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Easterncedar

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12. Yes, it seems to be an accelerating trend

Reply to choie (Original post)

Sat May 23, 2026, 10:36 PM

12 hrs ago

Like "give me the deets" (details). "No prob." Sometimes I get annoyed, but then I recall how long we have called temporary workers temps (even coining the verb temping), automobiles autos then cars, telephones phones, televisions teevees, doctors docs and so on. Is it laziness or efficiency?

Maybe we should have a thread asking for folks' least favorite examples of linguistic shorthand

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A grammatical observation and question [View all] choie 13 hrs ago OP

Twitter brain... SheltieLover 13 hrs ago #1

Hmm I remember Bush always said just "nuclear" choie 13 hrs ago #3

120 char communications destroy neural networks SheltieLover 13 hrs ago #5

Curiously, Jimmy Carter, a U.S. Navy nuclear engineer pronounced it the same way Brother Buzz 13 hrs ago #6

Another one The Blue Flower 13 hrs ago #2

YES!!! choie 13 hrs ago #4

And "Oval" instead of "Oval Office." wnylib 11 hrs ago #15

Cyber works really well as a noun LearnedHand 10 hrs ago #20

As in "Baron knows the cyber" Disaffected 9 hrs ago #22

People no longer canetoad 12 hrs ago #7

Lord, that's right! choie 12 hrs ago #8

Oh yeah. Drives me mad. No one donates. Gave and given are vanishing Easterncedar 11 hrs ago #14

Gifting or gifting grinds my gears nt r�is�n_dubh 8 hrs ago #25

Mine too canetoad 8 hrs ago #27

Like you said, it's grammar. I've had some experiance in the South and noticed a long time ago that folks shortened..... FadedMullet 12 hrs ago #9

Yep, that's one! Easterncedar 12 hrs ago #13

Very common in Appalachia r�is�n_dubh 8 hrs ago #26

Agree With You :: I Do (!) wyn borkins 12 hrs ago #10

Thanks wyn! choie 12 hrs ago #11

Yes, it seems to be an accelerating trend Easterncedar 12 hrs ago #12

You want to go with? radical noodle 11 hrs ago #16

I noticed that while watching the Darral Brooks trial. I thought it was a Wisconsin LoisB 11 hrs ago #18

It's also an Illinois thing. 3catwoman3 6 hrs ago #31

I think it's started in the last few years and not just in Wisconsin radical noodle 14 min ago #36

This isn't new. It's a function of how English is spoken by people in areas where there were a lot of settlers who spoke WhiskeyGrinder 2 hrs ago #35

Really? radical noodle 12 min ago #37

I agree. You are not being intolerant. It seems as if everything is shorthand LoisB 11 hrs ago #17

Language is very fluid and fast moving LearnedHand 11 hrs ago #19

This! Sometimes I love playing with language and B.See 6 hrs ago #30

Oh dear - language changes. How painful. nt GenThePerservering 10 hrs ago #21

And ya, like I mean, your know, Disaffected 9 hrs ago #23

One reason I enjoy listening to BBC World Service and Al Jazeera Disaffected 9 hrs ago #24

I've noticed that, too. calimary 8 hrs ago #28

I've actually come to enjoy many of the shortenings mentioned here EverHopeful 8 hrs ago #29

I detest impactful. Clunky and awkward. 3catwoman3 6 hrs ago #32

"Impactful" is not very graceful but "influential" is definitely not a substitute LearnedHand 9 min ago #38

Leaving important words out leads sdfernando 5 hrs ago #33

The worst, to me, is calling a conspiracy theory a conspiracy. That's become all too common. n/t Mister Ed 5 hrs ago #34