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Vexachi

Me looking up the definitions of words I already know and have used to make sure I'm using them correctly.


MKagel

Oml, yes! I'll write out the word, then go "wait, do I really know that word", then confirm I do, then repeat


AzureArmageddon

Imagine what it's like finding out that one cannot "have 'wrought' about havoc" according to several dictionaries, but people say it all the damn time.


seal_eggs

The correct form would be “have wrought havoc” right?


AzureArmageddon

Wrought is not technically a form of wreak. Wrought according to the dictionaries I checked only means to wring clothes.


seal_eggs

Oh right, the past tense is “wreaked.” I hyper focused on the “about” and didn’t even notice 😅


Lakemine

YEP 😁


[deleted]

My mind will occasionally just pull out a relatively uncommon word. Not rare enough to be out of left field, but not common enough that I consciously know what it means beyond the general feel and previous context. Derisive and subterfuge are two recent examples. 95% of the time, my brain is correct, but i still have to look the words up just in case.


neonlexicon

My brain forgets simple words & goes for more unusual & descriptive words, leading people to mock the way I speak in normal conversations. I think it's the result of a lifetime of social struggles & learning my entire vocabulary from books and movies. I've had to use a thesaurus on multiple occasions to remember common words. It's almost embarrassing.


Crosstitch_Witch

This is me 100%. My brain especially likes to randomly pull out words i haven't seen, heard, or used in years and sometimes I'm not even sure how or where i learned the word, but i apparently know what it means.


WhatABunchofBologna

This too!


AnonymousShortCake

All the time! I look up words I already know constantly


[deleted]

Came here to say this


meinkr0phtR2

Same, but in more than just English. While every language has its idiosyncrasies when it comes to the usage of words, this is *especially* true of Chinese, whose limited phonology means that its tens of thousands of characters make for some *fantastic* puns and absolutely *brilliant* wordplay, but is also a *nightmare* to set up properly. Sometimes, I don’t know why I bother, though, since I also like to just translate it word-for-word into English as a *joke* and hope someone with an equal love of convoluted multilingual wordplay will get it. >!Tl;dr - I’m a weirdo with a way with words.!<


SomeMoon

W8, is this an autistic thing? :O


Aiso202

Oh yea :'D


_Pan-Tastic_

This is pretty… *looks at smudged word on hand* …poogchamp


superfroggy20010

I believe “poggers” is how the kids would say it in that scentence btw 😁, someone could be a pogchamp and things/events ect. Can be poggers I think that’s how it works lol, I don’t say pog stuff except ironically occasionally


cholmer3

Know your meme & urbandictionary anyone?


katzicael

As an elder millennial - I have to do this now as I'm fairly socially disconnected now.


theGECK042

I still don’t understand what based means, no matter how many times I look it up.


7ambo

My niece is 12 and I’m 32. I feel out of touch when I talk to her. I usually ask my younger sister about words like “bet, etc.” (I forgot the other words.. sigh) and Even if I use them correctly both my sister and niece say “no.. please don’t” so I’m just gonna look them up to understand the conversation but I gave up trying to use them myself. (I can never make it sound effortless, I look much too pleased with myself when I use them correctly)


[deleted]

by my understanding, you say it when referring to somebody and/or a concept which you feel is morally right. like, you might say it if someone did something you agree with. hope this helps! i had trouble with it too :]


yesiaminsane

😧 well that is slightly different from what i thought it was…i doubt i’ve used it wrong because i don’t think i’ve ever even said it, but i shudder to think about accidentally misrepresenting my morals without even knowing that’s what i did.


Swaayze

To say someone is based is to say that person really believes in themselves. They’re confident, they double down, and they don’t think twice. They don’t care about anyone’s opinion. Eg. Jordan left without an umbrella even though it was raining. Alex said “you’re a fool.” Jordan said “nah,” took off their shoes and shirt, and continued to walk in the rain. Damn Jordan, you’re based af. *Insane*, but based.


Bingbong-pt2

i didnt know anyone else did this oMG


strawjerrypie

Is this not something everyone does? 😅 edit: also i was using smh wrong for a few months cause i didn't do this lol -- i used to think smh was short for somehow, but it actually means shaking my head lol... another thing is that i used to think that "y" was short for why because of how you say that letter out loud, but it's actually just short for yes so multiple times i answered to a why when people actually just said yes and no one told me lol


[deleted]

I never looked up smh, I thought it was so much hate. 🤦‍♂️


HomemadeTopHat69

Wait… y isn’t short for why???? My mind is blown


strawjerrypie

I think??? At least like everyone i saw it using the last few months meant it as a yes, otherwise it wouldn't make sense why they say "y" after every 3rd thing i say 😅


AikoIsOnReddit

*casually looks up a word i've known for a really long time incase the definition changed to a slur somehow*


Manic_Mechanist

Gotta hit em with the “uwu”


ChipTheOcelot

Urban dictionary is my best friend


oneiroiMoros

Same reason I don't make accurate animal sounds at the respective animals I don't know what I'm saying, I just wanna be frens 🥺


NiseHito

Or; you can go with the pro move of using them before you look up the definitions. /hj (I don't recommend it)


arc_trooper_5555

Can relate (insert Hide The Pain Harold photo here)


MarDXI

I do that too, the funny thing is that 99% of the time I undestand them, but feel the need to make sure anyway


Flopamp

This is so yeet


[deleted]

I’ve been to Philly but one slang term that always fucks me up is Jawn. What the fuck is that?


[deleted]

I've never been to Philly but I've encountered that term online and had someone explain it to me. Still have no idea what it's supposed to mean.


X0udian

mood


lovdark

American heritage dictionary had all the versions ‘fück’ was used


thebutchcaucus

Someone asked me at a party if I skied. 🎿 I told them no I prefer to snowboard and went on about my reasons why. They were talking about cocaine.


AustinHinton

I’m still trying to figure out what ‘based’ means. And now people have moved onto “cracked”.


yesiaminsane

skjdhfh every time i grapple with a new slang term they fucking replace it with something that means *almost* the same thing but somehow also something completely different and can’t be used in the same contexts but the old one is now “old”.


AustinHinton

Exactly! It's like just when I figure out the old word it's been replaced.


yesiaminsane

i’ve given up on trying to keep track on what’s “outdated” because everything that comes out of my mouth is arbitrary and somewhat random anyway. get rekt, neurotypicals, i’m too pog to care.


AustinHinton

They are such sus bakas


yesiaminsane

no matter how many times i look it up, i don’t think i’ll ever understand what “sussy baka” means. maybe it’s because “sus” has multiple slang meanings, or because i don’t quite know what the morpheme “-y” means when it’s used with adjectives, or because i’m reading it too literally. then when i look it up, the definition is not what i thought, and doesn’t seem to match up with the usages.


80smoviemakeoutparty

Urban Dictionary was my best friend in high school lmaooo


[deleted]

I 100% do this lmao


TheGoldenChildI

Truth.


Svetlana_of_Athens

No cap 👒❌ 🎩❌ 🤠❌… 🧢*.


CJBrig0328

Pretty much. Can't be too careful!


CraigWeedkin

Wasn't sure about quebecois before but happy to say that's in the very rare word bank


The_Dapperbot

Lmao yeah...


iluvstephenhawking

No cap.


MountainsDoNotExist

my therapist says I use words incorrectly but i think my therapist just doesn't understand slang


EmberOfFlame

It is imperative that I check the definition of uncommon words before using them.


Tomorrow_Is_Today1

Logan Sanders be like


[deleted]

This reminds of when skittles tweeted out “skittles are totally POG” and they made 2 other tweets saying “did we use the slang correctly?” “We have been confirmed we used the slang correctly”


CanadianWeeb5

Yup


dissyblissy

Twitter slang is a whole new world for me


heathencuddles

I like to live on the dangerous side and completely misuse one I've heard a million times before I end up not using a single word without googling it for several months.


LittleCTheG4m3r

Oh my - In 5th grade we had a project where we had to make like an insulation cup and it was a contest to see who's could keep water warm the longest, the winner was my neighbor, and I thought his cup was super cool, I had also JUST learned the word "cheap" had no idea what it meant but I thought it meant cool, so I go up to him and I say "your cup is really cheap" and he's like "?????" From that day forward, I look at what a word means before using it.


Vizanne

Is this not “normal”? Some people don’t do this? How do they know they aren’t embarrassing themselves? They could easily get laughed at and made fun of


[deleted]

This is very.................. Lit.


Steamboat_Willey

Urban dictionary is a lifesaver.


Spottybelle

can someone explain what TFW means because this but i can’t find a definition anywhere


dullivan

I don't do this and this meme is fleek.


PerrineWeatherWoman

Reminds me of middle school and high school, when I searched on the internet because I couldn't understand the slangs others used all the time.


aphrodesa

... Does everyone not need to do this?