Submitted 5 weeks ago by Trex202@lemmy.world to youshouldknow@lemmy.world
Alternatively, instead of using the “very” prefix, you can use the “as fuck” suffix. Check it out: Noisy as fuck. Tasty as fuck. Important as fuck. If you really want to underline your point though, combine them. For example, when you want to express the gravity of the situation or something, say “This situation is very grave as fuck!”. See what I mean? Now that’s what I call very eloquent as fuck prose, shit that’ll suck the air out of the room for sure.
I’m very sick - I am bedridden. I’m sick as fuck - I am amazing.
Instead of “it hurt very much” you can say “it hurt a fuckton.”
Its a fuckin ad
And I would be thrilled to fucking death to see more ads just like it. Touch my brain lovingly, don’t just fuck it.
Very pretentious
Instead of very pretentious, try using chi-chi.
Better than petite and downy.
First laugh all day, teared up a bit. Jesus!
My wife is always, “Your skin is so soft, like a girl!”
Thanks?
My penis is very difficult arduous
I also heard it was obese and kind.
This is a very shitty (craptastic) advert
Don’t say “very accurate,” say “exact”
“exact” is a synonym for “very precise,” not “very accurate.”
The percentage of people among the general population who know the difference is about 2.5356%. I’ll allow it.
2.5356%. clever. (But is that accurate?)
I agree!
Accuracy and precision; when I used to shoot archery long ago; measure different things, accuracy is a measure of the spread of your shots, precision is a measure of how close to the middle your shots are.
What could I use then?
Just say accurate?
Depends on the meaning of “accurate” (e.g. an archer, a research paper, a copy…).
Impeccable; flawless; dead-on; faithful – if I had to choose one, I’d pick “impeccable”
Don’t say
I’ll say whatever the fuck I want however I want to. If you don’t like it, you’re free to leave.
Very free
One might even say “unrestricted”
You don’t have to be so very exasperated about it :( /s
Do you see this brief girl with the ashen face and the constricting pants that only covered tiny of her butt? That top had a profound cutout and looked slackon her. I’m apologetic you didn’t see her. She looked like she carried leaden handbag though.
My patience ia wearing skeletal
that’s a very good list.
What psychopath would say “that car looks swift!” vs “that car looks very fast”
Just say zoombastic like a normal person.
Or just use “very” so everyone understands.
ad, silence, brand
Very nice list
I very much, very dislike, this post, because I very much prefer to be inclusive and use very basic language as much as possible to ensure that the very very very uneducated people can understand, with very good accuracy, the words that I utter.
Perhaps, that’s why I’m a very very very terrible writer 😅
But seriously tho, unless you are writing a novel, just use simple language for everyday speech. No need to look up a thesaurus for every post you make. Or for everytime someone use a fancy word. 😉
But even with novels, in dialogues, you cant be using fancy words all the time when characters talk. Most people don’t talk like that, and writing characters that talk unrealistically is so weird.
Like: “I went to the deafening party last night, it was so excrutiating. I prefer the serene museum because I enjoy the archaic stuff they have on display, it’s very lavish.”
Like, who talks like that? 🤣
This is an ad for a proofreading service, so nominally it’s meant for you to use in formal writing. Moreover, only a small proportion of these words are “fancy”.
That said, a thesaurus is best used for remembering words you already know, i.e. not this. Careful use of a thesaurus to find new words provided you research them first – e.g. look them up on Wiktionary (bang !wt on DuckDuckGo) to see example sentences, etymologies, pronunciations, possible other meanings, usage context (e.g. if it’s field-specific jargon), whether it’s appropriate (e.g. slang, archaic), etc. – can work, but if you’re already writing something, just stick to what you know unless it’s dire. You should make an effort to learn words over time as they come up in appropriate contexts rather than memorizing them replacements for other words; this infographic offers a shortcut that’s probably harder and less accurate than actually learning.
A one-night stand with a word you found in the thesaurus is going to alienate people who don’t know what it means and probably make you look like a jackass to those who do.
Proofreading for who, though? Most writing is 8th grade reading level for accessibility, both for the uneducated and for nonnative speakers.
These kinds of prescriptive gimmicks are very exasperating, imo.
No
It’s not a guide, it’s a list.
Who says “very frightened”? They just say “terrified”, which is surprisingly NOT what the infographic recommends! And “very perfect” is just nonsense. So is “very well-to-do”, which feels like they worked backwards instead of figuring out what “very wealthy” would be.
These guys need to proofread their own work, I guess.
Thanks! That’s actually useful to enrich my speech
Real, hella, and doubleplus also work
I only use the ten hundred words that people use the most
That’s all you need, that’s what they used to make the up goer five.
Very nice!
I thought it was very good and very helpful.
This is very obnoxious.
Apologetic for taking a compelling shit on your porch.
v cool thanks op
This reminds me of a teacher I had in elementary school that hated the word “stuff.” It was banned from his classroom and you would lose points if you ever used the word in assignments…
Not sure why, but that really stuck with me, and I still try to avoid using the word when I can.
There’s almost always a better word to use.
It is about challenging yourself to use a broader vocabulary and not to stuck with black filler or the broadest term that come to mind. These day I try to learn how to recognised tree. So I challenge myself not to use this word any more: I’m seeing an oak or an fir, a coniferious, a blackthorn but not a tree.
And things
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
First line of this infographic is already deeply misleading. It’s the equivalent of:
Nikls94@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
0.01 mm off is very accurate.
0.0 mm off is exact.
Klear@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Very true.
Artyom@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
But ChatGPT helped me write this in only 30.minutes, and it’s exact.
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
The SVG cat with the Peter Griffin ballsack chin told me.
whereisk@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
“Amiable” is not “very friendly” - complete nonsense.
scarabic@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Yes. And since when is “swift” faster than fast?