BTW, check merriam-webster's bluesky. Its really good.
::: spoiler Transcript A tweet saying "It took me 19 years to figure out NEWS stands for "notable events, weather and sports" 🤔". It has a reply from Merriam-Webster saying "No." :::
You know its bad when the dictionary comes to argue.
42 Comments
JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee · 67 pts · 1y
Just in case anyone was wondering: it's because it's about new events
cdf12345@lemm.ee · 27 pts · 1y
Oh yeah smart guy? Why is it pronounced NUDES then? Huh ?
toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 1y
SEND NEWS
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 1y
toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
i can't lie, those news are FETT
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y
... butter up my noods already, would ya?
It's getting steamy in this kitchen, oh my...
(lolololol)
toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
could i maybe double-fork your noods? that would be soo hot
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y
... yes... but... be gentle...
(ok dear god this has to stop NO ERP ON MAIN)
Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y
Selber fett.
Wild_Mastic@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
No Underwear Dickpick Expecting Sex
Lemminary@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Ah yes, my favorite pastime, dickpicking.
Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
I uhhhh... Don't think it is buddy...
Deconceptualist@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 1y
It's all about what's new so we should really call it SNEW.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
What about sports?
Bongles@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
They usually cover weather too i think.
toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 1y
come on, y'all. it clearly stands for North, East, West, South!
i love folk etymology.
"News" is actually the "new things". The plural of "new".
archonet@lemy.lol · 17 pts · 1y
does this make a history book "the olds"?
toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
if you want to coin that term, i'll support it
edit - but until now, the "olds" has always been the name we gave my grandpa's old eight-eight
argh_another_username@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 1y
Why stop there?
new(adj.)
Middle English neue, from Old English neowe, niowe, earlier niwe "made or established for the first time, fresh, recently made or grown; novel, unheard-of, different from the old; untried, inexperienced, unused," from Proto-Germanic *neuja-(source also of Old Saxon niuwi, Old Frisian nie, Middle Dutch nieuwe, Dutch nieuw, Old High German niuwl, German neu, Danish and Swedish ny, Gothic niujis "new").
toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
proto-germanic is fascinating. it's a whole "conceptual language" made entirely out of assumptions, and i love it.
i assume you're aware of RobWords on youtube? he also does another show called Words Unraveled. if you're a word nerd like me, i'm sure you'd love boĂľ.
edit: #HARDCORE Ăž
argh_another_username@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y
Thanks. I’ll check.
magnetosphere@fedia.io · 34 pts · 1y
I like the simplicity and brevity of their response
sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 1y
When you know every word there is it's easy to find just the right one.
hperrin@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 1y
It stands for “never eat waffles (soggy)”.
someguy3@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
That's not an argument, that's just contradiction.
athairmor@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y
No, it isn’t.
FelixCress@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Thank you, Webster.
hperrin@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y
I think the dictionary has the authority to just contradict misinformation about etymology.
fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk · 0 pts · 1y
It depends which one. Only the Oxford English Dictionary does. Websters is full of spelling mistakes :)
glitch1985@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Just like TIPS is not an acronym of To Ensure Prompt Service.
swampdownloader@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 1y
TEPS
glitch1985@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
This is what happens when I don't proofread but fuck it I'm leaving it as is
swampdownloader@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 1y
Hah well it’d be incorrect if it were insure so maybe you were right after all
don@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 1y
“I just saw this somewhere, so I’m going to tweet about how I just discovered it myself. And yes, I think that’s a cool thing to do.”
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Welp, that was 19 years down he drain.
WhatSay@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 1y
I was told
North, East, West, South
What is happening in all directions
Frenezul0_o@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
I believe that is a backronym.
LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Tournesol@feddit.fr · 1 pts · 1y
ok… I actually never made the connection between neuf and neuf x)
and saying "a nine" is pronounced the same as "an egg" (un neuf/un Ĺ“uf)
someguy3@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
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someguy3@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y