It is in the kids lingo
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turdburglar@piefed.social 4 days ago
cool, but aesthetic is not an adjective.
dontsayaword@piefed.social 4 days ago
turdburglar@piefed.social 4 days ago
this is my hill. don’t tell me where to die.
Deceptichum@quokk.au 4 days ago
Words are how we use them. If people can understand the meaning, it is correct. There’s no central body like in French saying how words must be. This allows English to be flexible and grow to the needs of the speakers.
Descriptive languages > prescriptive languages.
turdburglar@piefed.social 4 days ago
you know, i think you’re right - and in further support of your argument allow me to point out that the commment directly below yours says, ‘what is it even supposed to mean in this context?’
shneancy@lemmy.world 3 days ago
eh, not everyone will get the meaning the first time they encounter a new usage, but if it makes sense to most people it’ll be used more
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 4 days ago
What is it even supposed to mean in this context?
turdburglar@piefed.social 4 days ago
the yns are using it to mean aesthetically pleasing. good lookin’. put together. cute.
Thunderbird4@lemmy.world 4 days ago
That usage always bugs the shit out of me, to the point that I had to refer back to English classes to figure out why. It is an adjective, but it is not a predicate adjective like it’s used here. It is an attributive adjective and has to be used in conjunction with the noun that it’s modifying.
“She made good aesthetic choices.” Yes
“These flowers are aesthetic.” No
turdburglar@piefed.social 4 days ago
thank you for looking it up. i always fuck up adverbs and adjectives so there was no way i was pulling out attributive adjective.
i just knew they were wrong and i was right. now if you don’t mind ive got some clouds at which i need to go shake my fist.
FishFace@piefed.social 4 days ago
This isn’t a grammar issue but a semantic one: if you make an aesthetic choice, that choice is aesthetic
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 days ago
In this context aesthetic means “aesthetic[ly in line with me/the situation]”. It means big mood, but for style.