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Poll of the Day > The word "pretentious" is losing its meaning

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wah_wah_wah
05/12/18 9:35:49 AM
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Especially when used in the context of film criticism. I see it often used to mean, "Telling a story in an unfamiliar and therefore wrong way"
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FatalAccident
05/12/18 10:41:45 AM
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Cry more pls
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OneTimeBen
05/12/18 10:44:10 AM
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Only because people dont know the meaning.
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JOExHIGASHI
05/12/18 11:27:16 AM
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Same with "ironic".
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adjl
05/12/18 12:08:09 PM
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I like how you're being pretentious about use of the word pretentious.
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wah_wah_wah
05/12/18 12:09:13 PM
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adjl posted...
I like how you're being pretentious about use of the word pretentious.

I don't think describing exactly what a word means is being pretentious. Pedantic, perhaps. But necessary
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adjl
05/12/18 12:13:39 PM
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wah_wah_wah posted...
adjl posted...
I like how you're being pretentious about use of the word pretentious.

I don't think describing exactly what a word means is being pretentious. Pedantic, perhaps. But necessary


It does if you're using that pedantry as a basis to look down on people.
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dancer62
05/12/18 12:17:26 PM
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JOExHIGASHI posted...
Same with "ironic".

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wah_wah_wah
05/12/18 12:20:09 PM
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adjl posted...
wah_wah_wah posted...
adjl posted...
I like how you're being pretentious about use of the word pretentious.

I don't think describing exactly what a word means is being pretentious. Pedantic, perhaps. But necessary


It does if you're using that pedantry as a basis to look down on people.

Pretentiousness doesn't mean to look down on people. It means pretending to knowledge you don't have. If anything the people misusing the word "pretentious" to mean "condescending" are the ones being pretentious.
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SteamedHams
05/12/18 12:22:01 PM
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adjl posted...
It does if you're using that pedantry as a basis to look down on people.


See folks, now this is irony.
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