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What's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know? (leminal.space)

submitted 2 months ago by CorrodedCranium@leminal.space to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Overmorrow refers to the day after tomorrow and I feel like it comes in quite handy for example.

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[–] finestnothing@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Because there was no /s - no they didn't, it's been around for a little while now. It basically means products or services slowly getting worse rather than better - such as adding ads, adding useless or broken ai to everything, switching to a subscription without adding any actual value. This is almost always done in the interest of maximizing profit as much as possible, at the expense of the users (monetarily and experience wise). Basically, see any major company decisions in the last several years, especially at companies with very large audiences (Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Airbnb, Facebook, etc)

[–] T0RB1T@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

Since we're talking about it, and I really like the guy's work, I figured I should say who coined it! Author, Cory Doctorow! He has a blog where he (among all the other stuff he writes about) defined the word, and wrote several articles about it.

pluralistic.net

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

lol I didn't think I needed the /s because it was dripping with sarcasm.

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The issue with pretending to be stupid on the internet to make a point is that there are so many people doing the same thing with no point in mind.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world -3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sarcasm isn't "pretending to be stupid" imo

[–] Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This particular instance was certainly pretending to be ill-informed, so

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well ignorance isn't stupidity, but also it was just SO obvious. Enshittification is one of the most used new words I've ever seen.

[–] Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago

I think you were pretty obvious. Someone actually curious would have asked what it meant.