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In reply to the discussion: What the hell is wrong with the word "crisp?" [View all]Judi Lynn
(164,137 posts)80. Have despised it from the 1first time I had to hear it, too. I think it started in commercials,
being used to attract hungry gluttons even more to think of potato chips, or cereal, or something. Standard, commonly used words wouldn't work well enough for them, apparently.
It has made me sick every time I've heard it since then. "Snuck" also has driven me around the bend, every time.
Hearing sudden, absurd, nonsensical phrases or terms as they arrive, like "pushing the envelope" and other empty, blank, stupid contrivances get picked up and used, as if they actually have meaning other people understand is disgusting and odd, also.
Thank you. You were never alone with this, even if it seemed that way!
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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