New Words from Popular Culture
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I was watching the new series of Red Dwarf on Dave and the word "milf" was used in a gag. Everybody knows what that word means but it was first used in American Pie about 20 years ago.
Anyone got other examples of words that have become part of the common lexicon so recently as a result of popular culture/media?
P.S. I'm not thinking of internet-based stuff like "lol" etc.,
Anyone got other examples of words that have become part of the common lexicon so recently as a result of popular culture/media?
P.S. I'm not thinking of internet-based stuff like "lol" etc.,
I have never understood how 'randomer' arose when referring to a person not previously known to you.
How did 'I'm good' become acceptable instead of 'I'm well'?
Or, how did our language get bastardised so that 'he did great' / he did awesome' become commonplace?
And while I'm at it, it now appears that 'should of' has now replaced 'should have'. That however is, I think, a lack of education and ignorance whereas the others are seen as an evolution of the language.
How did 'I'm good' become acceptable instead of 'I'm well'?
Or, how did our language get bastardised so that 'he did great' / he did awesome' become commonplace?
And while I'm at it, it now appears that 'should of' has now replaced 'should have'. That however is, I think, a lack of education and ignorance whereas the others are seen as an evolution of the language.
langtounlad said:
I have never understood how 'randomer' arose when referring to a person not previously known to you.
How did 'I'm good' become acceptable instead of 'I'm well'?
Or, how did our language get bastardised so that 'he did great' / he did awesome' become commonplace?
And while I'm at it, it now appears that 'should of' has now replaced 'should have'. That however is, I think, a lack of education and ignorance whereas the others are seen as an evolution of the language.
Randomer just cones from random person. I.e. How did 'I'm good' become acceptable instead of 'I'm well'?
Or, how did our language get bastardised so that 'he did great' / he did awesome' become commonplace?
And while I'm at it, it now appears that 'should of' has now replaced 'should have'. That however is, I think, a lack of education and ignorance whereas the others are seen as an evolution of the language.
Q who was next to you?
A just some random person
I thing it’s all evolution of language.
langtounlad said:
I have never understood how 'randomer' arose when referring to a person not previously known to you.
How did 'I'm good' become acceptable instead of 'I'm well'?
Or, how did our language get bastardised so that 'he did great' / he did awesome' become commonplace?
And while I'm at it, it now appears that 'should of' has now replaced 'should have'. That however is, I think, a lack of education and ignorance whereas the others are seen as an evolution of the language.
Even more worser How did 'I'm good' become acceptable instead of 'I'm well'?
Or, how did our language get bastardised so that 'he did great' / he did awesome' become commonplace?
And while I'm at it, it now appears that 'should of' has now replaced 'should have'. That however is, I think, a lack of education and ignorance whereas the others are seen as an evolution of the language.
; he done great. 
Popularised by football players and managers, perhaps?
langtounlad said:
I have never understood how 'randomer' arose when referring to a person not previously known to you.
How did 'I'm good' become acceptable instead of 'I'm well'?
Or, how did our language get bastardised so that 'he did great' / he did awesome' become commonplace?
And while I'm at it, it now appears that 'should of' has now replaced 'should have'. That however is, I think, a lack of education and ignorance whereas the others are seen as an evolution of the language.
Whilst I can agree that it should always be "should have" and not "should of" (i guess this has come about as a result of "should've" being spelled as it sounds) the rest just makes you sound old How did 'I'm good' become acceptable instead of 'I'm well'?
Or, how did our language get bastardised so that 'he did great' / he did awesome' become commonplace?
And while I'm at it, it now appears that 'should of' has now replaced 'should have'. That however is, I think, a lack of education and ignorance whereas the others are seen as an evolution of the language.
Whilst I can agree that it should always be "should have" and not "should of" (i guess this has come about as a result of "should've" being spelled as it sounds) the rest just makes you sound old
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Well to many I suppose I am old but I'm not averse to change and have adapted quite well to modern life.
The examples that I gave just sound 'wrong' in my opinion and I probably dislike them as I feel that we tend to adopt Americanism's too easily.
'Should of' arises because of the general lack of reading books and literature in the younger generations and schools not placing the proper emphasis on the importance of spelling. People are therefore spelling it as they hear it rather than as they have seen it in books / magazines etc and have never had it corrected when at school.
There does appear to be a large proportion however who, when made aware of their error, react badly and profess that it doesn't matter and isn't important.
It's not life or death important but is critical to good communication.
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Well to many I suppose I am old but I'm not averse to change and have adapted quite well to modern life.
The examples that I gave just sound 'wrong' in my opinion and I probably dislike them as I feel that we tend to adopt Americanism's too easily.
'Should of' arises because of the general lack of reading books and literature in the younger generations and schools not placing the proper emphasis on the importance of spelling. People are therefore spelling it as they hear it rather than as they have seen it in books / magazines etc and have never had it corrected when at school.
There does appear to be a large proportion however who, when made aware of their error, react badly and profess that it doesn't matter and isn't important.
It's not life or death important but is critical to good communication.
langtounlad said:
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'Should of' arises because of the general lack of reading books and literature in the younger generations and schools not placing the proper emphasis on the importance of spelling. People are therefore spelling it as they hear it rather than as they have seen it in books / magazines etc and have never had it corrected when at school.
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It's probably more likely they can't spell "should've" - along with all the apostrophe abuse we see these days.'Should of' arises because of the general lack of reading books and literature in the younger generations and schools not placing the proper emphasis on the importance of spelling. People are therefore spelling it as they hear it rather than as they have seen it in books / magazines etc and have never had it corrected when at school.
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