IdleRich
IdleRich
I think it's ok cos it's - I believe - a new coinage. It's not like LOL which I understand to be short for for Laugh Out Loud* and which is used on the internet to convey that the person saying it finds something so amusing that they are laughing, but sadly others can't hear them as they are in separate basements in totally separate houses, so the others need to be informed that it is happening. There is no need to say LOL in real life cos the person you are talking to will notice that you are laughing out loud, unless they are blind and deaf, in which case your saying "LOL" will not help them one whit. Also if you are laughing out loud you probably will be too busy laughing to say "LOL" which means that people who say it in real life tend to say it when it's not true or as some kind of post-modern replacement for genuine laughter. I myself tend to prefer actual laughter and believe that the saying of "LOL" out loud, a crime I designate as LOLOL is a nigh on unforgivable sin.Probably cos I'm old.Do you use the word 'normie' in real life? @linebaugh
But as far as I know, "normie" is not a direct replacement for another word and so, if one needs to refer to that concept, presumably they have to use that word - and should not be required to reach for something with a screen so they write it down, I think that they can just say it.
*not Lots of Love as someone mistakenly believed in that famous amusing story wherein they intended to send their love to the family of the deceased at a funeral. And on that note, can someone clear up that clasped hands emoji for me; is it the hands of two people meeting exuberantly in triumphant high-five... or do both hands belong to the same person who has clasped them sombrely in prayer? I would like to know the definitive answer on this one cos depending on the meaning its usage would change completely.