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  • Fuyu
    +7

    "Indeed." Although I'm not sure how uncommon it is. I love it because it naturally bleeds into your speech patterns the more you're around someone who says it. I picked it up from a Youtuber who picked it up from another Youtuber, and several of my friends have picked it up from me. It's the only word I'm familiar with that has that kind of "life" to it.

    • Wenjarich (edited 8 years ago)
      +3

      Unfortunately the word "like" has this ability too. I never used to be a user of the recurring word "like" but over the years have become fairly bad with it. I have also noticed a lot of people who do it as well and that includes people in the professional world. It is a scary infiltration of the correct use of our language. I was horrified the other day that I had even used it in the incorrect manner in a text message. We face a war we don't even know we are losing. :P

      Edit: It would seem another enemy of the English language is the use of typing with phones. It feels as though no matter how cautious I try to be in typing my messages, I always end up with at least one bazaar mutation of a word I intended. I have however deliberately limited the auto-correction on my phone as I find that although I don't get mutations anymore, I get words that have absolutely nothing to do with the intended word and in fact it reaches a point where it seems like my phone is deliberately trying to sabotage my messages. I'll also admit that I have not really given swipe typing a chance.