub]For God's sake, stop saying literally when you mean figuratively! Fools![/sub]

But I'll play along...

Feminist: A mad, bitter, repressed hag that thinks her violent, period-induced mood swings take precedence over freedom of expression, and who has nothing better to do with her time than to ruin everybody else's fun by trying to take your boob physics away.

Agreed I literally want to kill people when they mix that up...oh wait hang on erm... Damn it I got it mixed up, pretty ironic when you think about it

On topic

Debate - a screaming exercise in which several participants hurl abuse at each other, occassionally raising vague points that become increasingly unrelated to what originally started the exercise.

Communist - a horrifying monster cloaked in human form that feeds on freedom and excrets liberty crushing oppression.

Discussion - see debate

Fascist - someone who disagrees with your personal viewpoint

Random - something found amusing or humourous for some unexplained or poorly defined reason.

Friendly chat - see debate

 

[Alternative]

Fanboy- Someone on the internet who doesnt treat absolutely everything with disgust and contempt.

Troll: A person on the internet who attempts a crude, immature form of humour through making inflammatory comments

 

[DugMachine]

-Strawman (only applied here as I've heard it nowhere outside these forums)

I don't think most people know what they mean when they say it. Hell, I don't even know what it means. It just screams "Look at me and this new word I learned! I'll try to sound intelligent when actually I'd never use this word in real life, just petty forum arguments!"

-Awkward

Everything seems to be awkward nowadays.

edit: To be fair though, I've seen a big decline in the use of "strawman" over the past year so that's nice.

 

[Zantos]

Scientist - Part of a global hivemind that exists to totally not enslave humanity. Honest.

Hyperbolic - Your metaphor might have a point, shame it disagrees with me.

Ex-girlfriend - A felon, also probably a cheat. Totally unreasonable. Most likely carrying a mutant, daemon infested, form of gonorrhoea.

Hyperbolic - Your energy is still too high to form a stable orbit. And fuck your real exponentials.

 

[Euryalus]

-Strawman (only applied here as I've heard it nowhere outside these forums)

I don't think most people know what they mean when they say it. Hell, I don't even know what it means. It just screams "Look at me and this new word I learned! I'll try to sound intelligent when actually I'd never use this word in real life, just petty forum arguments!"

It comes from a metaphor where a person sets up a strawman (superficially similar argument) and duel them (argue against). Of course they will win the "duel," they're fighting a scarecrow not the real person (argument).

An example is if Person 1 said "sunny days are good" and person 2 says "If all days were sunny, then we'd never have rain, and if we never have rain we'd have famine and death"

Person 2 has misrepresented Person 1's position from Sunny days=Good to sunny days AND ONLY sunny days= Good

IMO It's more effective to just explain how a strawman was used (and why its BS) if it actually occurs than to just call it one... The More You Know


OT:

Subjective- I can't stand criticism or discussion so all your logically valid points are actually invalid 'cause shit be subjective

Fanboy- Someone who doesn't hate what I hate and defends the thing I hate

Science- Something woefully misunderstood even by the people who profess to love it

Troll- someone who says something I don't like

 

[Vicarious Reality]

Internet

Atheist - (noun) - A hateful, bigoted, liberal intolerant who has decided that you should be condemned for not believing what he believes.

Oh god, that pisses me off, people saying that atheists believe

 

[NiPah]

Defiantly:
de·fiant·ly
adverb
1.
in a definite manner; unambiguously.
2.
unequivocally; positively.

 

[Lyri]

Alot.

 

[JimB]

If I may stretch the rules of the game a bit?

No offense, but:

-A phrase preceding a deliberately offensive statement, intended to absolve the speaker of any responsibility for giving offense.

 

[Olas]

"Excuse me" or even worse "forgive me"

Don't tell me what to do, you're not the boss of me! You can't just command me to forgive you for your misdeed.

Christ, the gall of some people.
First you do something bad that hurts, annoys, or inconveniences me in some way and, instead of apologizing and saying you're sorry, you order me to pardon your action. Who the hell do you think you are? I'll forgive you if I feel that you deserve to be forgiven goddamnit!

Next time someone says "excuse me" just say "No", and then maybe punch them in the face for being so inconsiderate.

 

[Easton Dark]

Draconian - Something I disagree with

See it a lot with people that don't like Steam, for some reason.

 

[NightmareWarden]

Opinion: The weapon I beat you with and the shield I use to protect my claims, regardless of how they were expressed or what they mean. Ex: But that can't be wrong, its just his opinion

Evidence: Polls and anything preceded by "Scientists say..."

Combo-breaker: To intrude in such a way that it ruins any sort of tone set by the situation.

 

[Reginald]

Boycott: buy the product then complain on the Steam group.

 

[Sir Thomas Sean Connery]

Strawman - Noun

A statement characterized by being a counter-argument.

 

[jayrod]

Boycott: buy the product then complain on the Steam group.

I agree with this so much it literally hurts!

...wait...