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What's a word you've spent a long time not using right? (lemm.ee)

submitted 10 months ago by shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Just recently I was in a conversation with a number of UK mainlanders and we had a debate over what "tories" meant, apparently disproportionately ordinarily it refers to a political party and it's not usual to use it as short for "territories" as I've used it (according to how the debate ended, it was half and half between them). And once again I'm reminded of how people feel to look back at their usage of a word/phrase over the years and cringe.

More tragically, me and a friend were embarrassed once upon realizing everyone was confusing "encephalitis" with "hydrocephalus" when talking to someone about their kid with hydrocephalus. Awkward because encephalitis is caused by HIV.

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[–] thomasloven@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

With English as my second language, the difference between terrible and terrific has always confused me.

[–] netburnr@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Depreciate.

I'm going to Depreciate this computer. That means to get its loss of value on taxes....not to shut it down. The word I meant was Deprecate

[–] Scew@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

"just" was meant to indicate a recent position in time. As in "just now."

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[–] johnjamesautobahn@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Noisome means smelly, not noisy.

enormity means serious or grave, not very large.

terrific isn’t always great or amazing; it can be synonymous with terrifying.

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"Alternately" when I meant "alternatively".

[–] clark@midwest.social 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Still don’t know the difference.

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[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I have cryptolalia; so probably all of them.

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

TIL something I've always experienced has a name.

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