Sort of random tangent . . . (Gaming)
by cheapLEY 
, Friday, June 03, 2016, 02:47 (3099 days ago) @ Funkmon
edited by cheapLEY, Friday, June 03, 2016, 03:03
Where do dictionaries stand on the abbreviation of words? At what point does a shortened version of a word just replace that word?
I'm specifically thinking of the word legitimate. I want to punch babies every time I hear someone say "legit," and I think I nearly blacked out the few times I've heard someone say "legitly."
Complete thread:
- I'm confused about Kotaku. -
cheapLEY,
2016-06-01, 01:39
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- I'm confused about Kotaku. -
Speedracer513,
2016-06-01, 01:59
- I'm confused about Kotaku. -
Funkmon,
2016-06-01, 04:32
- You know it's bad when this guy ^ gets offended
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Robot Chickens,
2016-06-01, 05:24
- They treat people like they're dumb sometimes. :( -
Funkmon,
2016-06-01, 08:33
- They treat people like they're dumb sometimes. :(
- I'm confused about Kotaku. -
Cody Miller,
2016-06-01, 05:32
- I'm confused about Kotaku. -
Kahzgul,
2016-06-01, 14:45
- I'm confused about Kotaku. -
Cody Miller,
2016-06-01, 15:20
- I'm confused by Codytaku -
someotherguy,
2016-06-01, 15:31
- I'm confused by Codytaku -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-06-02, 00:56
- TIL . . . -
cheapLEY,
2016-06-02, 01:09
- Using dictionaries doesn't help in cases like these. -
Funkmon,
2016-06-02, 08:39
- Possibly my favourite sentence ever. - someotherguy, 2016-06-02, 11:43
- Using dictionaries doesn't help in cases like these. -
cheapLEY,
2016-06-02, 17:16
- Using dictionaries doesn't help in cases like these. - CruelLEGACEY, 2016-06-02, 17:25
- Using dictionaries doesn't help in cases like these. -
Funkmon,
2016-06-02, 17:55
- We still exist. -
Vortech,
2016-06-02, 19:26
- That's simply not possible to do with dictionaries. -
Funkmon,
2016-06-03, 00:10
- TIL. -
cheapLEY,
2016-06-03, 01:06
- +1 -
ZackDark,
2016-06-03, 01:15
- Images and video (!) of commentary from the OED. -
Funkmon,
2016-06-03, 03:53
- You and I have very different definitions of "manageable" -
ZackDark,
2016-06-03, 03:54
- At minimum size, the entry is still too large to capture. -
Funkmon,
2016-06-03, 04:03
- At minimum size, the entry is still too large to capture. -
Vortech,
2016-06-03, 16:21
- No. The entry is 211k characters. ~70 pages long. -
Funkmon,
2016-06-03, 18:43
- Well, for a first read, yeah - ZackDark, 2016-06-03, 19:55
- No. The entry is 211k characters. ~70 pages long. -
Funkmon,
2016-06-03, 18:43
- At minimum size, the entry is still too large to capture. -
Vortech,
2016-06-03, 16:21
- At minimum size, the entry is still too large to capture.
- You and I have very different definitions of "manageable" -
ZackDark,
2016-06-03, 03:54
- Images and video (!) of commentary from the OED. -
Funkmon,
2016-06-03, 03:53
- +1 -
ZackDark,
2016-06-03, 01:15
- Tl:dr? -
ProbablyLast,
2016-06-03, 02:12
- Tl:dr: it hasn't for 250 years. - Funkmon, 2016-06-03, 04:19
- Sort of random tangent . . . -
cheapLEY,
2016-06-03, 02:47
- Sort of random tangent . . . - ZackDark, 2016-06-03, 02:55
- When it's used as its own word often it gets an entry *IMG*. - Funkmon, 2016-06-03, 03:25
- That's simply not possible to do with dictionaries. -
Vortech,
2016-06-03, 16:27
- That's simply not possible to do with dictionaries. -
Robot Chickens,
2016-06-03, 16:57
- +1 for the Funkmon continuum -
ZackDark,
2016-06-03, 18:26
- +1 for the Funkmon continuum
- You probably made his week. -
ProbablyLast,
2016-06-03, 17:54
- I didn't spend much time on it. - Funkmon, 2016-06-03, 18:55
- That's simply not possible to do with dictionaries. -
Robot Chickens,
2016-06-03, 16:57
- TIL. -
cheapLEY,
2016-06-03, 01:06
- That's simply not possible to do with dictionaries. -
Funkmon,
2016-06-03, 00:10
- We still exist. -
Vortech,
2016-06-02, 19:26
- TIL . . . - SonofMacPhisto, 2016-06-03, 14:40
- Using dictionaries doesn't help in cases like these. -
Funkmon,
2016-06-02, 08:39
- TIL . . . -
cheapLEY,
2016-06-02, 01:09
- I'm confused by Codytaku -
SonofMacPhisto,
2016-06-02, 00:56
- Journalism doesn't have to be "good" to be journalism. - CruelLEGACEY, 2016-06-01, 15:39
- I'm confused about Kotaku. - cheapLEY, 2016-06-02, 14:41
- I'm confused by Codytaku -
someotherguy,
2016-06-01, 15:31
- I'm confused about Kotaku. -
Cody Miller,
2016-06-01, 15:20
- I'm confused about Kotaku. -
Vortech,
2016-06-01, 19:48
- I'd read a magazine only about vans. -
Funkmon,
2016-06-01, 20:54
- Dunno - ZackDark, 2016-06-01, 22:31
- White, windowless, and unmarked, I assume? -
Vortech,
2016-06-01, 22:40
- I'd read a magazine only about vans. - cheapLEY, 2016-06-01, 23:09
- I'm confused about Kotaku. -
Cody Miller,
2016-06-02, 16:40
- Thank you for this. -
Claude Errera,
2016-06-02, 16:44
- Thank you for this. -
Cody Miller,
2016-06-02, 16:50
- Thank you for this. -
Claude Errera,
2016-06-02, 18:12
- And thank YOU for that... -
CruelLEGACEY,
2016-06-02, 20:20
- And thank YOU for that... -
Cody Miller,
2016-06-02, 20:21
- And thank YOU for that... -
Claude Errera,
2016-06-02, 20:31
- And thank YOU for that... -
Cody Miller,
2016-06-02, 20:41
- And thank YOU for that... -
Claude Errera,
2016-06-02, 21:13
- And thank YOU for that... -
CruelLEGACEY,
2016-06-02, 21:19
- lol -
Claude Errera,
2016-06-02, 21:24
- lol
- And thank YOU for that... -
CruelLEGACEY,
2016-06-02, 21:19
- And thank YOU for that... -
Claude Errera,
2016-06-02, 21:13
- And thank YOU for that... -
Cody Miller,
2016-06-02, 20:41
- And thank YOU for that... -
Claude Errera,
2016-06-02, 20:31
- And thank YOU for that... -
Cody Miller,
2016-06-02, 20:21
- Thank you for this. -
Cody Miller,
2016-06-02, 20:43
- Thank you for this. -
Claude Errera,
2016-06-02, 21:16
- Just in case... -
Claude Errera,
2016-06-02, 21:19
- Just in case... -
CyberKN,
2016-06-02, 21:21
- +1. For the laugh. -
Claude Errera,
2016-06-02, 21:25
- +1. For the laugh.
- Just in case... -
Vortech,
2016-06-02, 21:34
- Just in case... - Claude Errera, 2016-06-02, 22:07
- Just in case... -
CyberKN,
2016-06-02, 21:21
- Just in case... -
Claude Errera,
2016-06-02, 21:19
- Thank you for this. -
Claude Errera,
2016-06-02, 21:16
- And thank YOU for that... -
CruelLEGACEY,
2016-06-02, 20:20
- Thank you for this. -
Claude Errera,
2016-06-02, 18:12
- Thank you for this. -
Cody Miller,
2016-06-02, 16:50
- I'm confused about Kotaku. - Vortech, 2016-06-02, 19:34
- Thank you for this. -
Claude Errera,
2016-06-02, 16:44
- I'd read a magazine only about vans.
- I'm confused about Kotaku. - narcogen, 2016-06-01, 23:16
- The words I'm searching for I can't say because... - Ragashingo, 2016-06-02, 15:03
- I'm confused about Kotaku. -
Kahzgul,
2016-06-01, 14:45
- What Funk and Speed said - CruelLEGACEY, 2016-06-01, 11:34
- I'm confused about Kotaku. -
narcogen,
2016-06-01, 23:15
- I didn't say it was thorough investigative reporting. - Funkmon, 2016-06-02, 08:52
- Y'all have some unexpected definitions of journalism. -
Vortech,
2016-06-02, 19:19
- So does wikipedia, apparently, as well as my J-school profs. - narcogen, 2016-06-03, 03:17
- You know it's bad when this guy ^ gets offended
- I'm confused about Kotaku. -
Funkmon,
2016-06-01, 04:32
- Here, let me help: -
CyberKN,
2016-06-01, 02:44
- Here, let me help: - Kahzgul, 2016-06-01, 14:47
- That signal to noise ratio... -
someotherguy,
2016-06-01, 15:05
- It is still terrible. -
ProbablyLast,
2016-06-01, 02:47
- Kotaku (and Io9, and everything else Gawker Media) -
Durandal,
2016-06-01, 11:02
- Kotaku (and Io9, and everything else Gawker Media) -
Quirel,
2016-06-02, 02:56
- Kotaku (and Io9, and everything else Gawker Media) - Durandal, 2016-06-02, 15:15
- Kotaku (and Io9, and everything else Gawker Media) -
Quirel,
2016-06-02, 02:56
- Kotaku are confusing -
someotherguy,
2016-06-01, 12:47
- Kotaku are confusing -
Xenos,
2016-06-01, 15:45
- "Journalistic Crusade! But also look at dis dog LOLOL" -
someotherguy,
2016-06-01, 15:47
- Also, more amusing than anything... -
Xenos,
2016-06-01, 15:49
- Also, more amusing than anything... - cheapLEY, 2016-06-01, 16:39
- Also, more amusing than anything... -
Xenos,
2016-06-01, 15:49
- "Journalistic Crusade! But also look at dis dog LOLOL"
- Kotaku are confusing -
Xenos,
2016-06-01, 15:45
- I'm confused about Kotaku. - Fire Opal, 2016-06-02, 12:58
- I'm confused about Kotaku. -
Speedracer513,
2016-06-01, 01:59