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[pisskop]

I settled for a coreman.  Its just swelling and scraps of bark.  But thank you.

[Neonivek]

Has anyone spent a long time thinking they knew a definition of a word because everyone uses it that way...

But it turns out it is not ONLY incorrect, but that everyone uses it incorrectly on purpose?

Like when I hear people say Cryptic to mean... spooky.

[Execute/Dumbo.exe]

Well, you have to think that 'cryptic' sounds more of a spoooooky term than a puzzling one.
It just sounds spooky, Cryyyyyyptic.

[timferius]

Are you sure they aren't saying "cryptish"? I can see where one might get confused, I'm not sure I've ever heard people use it to say spooky though.

[miauw62]

Has anyone spent a long time thinking they knew a definition of a word because everyone uses it that way...

But it turns out it is not ONLY incorrect, but that everyone uses it incorrectly on purpose?

Like when I hear people say Cryptic to mean... spooky.

Literally

[Moghjubar]

2cryptic4me

Nah, just doesn't feel the same.

[penguinofhonor]

Headline: "Crowd screams as man drops new iPhone"

[Aklyon]

Headline: "Crowd screams as man drops new iPhone"

The one with the new number or the version of that one that samsung has been making 'Yknow, we made big toast-shaped smartphones a couple years ago, dunno what all the fuss about the big iphone is.' ads about?

[i2amroy]

To be fair, the use of the word literally has changed enough that the high council of English majors that determine what the definitions in the dictionary are has added the alternate meaning of "figuratively" to the definitions list. (Which of course means it is its own antonym, but it is not even close to being the first word to be such.)

[NAV]

I was jogging. A cat ran onto the sidewalk, laid down, and stretched to take up as much of the sidewalk as possible.
Why Mastahcheese?

[Frumple]

MC wanted you to kick the cat. Foozball the feline. Punt the- _{wait, no. Nevermind.}

[Neonivek]

To be fair, the use of the word literally has changed enough that the high council of English majors that determine what the definitions in the dictionary are has added the alternate meaning of "figuratively" to the definitions list. (Which of course means it is its own antonym, but it is not even close to being the first word to be such.)

You see this is because the people who write the dictionary have never heard of the term: Hyperbole.

[KingofstarrySkies]

MC wanted you to kick the cat. Foozball the feline. Punt the- _{wait, no. Nevermind.}

Mastah, stop trying to kill us.

[Akura]

Headline: "Crowd screams as man drops new iPhone"

The one with the new number or the version of that one that samsung has been making 'Yknow, we made big toast-shaped smartphones a couple years ago, dunno what all the fuss about the big iphone is.' ads about?

What's the point of the new iPhone? It's slightly bigger, that's pretty much it. It's not worth standing in line overnight for unless has an app that causes it to perform fellatio on you pre-installed.

[Fniff]

I remember when we were asking what the point of the iPad was...
*wistful sigh*