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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Mickey7@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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  • chefdano3@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Listen, I’m too very exhausted to read this very lengthy, and very tedious list.

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    • Speculater@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Listen, I’m too very exhausted to read this very lengthy, and very tedious list.

      Listen, I’m fatigued beyond imagination and incapable of reading this prosaic litany of mundane drivel.

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      • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        That is something up with which I will not put.

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  • ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    1. Not grammar

    2. A lot of these have different connotations

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    • TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      “Hmmm you’re very dirty 😏”

      “Hmmm you’re filthy 😏”

      Nope, not the same.

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      • NannerBanner@literature.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        As a personal thing, I’ve always detested that usage of the word big. More so than any of these ‘very’ replacements, there are so many words available to convey the meaning of that big.

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    • pjwestin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It is definitely not a grammatical issue, but it a good rule of thumb for writing, particularly academic writing. One of the first things that was drilled into me as an English major was to drop, “very,” and find a better adjective.

      Also, yeah, a lot of these are very poor matches, especially without context, but one of my favorite things about the English language is that it is a very large, redundant language, but none of our words have the exact same connotation. Big, large, huge, enormous, gigantic, tremendous, mammoth, gargantuan, and humongous are all technically synonyms, but all conjure different images in the reader.

      But yeah, telling someone to say, “fragile,” instead of, “very weak,” is dumb, given they could mean, “delicate,” or, “feeble.” And if you’re not writing a term paper, just say, “very.”

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    • PapaStevesy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Yeah, “idle” is much milder than “very lazy” imo

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  • panda_abyss@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    “Very busy” and “overloaded” are wildly different things.

    As are very hot and boiling, very lazy and idle, very nervous and anxious, and like a good third more of these.

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  • rosco385@lemmy.wtf ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Australian Version

    Χ very tired √ fucking knackered Χ very poor √ fucking skint Χ very thirsty √ dry as a dead dingo’s donger

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    • osanna@lemmy.vg ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Very busy = flat out like lizard drinking

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      • rosco385@lemmy.wtf ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Not enough swearing to be truly Aussie.

        Cunt.

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    • boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I’ve never been too interested in Australia, but after becoming the world’s foremost expert on Bluey, I’m starting to like it more and more. May have to visit one day.

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  • Siethron@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Me very meticulously checking every word to see why this in in shitpost.

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    • Zoomboingding@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      The shitpost was that we both wasted our time

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      • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        yeah some of these aren’t accurate

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    • ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Verily

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  • Atropos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I am a fan of putting “very” in front of everything in the suggested list.

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    • panda_abyss@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Very tiny. Very exhausted.

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      • Atropos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Very good examples!

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  • Zacryon@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    You can put ‘very’ before every suggested alternative. What then?

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    • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I teach foreign language students and they often write about how their food was “very delicious”, and it always sounds so jarring to me. There are a lot of really strong words that native speakers tend to not use very with.

      eg:
      very difficult task / very monumental task
      very good cooking / very superb cooking
      very happy man / very elated man

      For some reason intensifiers like so and such don’t have those restrictions:

      The task was very/so monumental.
      It was very/such superb cooking.
      He was very/so elated.

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      • Zacryon@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Bring ‘fucking’ into it and even native speakers say how fucking delicious the food was.

        It’s funny how it suddenly appears to work with “fucking” but “very” is weird.

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    • ohlaph@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      When very then?

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    • Sheldan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Some of them feel better than others. Very boiling is kinda weird.

      Very powerful works imo.

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    • kunaltyagi@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Most of the alternatives feel odd with a very. Eg: very powerful, sure I get your message but it sounds awkward

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  • iMastari@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    This post is very interesting.

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    • ynthrepic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      *Intriguing.

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      • HereIAm@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        This post is very intriguing.

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  • infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    very cool, thank you.

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    • ohlaph@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      You’re very welcome.

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  • jpablo68@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Image

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  • skhayfa@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Very useful

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    • Alberat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      veruseful

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    • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Handy

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      • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Don’t mind if I do.

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  • Hoimo@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    bounced on my boy’s challenging lengthy to this until he boisterous stuffed

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    • rosco385@lemmy.wtf ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      You bounced on your boy’s very hard very long to this until he very loud very full?

      You saucy minx!

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  • basxto@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    very very words

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  • AAA@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Legit criticism! But hear me out. Who remembers all those different words anyway?

    Instead of NOT using “very”, I say we ONLY use “very”.

    It’s a very idea!

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    • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      The veryist of ideas. Bigley very

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    • rompe@lemmy.wtf ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      A very idea from a very mind! You’re very.

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    • hakunawazo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      That’s so aladeen of you
      Image

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  • FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Very helpful

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  • Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Very lazy = idle?

    No? Or is my english bad?

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    • PapaStevesy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Kinda, kinda not. To me, idle means “not doing anything at the moment”, e.g. “standing idly by”, which is definitely different than “very lazy”.

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      • Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Yeah. Same.

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    • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It’s an older use, to the point that I’ve never heard it used. Merriam marks that definition as “old-fashioned” (which is a bit odd, because I thought they only used the archaic or obsolete terms).

      The lazy sense is probably what’s meant from the old bible quote about “idle hands” related to the devil.

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      • Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Fair enough while I have opinions.

        But it makes me wonder if OP actually used idle for very lazy or if they never actually read their own post.

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  • Shayeta@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Damn honey, you look boiling in that outfit!

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    • bob_lemon@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Looking at you makes me challenging!

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  • imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Dunno if it is me, non-native English speaker, but it seems that very old can vary depending on context, while ancient barely changes on the context. And it seems few others could be divisive and a few green ticked ones repeat.

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    • boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Mmm I’ve definitely heard ancient used similarly to very old. E.g mice with balls are ancient technology.

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    • smeenz@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Very astute.

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  • osanna@lemmy.vg ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Very cold and freezing are different things. You can be very cold but above 0°.

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    • NannerBanner@literature.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Listen, I need to introduce you to any hot climate’s weather terms (done in american and rest-of-the-fucking-world-but-liberia units for funsies):

      • >90/32 = hot
      • >28/82 = stifling (if humid) / little warm
      • >78/25 = warm
      • >75/24 = nice out
      • >22/72 = okay
      • >70/21 = cool
      • >68/20 = chilly
      • >60/16 = cold
      • <16/60 = freezing

      You can be very cold and freezing. You can’t be very cold and not freezing. ;)

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      • DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        In freedom units, as viewed from New Mexico, where humidity is typically under 50% and often below 10% in the summer:

        100 = hot or “sweltering” just because I like the word. 90 - 100 = hot 80 - 90 = warm 70 - 80 = comfortable 60 - 70 = cool 50 - 60 = chilly 35 - 50 = cold < 35 = freezing

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      • humanamerican@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I have some hot takes regarding this scale.

        68/20 isn’t chilly - it’s room temperature during Winter. (Also, 75/24 is room temperature in Summer and whatever-temp-it-is-outside is room temperature during Spring and Autumn.)

        How can 78/25 be warm, but 28/82 (dry) is “little warm”?

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      • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        It ain’t the heat, it’s the humidity.

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  • assertnull@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    This is extra plus good

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  • ohlaph@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Apparently, my stomach is vacant.

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    • kunaltyagi@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      My stomach and mind both

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  • BigBrownDog@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    This list is massively gay.

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  • OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    This is actually a very good lesson in grammar

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    • OwOarchist@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      This isn’t grammar at all – it’s style.

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      • OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        It was a joke referencing what OP said, correct them

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  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Very good.

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  • Rivermoonwolf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Very good. Carry on

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  • Surp@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Borat very nice!

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  • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    99.99 % ≠ 100 %

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  • wpb@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    No, I like that language is composable. I think it’s very convenient. It also allows me to say stuff in a way that’s easier to grasp for folks who might not understand English that well. Very dumb suggestion.

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    • Paper_Phrog@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Reads comment. Looks up list. Ah, he means it’s a foolish suggestion. Splendid.

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  • baines@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    idle does equate to very lazy

    this was shit when it was on reddit

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  • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Very -> Verraily

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    • foliumcreations@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Veraiously?

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