Today's Non-Word

[Aqua Letifer]

@catseye3 said in Today's Non-Word:

@aqua-letifer said in Today's Non-Word:

Anyway, you missed the boat. "Favorited" has been used in common parlance since '06. Ship's already sailed on this one.

Thanks. As privileged as I am to benefit from your incessant tireless corrections of my posts, I feel it is only fair of you to spread the joy so that others may also benefit. Capisce?

And there's no way the parlance has been common.

Ask around. I'm serious. Get out your phone and call the most recent ten numbers and ask those people what "favorited" means. In every case they'll tell you if English is their first language. New to you doesn't mean new to the rest of the world.

[Catseye3]

@aqua-letifer said in Today's Non-Word:

Get out your phone and call the most recent ten numbers and ask those people what "favorited" means.

Yeah, I'll get right on that.

[Aqua Letifer]

@catseye3 said in Today's Non-Word:

@aqua-letifer said in Today's Non-Word:

Get out your phone and call the most recent ten numbers and ask those people what "favorited" means.

Yeah, I'll get right on that.

Start by asking everyone else here. You're likely the last of this bunch to come across this. It's as common as "Friended."

[Axtremus]

Bookmark, bookmarked.
Flag, flagged (as favorite, for follow-up, etc.)

Other similar new language:
friended (as opposed to befriended)
Liked

[Aqua Letifer]

@axtremus said in Today's Non-Word:

Bookmark, bookmarked.
Flag, flagged (as favorite, for follow-up, etc.)

Other similar new language:
friended (as opposed to befriended)
Liked

Try to keep up, man.

[Doctor Phibes]

@aqua-letifer said in Today's Non-Word:

Anyway, you missed the boat.... Ship's already sailed on this one.

Redundancy. Try harder.

[Aqua Letifer]

@doctor-phibes said in Today's Non-Word:

@aqua-letifer said in Today's Non-Word:

Anyway, you missed the boat.... Ship's already sailed on this one.

Redundancy. Try harder.

I was merely attempting to reinforce the metaphor but okay, shitbag, point taken.

[Renauda]

I see no problem verbing nouns. Or at least not any more.

When my four year old came home from day care one day, he told his mother and me that his class had gone on field trip around the neighbour and collected leaves , twigs, pebbles and the like to bring back to the class so that they could science them.

I do however have big problems with sports talk. The word winningest just does not cut it as bonafide word let alone adjective.

[Mik]

@aqua-letifer said in Today's Non-Word:

@catseye3 said in Today's Non-Word:

"Favorited."

Apparently this means you clicked to add something to your Favorites list. You favorited it, you dig?

What would you suggest instead?

The original term - bookmarked.

[Aqua Letifer]

@mik said in Today's Non-Word:

@aqua-letifer said in Today's Non-Word:

@catseye3 said in Today's Non-Word:

"Favorited."

Apparently this means you clicked to add something to your Favorites list. You favorited it, you dig?

What would you suggest instead?

The original term - bookmarked.

That works too.