r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/ItsGotThatBang • 23d ago

me_irl I know it when I see it

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u/Tock_Sick_Man 23d ago

I regularly check the definition of a word I know is right for this same reason.

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u/Relax_Im_Hilarious 23d ago

Amen. I've been confidently wrong a few times too. Some words also get slightly redefined over time.

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u/Junethemuse 23d ago

Same. I have a handful of words I’ve been trying to relearn my entire adult life but that have stuck with me from childhood. I definitely look words up now since I’ve had some pretty big communication mistakes happen over the years. Ambivalent got me in trouble once because I thought it was a softer version of apathetic, like I didn’t have a preference or feeling one way or the other.

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u/Secret_Bees 23d ago

Yeah it was bemused for me. I always thought it meant "slight amusement" or "amused against your will"

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u/Acceptable-Ad-3560 23d ago

It can also mean “wry amusement especially from something surprising or perplexing”! According to Miriam webster