Attention people of the internet: stop misusing these terms

[Lei Wulong's Left Leg]

I still get unreasonably mad over people using "decimated" incorrectly. Reducing a thing by 10% isn't as significant-sounding as how people use it.

 

[Troon_Patrol]

This thread

edit: (dunno how I missed the orginal linkto this)

 

[Dafuqisdis?]

Here's the funny thing, governments disagree with you.

See people this is what I'm talking about. This is the problem.

 

[0 0]

I agree that mediocre gets a bad rap. It isn't bad, it's just a more dismissive way of saying it's unremarkable.

 

[Boldizar]

I invented a new term: "stretchies" - the sound and feeling of stretching holes. I give @Unredacted TND stretchies!

 

[Friend of Dorothy Parker]

I agree that mediocre gets a bad rap. It isn't bad, it's just a more dismissive way of saying it's unremarkable.

It can be used both that way, very pejoratively, and somewhere in between. But it doesn't mean "average" in a neutral sense - more like "middling" (which also doesn't mean "in the middle"). The nuance is a negative assessment. OP was wrong.

 

[IAmNotAlpharius]

this post is mediocre

I’m late but I don’t care. WITNESS ME!!!! I’M SHINY AND CHROME!!!

My thoughts on this thread and OP's opinions
https://youtube.com/watch?v=9OrS5Ym6vzU

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