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In reply to the discussion: What the hell is wrong with the word "crisp?" [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(106,273 posts)79. 'Snuck' has overtaken 'sneaked' in written American English, though 'crisp' is still ahead of 'crispy'
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=snuck%2Csneaked&year_start=1800&year_end=2022&corpus=en-US&smoothing=3&case_insensitive=false
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=crisp%2Ccrispy&year_start=1800&year_end=2022&corpus=en-US&smoothing=3&case_insensitive=false
The Oxford English Dictionary admitted 'snuck' into the lexicon in 1998: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1998/12/26/it-snuck-into-the-oed/2feebed5-7dce-451f-8d97-426ded921166/
The first written use of "sneaked" or "snuck" was "sneaked", but not until the 1830s: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/278394686_How_snuck_sneaked_into_English_and_drug_is_still_dragging_behind_A_corpus_study_on_the_usage_of_new_past_tense_forms_for_sneak_and_drag_in_British_and_American_English
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=crisp%2Ccrispy&year_start=1800&year_end=2022&corpus=en-US&smoothing=3&case_insensitive=false
The Oxford English Dictionary admitted 'snuck' into the lexicon in 1998: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1998/12/26/it-snuck-into-the-oed/2feebed5-7dce-451f-8d97-426ded921166/
The first written use of "sneaked" or "snuck" was "sneaked", but not until the 1830s: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/278394686_How_snuck_sneaked_into_English_and_drug_is_still_dragging_behind_A_corpus_study_on_the_usage_of_new_past_tense_forms_for_sneak_and_drag_in_British_and_American_English
The earliest known use of the adjective crispy is in the Middle English period (11501500). OED's earliest evidence for crispy is from 1398, in a translation by John Trevisa, translator.
https://www.oed.com/dictionary/crispy_adj
https://www.oed.com/dictionary/crispy_adj
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Dictionaries ARE guides. Proscribing & prescribing usage is as useless as telling tRump to stop being crude
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2024
#65
Not sure, but one thing I do know, the word MOIST seems to really trigger people lol.
toesonthenose
Nov 2024
#9
Is this like when people were all weirded out about the word "moist" a couple years back?
bluesbassman
Nov 2024
#11
Good point, but I don't shake hands with fourteen year old boys too often.
bluesbassman
Nov 2024
#74
When I was a teenager I snuck out of the house into the crisp fall evening. n/t
retread
Nov 2024
#16
I hate them! Gimme a nice heavy cake donut. Not crispy, a little moist. nt
JustABozoOnThisBus
Nov 2024
#73
Yes, those should survive dunking in coffee without dissolving. Hey, it's time for breakfast! nt
JustABozoOnThisBus
Nov 2024
#122
Still no context for your OP. "Snuck", "sneaked", "crisp" and "crispy" all have their places and usages. . . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2024
#57
"Crispy" actually has a useful specific meaning, if you would pause long enough to see it
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2024
#70
Have despised it from the 1first time I had to hear it, too. I think it started in commercials,
Judi Lynn
Nov 2024
#80
Be consistent. Don't break your own rules when you are pretending to lay down the law
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2024
#67
'Snuck' has overtaken 'sneaked' in written American English, though 'crisp' is still ahead of 'crispy'
muriel_volestrangler
Nov 2024
#79
No, the OED writer says "derived from crisp"; the translator used "cryspy"
muriel_volestrangler
Nov 2024
#113
Your usage of "Goddam" is hilarious in the context of the rest of your post.
TwilightZone
Nov 2024
#90
Just relating my lived experience. Not sure why you're so keen to debate this point.
notroot
Nov 2024
#153
and the word hanged.....my 5th grade English teacher said OBJECTS are HUNG and
samnsara
Nov 2024
#129