A New Word - "Meeple"
May 14, 2019 06:19:05 #
Some of the words that we use every day go back hundreds of years, while others are brand new. Take "meeple," for example. A meeple is a small game piece shaped like a human, and its first recorded use was on February 15, 2018 in the "Library Journal" (New York).
May 14, 2019 06:28:52 #
May 14, 2019 07:25:36 #
My husband (thinks) he invented "funner"..
Life is funner now-a-days after retirement! ha, we are busier than while working 8-hours a day!
I believe funner is already in the dictionary.
Life is funner now-a-days after retirement! ha, we are busier than while working 8-hours a day!
I believe funner is already in the dictionary.
May 14, 2019 08:42:53 #
B_meyer5.55NY wrote:
My husband (thinks) he invented "funner"..
Life is funner now-a-days after retirement! ha, we are busier than while working 8-hours a day!
I believe funner is already in the dictionary.
Life is funner now-a-days after retirement! ha, we are busier than while working 8-hours a day!
I believe funner is already in the dictionary.
Oh, I wondered who invented that word. : )
May 15, 2019 10:00:50 #
When did we start using an expression like, “That was so Fun,” instead of, “That was SO MUCH FUN?”
May 15, 2019 10:58:25 #
B_meyer5.55NY wrote:
My husband (thinks) he invented "funner"..
Life is funner now-a-days after retirement! ha, we are busier than while working 8-hours a day!
I believe funner is already in the dictionary.
Life is funner now-a-days after retirement! ha, we are busier than while working 8-hours a day!
I believe funner is already in the dictionary.
Yes, I whole heartedly agree. I no longer get weekends or holidays!
May 15, 2019 13:03:45 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Some of the words that we use every day go back hundreds of years, while others are brand new. Take "meeple," for example. A meeple is a small game piece shaped like a human, and its first recorded use was on February 15, 2018 in the "Library Journal" (New York).
I used to get outraged at the idiotic new "words" being bandied about or misused. A classic, is "founder" meaning a ship that's out of control and about to crash onto a reef. "Flounder" is a bottom-feeding fish and it's not a verb yet I hear even news reporters saying, "The campaign is floundering..." However, it's been misused so long, "flounder" is now also a verb with what used to be "founder's" definition. Languages evolve. We can read Shakespeare with a slight effort but we need a translator to understand Chaucer yet both are versions of the english language at different centuries. Still and all, some of the new words simply indicate either a lack of education or simple laziness on the part of the user.
May 15, 2019 13:20:52 #
May 18, 2019 12:05:38 #
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