Words that have lost their meaning

Mr Bastable said:
Perfect.
It seems to have become applicable to anything unlikely to cause the end of the world.
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Or if it does, "Aint that just bloody perfect?"

:D
 
Perhaps the meaning of another word will be lost if those people who use the word 'perfect' inappropriately become known as 'perfectionists'? ;)
 
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After having seen it used in another thread, I would like to add the word -professional - , it obviously has a whole new meaning that I have previously been unaware of. :)
 
From the world of guitars: relic, lawsuit, player.

Used to denote being battered, a Japanese copy or just a scruffy instrument.
 
beyond the blue said:
"Robbed" l've always thought it meant taking something with the use or threat of violence. I heard it used the other day by someone who said "l left my phone on the table in the pub and someone robbed it"
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Yes, or 'the house was robbed while we were out...' Really?
 
Has

I've noticed more and more people are just using 'as' instead of 'has' when writing. I know that's the way a lot of people pronounce it verbally, but to put it in writing? :facepalm:
 
gremlin16 said:
people who say they 'brought' something at a shop as opposed to bought. really makes my tinkle boil!
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The use of "So" at the start of every sentence (even people being interviewed of the radio / TV are using it)
Annoys the hell outta me!
(see what I did there? :D )
 
So are we allowed to say like?
 
Then there's a new word: 'Aswell', which seems to be used these days by some people who obviously don't realise it's two words not one!
 
Mr Badger said:
Then there's a new word: 'Aswell', which seems to be used these days by some people who obviously don't realise it's two words not one!
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Maybe they are saying Asswell and that is code ???
 
For Goatse?
 
Best not Google it. I did and got a brane tumour. Probably not a direct consequence but...
 
As I've been told on this very forum many times over the years, language evolves.
 
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