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    • Eggyhead@kbin.run
      182·
      9 months ago

      English teacher here. Languages change over time and there’s nothing you can do about it.

      Feel free to speak with old english if thou very regard it matters. :)

        • Eggyhead@kbin.run
          62·
          9 months ago

          i don’t believe enshittjfication will stand the test of time

          I actually hope you’re right, because I believe it will only linger as long as there’s behavior taking place that it clearly defines.

          you jive turkey.

          I love this. I wish it was my account name.

            • Eggyhead@kbin.run
              11·
              9 months ago

              It’s just a wish. It’s a funny term and I like it, but not worth the effort of making a new account and subbing to all the same groups again. I’ve done it thrice already and it’s a pain in the ass. Maybe I’ll use it next time I sign up for something though.

    • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
      111·
      9 months ago

      Yeah, we’re a society. Things happen outside of grammar and word rules handed down to us from above…

        • Zorque@kbin.social
          12·
          9 months ago

          Why, in objective terms, is it lazy and dumb? Or do you just not like it?

          Plenty of useful and appropriate words are used by people in dumb ways, that does not make the words themselves dumb.

            • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
              71·
              9 months ago

              “I have an irrational dislike of it and can’t defend my opinion with facts.”

                • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
                  32·
                  9 months ago

                  Lol relax. No one is being “harassed” here, we’re discussing on a public forum. No one forced you to post your dumb opinion or triple-down on it. You still think you’re right? That’s totally fine, but you must realize people are not always going to agree with you…

        • AngryMob@lemmy.oneEnglish
          4·
          9 months ago

          What you describe as the word’s flaws make it perfect though. The word itself is an icon for the actions it describes

        • livus@kbin.social
          2·
          9 months ago

          Fair enough but what word do you use instead of enshittification? It filled a gap in the language.

            • livus@kbin.social
              2·
              9 months ago

              Before I reply I just wanna say I’m not trying to fight or argue I’m just quite interested in language.

              All your context-dependent examples are verbs, whereas “enshitification” is a noun - a state of being. That’s why it fills a gap in English.

              Otherwise you need an entire sentence to describe that process A happened to B thing and the result is C state.

              It doesn’t seem intellectual at all to me, I mean it has the word shit in it and its closest contender for meaning is probably “fuckedupness”.

        • VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          9 months ago

          It’s main problem is that people overuse it massively and act like they’re saying something really clever by using it