by MELISSAHIGHLIER August 15, 2023
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The past tense of "light" is "lit", not "lighted"
The past tense of "highlight" is "highlighted". Why??
The word "highlight" is a combination of "high" and "light"
The word "highlightED" is a past tense of "highlight"
Why couldn't "highlit" be the word instead?
This question will most likely go unsolved and a "joke" for the years to come.
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The past tense of "light" is "lit", not "lighted"
The past tense of "highlight" is "highlighted". Why??
The word "highlight" is a combination of "high" and "light"
The word "highlightED" is a past tense of "highlight"
Why couldn't "highlit" be the word instead?
This question will most likely go unsolved and a "joke" for the years to come.
by Random_But_Honest August 29, 2023
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Think of a given noun phrase, such as high king, meaning “a king that is high”. Naturally, being a noun phrase consisting of the adjective high and the noun king (which is the head of the noun phrase), this second element must be pronounced more prominently than the adjective. However, we can imagine a scenario, where someone is deliberately attempting to highlight the fact that this king is actually high, as in the contrastive stress when correcting someone. To illustrate, considering the following conversation between two people:
A: Are you talking about the wise king?
B: No, no. Actually, I am talking about the HIGH king.
Now imagine we were to coin a term to describe a hobby, which involves getting high on marijuana, and then going for a hike while enjoying music through headphones. What figure of speech or pun would best describe this activity? “I went HIGHking”. Whether heard or read, what comes to perception can be linguistically two-fold: 1. the classic interpretation of going hiking and 2. this is a somewhat less intuitive, yet linguistically acceptable interpretation lent from the collocation “go + adjective” or in this case “go + noun”. After all, there are natural phrases like “go crazy”, “go mad”, “go from happy to sad”, or in this case “go HIGHking”. So the interpretation that one might allow for with a bit of stretching one’s imagination would be going into a state of euphoria so pleasant that one feels like a king without being one.
A: Are you talking about the wise king?
B: No, no. Actually, I am talking about the HIGH king.
Now imagine we were to coin a term to describe a hobby, which involves getting high on marijuana, and then going for a hike while enjoying music through headphones. What figure of speech or pun would best describe this activity? “I went HIGHking”. Whether heard or read, what comes to perception can be linguistically two-fold: 1. the classic interpretation of going hiking and 2. this is a somewhat less intuitive, yet linguistically acceptable interpretation lent from the collocation “go + adjective” or in this case “go + noun”. After all, there are natural phrases like “go crazy”, “go mad”, “go from happy to sad”, or in this case “go HIGHking”. So the interpretation that one might allow for with a bit of stretching one’s imagination would be going into a state of euphoria so pleasant that one feels like a king without being one.
by languagefreak_hs July 12, 2024
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kid one: yo i really fuck with these team jerseys, the bright green really compliments their colors
kid two: omg tony stfu you highlighter kid
kid one: yo i really fuck with these team jerseys, the bright green really compliments their colors
kid two: omg tony stfu you highlighter kid
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Tommy: Dude check out those hot chicks over at the far end of the pool they are hot!
Mike: Brother steer clear of them, they are HighRise Pool Hookers. They are searching for validation and the money in your wallet.
Tommy: I thought they looked familiar.
Mike: Yea next week they will probably be at the grand opening of the Four Seasons Residences pool side.
Mike: Brother steer clear of them, they are HighRise Pool Hookers. They are searching for validation and the money in your wallet.
Tommy: I thought they looked familiar.
Mike: Yea next week they will probably be at the grand opening of the Four Seasons Residences pool side.
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