Word of the year ( actually it’s word of the decade).

[Tashyboy]

Word of the year
In December 2019, Merriam-Webster chose "they" as word of the year for 2019. The word was chosen because "English famously lacks a gender-neutral singular pronoun to correspond neatly with singular pronouns like everyone or someone, and as a consequence they has been used for this purpose for over 600 years."

 

[Norrin Radd]

On this site the word is


Drumroll please .........
RAMMEL

 

[Tashyboy]

On this site the word is


Drumroll please .........
RAMMEL

????

? I should of put rammel forward. Coz like this word of the decade, it’s er rammel.

 

[Beezerk]

On this site the word is


Drumroll please .........
RAMMEL

That's soooo 2018.
Word of 2019 was twaddle ?

 

[IanM]

This is the only place I've ever heard the word "rammel.' Ever.

Must be highly localised dialogue

 

[Tashyboy]

This is the only place I've ever heard the word "rammel.' Ever.

Must be highly localised dialogue

Tis, my house ??

 

[Ye Olde Boomer]

Word of the year
In December 2019, Merriam-Webster chose "they" as word of the year for 2019. The word was chosen because "English famously lacks a gender-neutral singular pronoun to correspond neatly with singular pronouns like everyone or someone, and as a consequence they has been used for this purpose for over 600 years."

I hate the use of the words "they" and "their" in a singular connotation. Just hate it. "

"Him" and "his" used to be good enough as gender non-specific words before the Femi-Nazi's decided that they were sexist. I don't have a misogynist bone in my body, but there's no need to destroy the language. I will forever use him/her or his/her before I ever accept this assault on good grammar.

As for "rammel," I saw it on this forum for the very first time.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Word of the year
In December 2019, Merriam-Webster chose "they" as word of the year for 2019. The word was chosen because "English famously lacks a gender-neutral singular pronoun to correspond neatly with singular pronouns like everyone or someone, and as a consequence they has been used for this purpose for over 600 years."

Pretentious rubbish if you ask me

 

[Ye Olde Boomer]

Pretentious rubbish if you ask me

I care more about your Queen's language than you do!

 

[Tashyboy]

I care more about your Queen's language than you do!

Thats Fragger, he’s our Mod. ?????

just a quick heads up, should you make a spelling mistake on here the spelling police will shame you for an age ?

 

[Ye Olde Boomer]

Thats Fragger, he’s our Mod. ?????

just a quick heads up, should you make a spelling mistake on here the spelling police will shame you for an age ?

That's problematic. My grammar is better than my spelling. I can just use the excuse that its an American spelling!

 

[Wolf]

Pretentious rubbish if you ask me

Sums it up perfectly... Who gives a toss about a word of the decade...

 

[SocketRocket]

That's problematic. My grammar is better than my spelling. I can just use the excuse that its an American spelling!

Please don't say 'gotten'

 

[williamalex1]

There's, they,there, they're and their, but best word of the decade is .

Rammel .
speech Tash.
hope it's as good as Gervais's at the awards lol.

 

[harpo_72]

What’s the female equivalent of misogynist ? Or is this behaviour only men can have ?

 

[Tashyboy]

I was struggling to get my head around what the award is actually for. Is it the word, or is it the meaning behind the word. ?

 

[Deleted member 18645]

The word of the decade was "nob" - because most of the people involved in these things were one.

 

[Tashyboy]

The word of the decade was "nob" - because most of the people involved in these things were one.

not sure if it is spelled nob or knob, and if you wanted to exaggerate the meaning you could put the word “ head” after it. ?

 

[Captainron]

I'm throwing in

Brexit
Indyref
VAR

as contenders....

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

I have used 'they' for years if something I'm talking about applies to both male and female and I'm not wishing to exclude either he or she from what I'm writing - because I k now that I don't need to - and I prefer using it to he/she or (s)he. Sometimes it can sound a little odd - but never wrong.