Alex-2598's definitions

ġit

Old English dual pronoun meaning “the two of you”, pronounced “yit”. Not to be confused with the modern word “git”. This word is a much more useful and concise way of referring to a pair of people than anything in Modern English, but sadly fell out of fashion by the late Middle English period.

Ġit sindon dwǣsas

Translation: You two are fools.

by Alex-2598 January 14, 2023

Contronym

A word which is defined as both itself and the opposite of itself.

E.G

“Because of their oversight, Russia was sanctioned by NATO”

Can mean that Russia was given approval (sanctioned) by NATO because of their vigilance (oversight)

Or that Russia was punished (sanctioned) by NATO because they egregiously overlooked something (oversight)

Words that can perform or imply two directly contradictory actions are called contronyms

1. I clipped (attached) on a bow tie after I got my hair clipped (detached, cut off) at the barber shop

2. The House Oversight Committee’s role is to perform oversight (strenuous watchdog duties) by ensuring that no oversights (mistakes, errors) are made in the government

3. I screened (blocked) the light from my eyes so I could see the movie that was being screened (shown)

4. I was the latest to rent (buy) the apartment that my landlord had been renting (selling, leasing) for five years now

by Alex-2598 March 23, 2021

Hate the player

1. Not the game. The game may be unfair, but it is unfair for everybody. it is not the fault of the game that humans are infinitely fallible creatures who will seek to take advantage of its loopholes at every opportunity. Every person has a choice whether to engage in ethical behavior or not. One can take the easy way out, but there are no free passes for doing so.

2. If certain people have advantages, it still does not give them the right to abuse them. As a society, we have responsibilities to each other, to lift each other up rather than tear each other down. At heart, we are all capable of good, but too often we choose to see things in a zero-sum, win-lose dichotomy where the only thing that matters is getting ahead, and blaming the system is a convenient out. Using the system as an excuse is like saying the system allows us to buy guns, therefore you can’t be held responsible for murdering someone.

3. Your anger at a certain person for cheating or otherwise engaging in unscrupulous or immoral behavior is totally justified. Do not take it lying down, and don’t let them make excuses, you are worth far more than that.

4. Inversion of the popular idiom “Don’t hate the player, hate the game”.

People always tell me to hate the game, but the game didn’t wrong me, the game didn’t force people to do anything but exercise their own ethical judgement. Therefore, I reserve my right to hate the player.

by Alex-2598 February 26, 2021

m12

Four orders of magnitude above a m8. If someone is your m12, they are not just your friend anymore, they are your soul mate.

Here is a simple chart to explain:

m7 - acquaintances

m8 - pals

m9 - really good friend

m10 - best friend

m11 - in love

m12 - soul mate

She is the love of my life, she is my m12.

by Alex-2598 April 23, 2023

Break out the Oreos

To celebrate, especially prematurely. See: 1994, Plano East vs John Tyler high school football highlights. Applies to any and all situations in which exuberant celebration is called for

1: The announcers broke out the Oreos a little too soon when they proclaimed their team the winner

2: DeSean Jackson was so busy breaking out the Oreos, he forgot to not throw the ball away before crossing the goal line.

3: “I just got elected president, break out the Oreos, baby!”

3 hours later...

“They’re recounting votes in Florida? Damn...broke out the Oreos too soon...”

by Alex-2598 May 22, 2021

Streaming Generation

The Streaming Generation has come of age in the era of music and movie streaming on apps such as Spotify and Pandora. This generation will have little to no memory of a time when CDs and DVDs were relevant media in their respective field. The time period covered by this generation is approximately 20005 to the present day, giving them a significant overlap with generation Z. Members of this generation are likely to prioritize efficiency in the way they consume music and video, however there have also been some backlash to this, which have led many of them to re-embrace older forms of these, particularly vinyl records.

Contrast with: ITunes generation, CD generation, Vinyl generation

The Streaming Generation have come to expect maximal efficiency in their music listening and film viewing experiences, at the expense of the personal quality of physical ownership, yet some are discovering ways to balance the old with the new, as evidenced by the resurgence of vinyl records in spite of the ubiquity of streaming services.

by Alex-2598 September 21, 2021

Iċ lufiġe þe

“I love you” in Old English, pronounced roughly as “ich looviyuh thay”. Can easily be passed off as gibberish if you want to confess to someone without them realizing, or can be extra sweet if you say it to someone who understands Old English.

Person 1: “Iċ lufiġe þe”

Person 2: *blushes* “Iċ eac lufiġe þe” (“I love you too”)

by Alex-2598 January 14, 2023