Words that have lost their meaning ...

Buck · Aug 1, 2007

ArnoldBabar said:

JR said:

"Diva" would be another one. It originally referred to great female opera singers.

Now it just means any female singer with a little bit of talent who's also a pain in the ass.
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This one is much, much worse than you even know. Women everywhere are proclaiming themselves divas of everything. At this point I think diva is synonymous with egomaniac.

If you ever run into a woman whose self-description contains the words "diva" or "princess," run as fast and as far as you can and never look back.

One that's bothered me is "nonplussed." It actually means "utterly perplexed; completely puzzled," as in you are so impacted by something that you are unsure of what to do next. Somehow the word is becoming synonymous with "undisturbed, unimpressed, indifferent' -- the COMPLETE OPPOSITE of what the word means.

I can't even use it in stories anymore for fear of people thinking I mean the opposite.
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Is cutting back on using 'nonplussed' really cramping your style that much?

ADifferentOkie · Aug 1, 2007

Buck said:

ArnoldBabar said:

JR said:

"Diva" would be another one. It originally referred to great female opera singers.

Now it just means any female singer with a little bit of talent who's also a pain in the ass.
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This one is much, much worse than you even know. Women everywhere are proclaiming themselves divas of everything. At this point I think diva is synonymous with egomaniac.

If you ever run into a woman whose self-description contains the words "diva" or "princess," run as fast and as far as you can and never look back.

One that's bothered me is "nonplussed." It actually means "utterly perplexed; completely puzzled," as in you are so impacted by something that you are unsure of what to do next. Somehow the word is becoming synonymous with "undisturbed, unimpressed, indifferent' -- the COMPLETE OPPOSITE of what the word means.

I can't even use it in stories anymore for fear of people thinking I mean the opposite.
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Is cutting back on using 'nonplussed' really cramping your style that much?
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Yeah, that's one of those words I wouldn't use simply because I think it sounds pretentious, and I doubt most of the readers know what it means anyway.

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