Gonzako@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agoStatistically unlikelylemmy.worldimagemessage-square57linkfedilinkarrow-up1947arrow-down15
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minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month ago can we work on flammable versus inflammable first? no. also you missed horrid
minus-squareericwdhs@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoI didn’t miss it. It just doesn’t cleanly fit into this framework (imagine it as a square table instead of a list): Horror + -ble = horrible (bad) Horror + -ific = horrific (bad) Terror + -ble = terrible (bad) Terror + -ific = terrific (good)
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoI’m suggesting we need a terrid and it should have something to do with, um, fish. no! whales! they’re so afraid of dirt they went back to the sea
minus-squareericwdhs@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoGenius! Also, did you know “whale” comes from “large sea fish?” Ridiculous. Another one for the list.
no. also you missed horrid
I didn’t miss it. It just doesn’t cleanly fit into this framework (imagine it as a square table instead of a list):
Horror + -ble = horrible (bad)
Horror + -ific = horrific (bad)
Terror + -ble = terrible (bad)
Terror + -ific = terrific (good)
I’m suggesting we need a terrid and it should have something to do with, um, fish. no! whales! they’re so afraid of dirt they went back to the sea
Genius! Also, did you know “whale” comes from “large sea fish?” Ridiculous. Another one for the list.