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True Dough

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7. Orientate is annoying

Reply to GiqueCee (Original post)

Mon Sep 1, 2025, 09:54 AM

Sep 1

On another note, a word that has been "morphing" recently is "reticent." I've always used that word based on the primary definition found in Merriam-Webster: inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech

However, many talking heads are now using it in place of reluctant. There's definitely a distinction, IMO, but it's rapidly going by the wayside.

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I find... [View all] GiqueCee Aug 31 OP

Self-pub has escalated this problem... buzzycrumbhunger Aug 31 #1

Even worse: "conversate". LoisB Aug 31 #2

I have heard that one quite often lately True Dough Sep 1 #6

So do I. LoisB Sep 1 #9

That might've come from Fonzie Oeditpus Rex Sep 1 #13

I did not know that. I thought this was a new entry into our language and I don't like it one bit. LoisB Sep 1 #16

I complained about this awhile back ... apparently some dictionaries consider the two words equivalent .... eppur_se_muova Aug 31 #3

Very informative, thank you... GiqueCee Sep 1 #5

I would never use 'orientate' in my own writing. I just wasn't brought up that way. nt eppur_se_muova Sep 1 #10

Nor I... GiqueCee Sep 1 #11

People love to complain about AI slop in writing ... Intractable Aug 31 #4

Orientate is annoying True Dough Sep 1 #7

Well, the British say "al-yu-minium" too... Wounded Bear Sep 1 #8

I rest my case... GiqueCee Sep 1 #14

Tee vee 'journalists,' particularly in local news, Oeditpus Rex Sep 1 #12

Poor grammar drives me nuts Grim Chieftain Sep 1 #15

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