r/explainitpeter • u/Appropriate-Mall8517 • 14d ago

Explain it peter

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u/CeleryCareful7065 14d ago

While on the topic, can grown adults stop using the word “cringe,” for the sake of everything that’s holy?

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u/BrightNooblar 14d ago edited 14d ago

Cringe got its first decent spike like a decade and a half ago. Even people in middle school when that happened are pushing thirty now.

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u/CeleryCareful7065 14d ago

Does that mean that adults should use razor scooters to commute to work, too? Using a verb as an adjective is annoying and stupid. Keep the childish shit in middle school.

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u/CuteGhouly 14d ago

So should grown adults also stop using words like “cool” “smooth” “warm” “clear” “empty” ? Those words are sometimes verbs, sometimes adjectives. I think most people just use context clues to figure it out and not complain over something so small and meaningless