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choie

(7,026 posts) Sat May 23, 2026, 09:20 PM 14 hrs ago

A grammatical observation and question [View all]

I've noticed - especially since GW Bush - people no longer call things by their full name. For example calling nuclear power or arms just "nuclear" as in "Iran won't accept an agreement that includes nuclear." Other examples: calling a domestic violence incident "a domestic". or saying "I have bipolar" instead of bipolar disorder. What gives?

And before anybody says it, I know I'm being a stickler and intolerant.

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A grammatical observation and question [View all] choie 14 hrs ago OP

Twitter brain... SheltieLover 14 hrs ago #1

Hmm I remember Bush always said just "nuclear" choie 14 hrs ago #3

120 char communications destroy neural networks SheltieLover 14 hrs ago #5

Curiously, Jimmy Carter, a U.S. Navy nuclear engineer pronounced it the same way Brother Buzz 14 hrs ago #6

Another one The Blue Flower 14 hrs ago #2

YES!!! choie 14 hrs ago #4

And "Oval" instead of "Oval Office." wnylib 12 hrs ago #15

Cyber works really well as a noun LearnedHand 12 hrs ago #20

As in "Baron knows the cyber" Disaffected 10 hrs ago #22

People no longer canetoad 14 hrs ago #7

Lord, that's right! choie 13 hrs ago #8

Oh yeah. Drives me mad. No one donates. Gave and given are vanishing Easterncedar 12 hrs ago #14

Gifting or gifting grinds my gears nt r�is�n_dubh 9 hrs ago #25

Mine too canetoad 9 hrs ago #27

Like you said, it's grammar. I've had some experiance in the South and noticed a long time ago that folks shortened..... FadedMullet 13 hrs ago #9

Yep, that's one! Easterncedar 13 hrs ago #13

Very common in Appalachia r�is�n_dubh 9 hrs ago #26

Agree With You :: I Do (!) wyn borkins 13 hrs ago #10

Thanks wyn! choie 13 hrs ago #11

Yes, it seems to be an accelerating trend Easterncedar 13 hrs ago #12

You want to go with? radical noodle 12 hrs ago #16

I noticed that while watching the Darral Brooks trial. I thought it was a Wisconsin LoisB 12 hrs ago #18

It's also an Illinois thing. 3catwoman3 7 hrs ago #31

I think it's started in the last few years and not just in Wisconsin radical noodle 1 hr ago #36

This isn't new. It's a function of how English is spoken by people in areas where there were a lot of settlers who spoke WhiskeyGrinder 3 hrs ago #35

Really? radical noodle 1 hr ago #37

Language spreads. WhiskeyGrinder 25 min ago #40

Interesting. LoisB 48 min ago #39

I agree. You are not being intolerant. It seems as if everything is shorthand LoisB 12 hrs ago #17

Language is very fluid and fast moving LearnedHand 12 hrs ago #19

This! Sometimes I love playing with language and B.See 7 hrs ago #30

Oh dear - language changes. How painful. nt GenThePerservering 11 hrs ago #21

And ya, like I mean, your know, Disaffected 10 hrs ago #23

One reason I enjoy listening to BBC World Service and Al Jazeera Disaffected 10 hrs ago #24

I've noticed that, too. calimary 9 hrs ago #28

I've actually come to enjoy many of the shortenings mentioned here EverHopeful 9 hrs ago #29

I detest impactful. Clunky and awkward. 3catwoman3 7 hrs ago #32

"Impactful" is not very graceful but "influential" is definitely not a substitute LearnedHand 1 hr ago #38

Leaving important words out leads sdfernando 6 hrs ago #33

The worst, to me, is calling a conspiracy theory a conspiracy. That's become all too common. n/t Mister Ed 6 hrs ago #34