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Old 11-18-2011, 11:55 AM   #1
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The dictionary pisses me off

If enough people say and write a slang or mis-spelled word, suddenly it ends up in the dictionary.

Example.... It's not "addicting".... it ADDICTIVE.


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Old 11-18-2011, 12:03 PM   #2
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'Addicting' is a word.

An ADDICT who has become ADDICTED to an ADDICTIVE substance did so by using, thus ADDICTING himself to it.

Another example might be that pushers generate repeat business by ADDICTING their customers to their product.
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Old 11-18-2011, 12:06 PM   #3
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If language didn't evolve everybody would still be saying "Ug" for everything like cavemen.
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Old 11-18-2011, 12:08 PM   #4
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Since when is addicting and ug not words?
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Old 11-18-2011, 12:53 PM   #5
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Old 11-18-2011, 12:58 PM   #6
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People use the word wrong, it's not incorrect.

Drugs can be addictive because certain chemicals are addicting.
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Old 11-18-2011, 01:01 PM   #7
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it ADDICTIVE.
Wouldn't you say "It's addictive"?
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Old 11-18-2011, 01:27 PM   #8
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A substance has addictive qualities, not addicting qualities. Wouldn't this go back to some basic rules of what type of word is being modified?
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Old 11-18-2011, 01:44 PM   #9
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addicting is not a word.


The proper use is addictive.
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Old 11-18-2011, 02:08 PM   #10
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People use the word wrong, it's not incorrect.

Drugs can be addictive because certain chemicals are addicting.
This would seem to be correct. Although "addict" is usually a noun, it can be used as a verb according to my dictionary which is about 30 years old.
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Old 11-18-2011, 02:09 PM   #11
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Old 11-18-2011, 02:33 PM   #12
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So you're pissed off that new words are being created? That happens a lot.
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Old 11-18-2011, 02:36 PM   #13
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Old 11-18-2011, 03:40 PM   #14
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Old 11-18-2011, 03:44 PM   #15
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Assdiction is catching up quickly.
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Old 11-18-2011, 09:02 PM   #17
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The dictionary reports which utterances are being used often enough to be considered 'generally accepted' and nothing more than that. To have the dictionary editiors deciding what 'can be' allowed to be a word and what can not would give them far too much power.
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