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Originally Posted by HarryT
I really have to ask why anyone cares. The fact that a small group of people in this forum have essentially said "wouldn't it be fun if we started using this word" isn't going to get it adopted by anyone else, and it just annoys people to try. You can guarantee that any thread that uses the word outside this forum is going to instantly get derailed into arguments about the use of the word, and that the actual subject matter of the post will be completely ignored.
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A word used by a small number of people in an area is a colloquialism. Like, howdy and y'all in Texas. Colloquialisms can encompass very small groups. There were colloquialisms from my neighborhood youth I never heard anywhere else in my life (usually repurposed words). I don't understand why such heat about a small group colloquialism...