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Slightly on-topic topic, but WTAF?

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-64378238


 
Posted : 24/01/2023 2:52 pm
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I thought it was what demolitionmeant


 
Posted : 24/01/2023 2:56 pm
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Time to kick the BBC's back doors in, demolishment style...


 
Posted : 24/01/2023 3:00 pm
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You seem to think that there is an official English language with which to ****. There isn't.


 
Posted : 24/01/2023 3:02 pm
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"It's an older word, sir, but it checks out. I was about to clear them".

Archaic - 'demolished'
https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demolishment


 
Posted : 24/01/2023 3:02 pm
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^^^ yeah, first citation in the OED is from 1602!(so not a recent mangling unless OP is [I]really[/I] old 😉)

interestingly they say

This word belongs in Frequency Band 2. Band 2 contains words which occur fewer than 0.01 times per million words in typical modern English usage. These are almost exclusively terms which are not part of normal discourse and would be unknown to most people.
so one can be excused from not knowing it but should probably be thanking the author of the news article for the education rather than castigating them 😃


 
Posted : 24/01/2023 3:06 pm
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The deliciousment of language is refinicious. #worldpay


 
Posted : 24/01/2023 3:07 pm
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Happy to see Maindy demolished. It's not very good, really. The facility they've got planned in the Bay looks much better.


 
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The deliciousment of language is refinicious. #worldpay


 
Posted : 24/01/2023 3:13 pm
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“It’s an older word, sir, but it checks out. I was about to clear them”.

🙂


 
Posted : 24/01/2023 3:18 pm
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I think it was Douglas Adams - anyway I like the idea that we should give obscure words a bit of an airing from time to time. I have little chance to do this, the emphasis where I work is on combining both brevity and clarity (more of a skill than you would think)


 
Posted : 24/01/2023 3:21 pm
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Maindy has the cr@ppest pump track ever.


 
Posted : 24/01/2023 3:22 pm
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so one can be excused from not knowing it but should probably be thanking the author of the news article for the education rather than castigating them

Methinks that the fact that the word the author chose to use turned out to be a real one was more due to good luck than to good wordiferousness on their part.


 
Posted : 24/01/2023 3:22 pm
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It is a most cromulent word so they have helped embiggen your vocabulary


 
Posted : 24/01/2023 3:28 pm
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Methinks that the fact that the word the author chose to use turned out to be a real one was more due to good luck than to good wordiferousness on their part.

Perhaps JRM, Minister for Victorian values, has his kids on work placement at the BBC?


 
Posted : 24/01/2023 3:29 pm
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Susie Dent to the forum, Suzie Dent...


 
Posted : 24/01/2023 3:34 pm
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Maindy has the cr@ppest pump track ever.

Glad it wasn't just me that couldn't do much with it!


 
Posted : 24/01/2023 4:00 pm
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I’m glad Barney pointed it out as I had absolutely no idea what word wasn’t supposed to be a word. Even my dyslexia has heard of demolishment.


 
Posted : 24/01/2023 4:27 pm
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Susie Dent to the forum, Suzie Dent…

We've just started watching "Uncle" because of those performances... enjoying it.


 
Posted : 24/01/2023 4:40 pm
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Demolishment is a most cromulent word


 
Posted : 24/01/2023 5:34 pm
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More baiting with the language

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Posted : 24/01/2023 6:19 pm
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nickjb
It is a most cromulent word so they have helped embiggen your vocabulary

My guttedment knows no boundarations. I came here to post that very response. Purplemonkeydishwasher.


 
Posted : 24/01/2023 8:30 pm

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