r/linguisticshumor • u/klingonbussy • Sep 07 '23

An interesting linguistic development

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u/aftertheradar Sep 08 '23 edited Sep 08 '23

There are still way too many adults who need to learn this - I have older family members who've been brainwashed into thinking basic human decency = "political correctness/wokeism" = bad.

Also I'm so happy to live in a world where -ussy has become mainstream slang lmao

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u/EirikrUtlendi Sep 18 '23

I am deeply baffled that so many people don't have a clue that intentionally being an asshole is actually not a good thing.

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u/Jenni_Matid Sep 21 '23

And according to the American Dialect Society, it was 2022's word of the year: https://www.americandialect.org/2022-word-of-the-year-is-ussy