why the fuck is themself or theirselves not a word?

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that's so fucking stupid. you can only say himself or herself for it to count as a word. yeah well sometimes guess what you stupid bitch, those words don't really apply because you're addressing someone neutrally or some shit. so what is the right way to say it?
Last Edit: November 17, 2015, 08:30:40 PM by Loaf


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This is not the greatest sig in the world, no. This is just a tribute.
They are words you fucking retard.


 
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"Themselves" is a word.

"Theirselves" is easily replaced with, uhhhh, "their selves."

you fucking plonker


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They are words you fucking retard.
YEAH NO SHIT BUT YOU GOTTA MAKE SENSE OF THE WORDS!!!


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Also, singular "they" has been commonly considered to be acceptable vernacular for a long time, as long as you're using it in an informal setting. It's still not standard English, and that's just the way it is.

It only behooves you to have at least two brain cells to squeeze together to figure out some kind of workaround, of which there are plenty.

Oh, you can't say "I know this person, and they are nice"?

Then say, "I know this nice person."

fuck
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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/themselves
themself isn't a word though.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/themself
Having an entry on Wiktionary doesn't lend any credence to wordhood--Wiktionary contains many slang entries, and only aims to categorize words used in the common vernacular. Not necessarily "real" words.

Anyway, "themself", again, is easily avoidable. It just depends on your ability to work around it.


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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/themselves
themself isn't a word though.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/themself
Having an entry on Wiktionary doesn't lend any credence to wordhood--Wiktionary contains many slang entries, and only aims to categorize words used in the common vernacular. Not necessarily "real" words.

Anyway, "themself", again, is easily avoidable. It just depends on your ability to work around it.
This is generally true but usually it'll point it out if it's nonstandard


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Here's a good question;

How are new words formed?


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Here's a good question;

How are new words formed?
They wont, nothing but emojis now.


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Here's a good question;

How are new words formed?
They wont, nothing but emojis now.

Yeah, why form new words when you can just visualize what you're trying to describe? A picture is worth a thousand words.



 
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Here's a good question;

How are new words formed?
by typing on your keyboard

no

either through constant, repeated use over a lengthy period of time by a large number of people
or through coinage by a reputable authority (like a scientist)

that way, you'll get the word landed in some dictionary, and that, to some people, will make it an "official" word
for... some reason

because really, technically speaking, words are formed by any given string of letters
and it's up to us to give them meaning

and they can mean anything we want
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Here's a good question;

How are new words formed?
people invent some slang and it becomes mainstream enough that a secret cabal of language warlocks begrudgingly slip it into the next merriam-webster and hope no one notices


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buttgrubber

new word


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