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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

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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 Saturday OP

Twitter brain... SheltieLover Saturday #1

Hmm I remember Bush always said just "nuclear" choie Saturday #3

120 char communications destroy neural networks SheltieLover Saturday #5

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

Another one The Blue Flower Saturday #2

YES!!! choie Saturday #4

And "Oval" instead of "Oval Office." wnylib Saturday #15

Cyber works really well as a noun LearnedHand Saturday #20

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

People no longer canetoad Saturday #7

Lord, that's right! choie Saturday #8

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

Gifting or gifting grinds my gears nt r�is�n_dubh 22 hrs ago #25

Mine too canetoad 22 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 Saturday #9

Yep, that's one! Easterncedar Saturday #13

Very common in Appalachia r�is�n_dubh 22 hrs ago #26

Agree With You :: I Do (!) wyn borkins Saturday #10

Thanks wyn! choie Saturday #11

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

You want to go with? radical noodle Saturday #16

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

It's also an Illinois thing. 3catwoman3 19 hrs ago #31

I think it's started in the last few years and not just in Wisconsin radical noodle 13 hrs 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 15 hrs ago #35

Really? radical noodle 13 hrs ago #37

Language spreads. WhiskeyGrinder 13 hrs ago #40

Interesting. LoisB 13 hrs ago #39

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

Language is very fluid and fast moving LearnedHand Saturday #19

This! Sometimes I love playing with language and B.See 20 hrs ago #30

Oh dear - language changes. How painful. nt GenThePerservering Saturday #21

And ya, like I mean, your know, Disaffected 22 hrs ago #23

One reason I enjoy listening to BBC World Service and Al Jazeera Disaffected 22 hrs ago #24

I've noticed that, too. calimary 22 hrs ago #28

I've actually come to enjoy many of the shortenings mentioned here EverHopeful 21 hrs ago #29

I detest impactful. Clunky and awkward. 3catwoman3 19 hrs ago #32

"Impactful" is not very graceful but "influential" is definitely not a substitute LearnedHand 13 hrs ago #38

Leaving important words out leads sdfernando 18 hrs ago #33

The worst, to me, is calling a conspiracy theory a conspiracy. That's become all too common. n/t Mister Ed 18 hrs ago #34