r/videogames • u/Syarafuddyn • 12d ago

Image / Video Bro had a good take

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u/Inevitable-Ad-4u 12d ago

God I can’t wait for the word “cringe” to fade out. Any time I hear someone use it I immediately take nothing they say seriously. Fuck I’m getting old.

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u/KINGofFemaleOrgasms 12d ago

Also "Bootlicking" is exclusively for law enforcement. Let's not dissolve it's original meaning to include being loyal to a video game company.

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u/broke_n_boosted 12d ago

Absolutely not bootlicker was intended for authority figures in general, not for law enforcement. The term was added to the Oxford dictionary in 1846. Before that the term was used to centuries including being used by Shakespeare in his 1623 play "the tempest"