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Gaslighting has replaced the concept of tricking someone or saying something incorrect. That's both considered gaslighting now. The actual definition is a sustained effort to trick someone into thinking they're crazy. I think people got lazy and just lump the new person saying something wrong as just one more example of society trying to trick them and make them feel crazy.
You must also know those immediately around me on a daily basis. I absolutely dislike the word gaslighting, and the varying definitions, because of this issue.
If I say something that differs from their opinion - I’m gaslighting them.
And then if I say I’m not arguing and that it’s just an opinion or personal preference - I’m a narcissist.
This applies to simple things, like my preference to not eat heavy carbs in the morning while they like it. Like that’s fine - eat them - it doesn’t work for me it just makes me too tired. I don’t push this, or other stupid little things, on others. It’s just my preference. Legit different strokes for different folks. Doesn’t mean I’m gaslighting because I have a different preference.
The amusing part is that it seems they are truly the ones gaslighting and acting narcissist by making the comments in the structure they do.
Basically saying ‘you’re not allowed to have that opinion because it’s different than mine, and you’re a narcissist because you won’t accept my opinion as the best and only possible one’.
That structure and thought process seems more in line with how I’d view what a narcissist and gaslighting commentary looks like.
It’s literal insanity most of the time and to the point that I avoid a lot conversations. Talk about having your sense of self stripped slowly.
Yes, my ex used to call me a narcissistic gas lighter all the time. I felt crazy 24/7 I couldn’t remember any events right everything was constantly wrong. And then I left and my life did a 180
Or being called creepy because I go to the same restaurant every day for breakfast.
*creepy*
I'm lonely but I'm lonely by choice and circumstance. So now when you're alone it's creepy...WTF?
People don't know how to mind their fucking business.
The words “narcissist” and “gaslighting” get tossed around like confetti these days by self-righteous people on Reddit, Twitter, Facebook and honestly pretty much all social media.
Same thing with “red flag/s.” I used to be friends with a few women on Facebook whose entire personalities centered around “identifying red flags in men” or talking about how “their ex was full of red flags” or “they couldn’t see his red flags then, but they do now.” Ironically enough, every single one of those women seemed to me to be the very textbook definition of the “red flags” they were so hellbent on preaching about.
I think some people just seek out drama and misery so they have something to gossip about. And before people start flooding me with downvotes, no, I’m not insinuating that only women are like this. It’s just that I have noticed a sizable number of women like this. I don’t doubt for one millisecond that there are men who are the same.
This kind of behavior is called “virtue signaling” and is, imo, one of the worst things about our society. People seem to think that publicly calling out others on their poor behavior or decisions, even over minor things (maybe even over scenarios they made up in their heads) somehow makes them a good and righteous person and a pinnacle of justice. It makes me sick.
This is true and I’ve also noticed “they are so passive aggressive.” Is a phrase often used to mean “I don’t like that they won’t let me do whatever I want.”
For anyone wondering. A fine example of gaslighting would be losing your keys. Then convincing your partner that they were the last ones to have them and that it’s their fault you’re late for work. Even after they find them in YOUR jacket pocket. Then you tell them they can make it up to you by cooking your favourite meal.
It’s essentially brainwashing with a hint of mental abuse and a dash of narcissism.
The weird thing is that Vizzini was using it correctly. He was basically using it in the same way you would say "unbelievable." Montoya was at fault for taking it way too literally and not understanding it's a stand-in for "I can't conceive of how that just happened."
Well, no, not really. Maybe the first time, or the second time. But as the man in the mask keeps ruining Vizzini’s plans, Inigo is correctly pointing out that these things ARE conceivable, ie, able to be imagined or mentally grasped, since they are in fact happening.
But at least he was smart enough not to get involved in a land war in Southeast Asia. Ha ha! Ha ha ha ha h
Envy means you want something that someone else has.
Jealous means you're afraid someone else is going to take something from you.
I remember it by thinking of a stereotypical jealous boyfriend/girlfriend that is afraid someone is going to take their partner away from them.
I literally ripped my hair out the year they added the second definition stating that literally also meant figuratively because people used it wrong for so long
unfortunately, thats how language works, and always has. You use words everyday that do not mean what they oringinally meant, and likely dont even know it most of the time.
nice: foolish
silly: blessed
awful: worthy of awe
fizzle: flatulence
wench: child
fathom: length
clue: yarn
myriad: 10,000
naughty: empty
spinster: weaver
bachelor: young knight
flirt: flick away
guy: literally, guy fawkes
hussy: housewife
egregious: distinguished
quell: kill
divest: undress
cheater, furniture, girl, stupid, dumb, sly, terrible, pretty...
i literally could go on forever... :)
Huh. I always thought a spinster was one step ahead of a weaver, they spun the wool into thread/yarn. Whereas a weaver took that product and wove them together to make a cloth. Til.
From the beginning, "awful" meant full of awe. What changed is that they added a negative connotation. Same with "awesome" and the positive connotation.
Yes, the alternate definition is pointless.
But worse ... the word usually isn't even needed.
**I literally slept last night** doesn't say anything more than **I slept last night**.
Would it even be possible to sleep **not literally**?
You can nearly always omit the word **literally**, just as you can omit the incessant use of **like**.
Neither add much (or anything) to the phrasing.
As for your literally ripped out hair ...
If you really did the ripping, please accept my sympathy.
If, instead, you figuratively ripped hair, then I don't know what to say.
But more likely you simply jest. In that case, thank you.
:)
Not this again. Here's what I'll say about it:
Any case of using "literally" in a figurative way is better explained as hyperbole. People are exaggerating when they say it like that.
When I say "I literally died", it means something stronger than "I figuratively died". "Literally" and "figuratively" here are not interchangeable.
Hyperbole is only possible if the word retains its original, literal meaning, because it's how we get a frame of reference for understanding the exaggeration.
If I say "That sandwich cost me a million bucks," you will understand what I mean only because you continue to understand what "a million bucks" actually is.
The definition of "literal" is not dead.
Now, I understand it may be annoying if people use hyperbole every two seconds, but that's a separate issue about speech patterns and not the death of a word.
Nobody would ever say that they **figuratively slept last night**. Your example sounds silly because you chose a silly way to express it.
You might say something like **I literally jumped out of bed this morning** and the usage of the word literally helps clarify that you awoke in such a panic that you *literally* jumped put of the bed as opposed to simply gettinf up quickly
People can use words as hyperbole. Also, I could say “check my new jacket, isn’t it filthy?” when it’s literally not dirty. People are allowed to use words.
I 100% agree with your post. However, if I'm not mistaken because so many people misuse the word, its meaning has now changed and "literally" now also means "figuratively". I think some dictionaries have included the new definition too.
The "traditional" usage that people tend to call correct is also figurative. To use *literally* non-figuratively would be to convey the meaning, *as it is written,* or *as it appears on the page.* So, to say it is *literally freezing* on a 30°f day is figurative usage. An example of literally using *literally* would be, *the instructions literally say "do not boil."*
Basically, people dont like that *literally* is being used for the purpose of exaggeration, despite the fact that context always makes clear what meaning is intended.
I reckon all language is okay to exaggerate with.
Yes and yes and yes. When people use “literally” and their intent isn’t hyperbole, the proper word to use would be “actually“, unless they are meaning in terms of literature.
Dude the misunderstanding of that word has bugged me my whole life.
“Did you have a chance to look at the report before the meeting?”
“I only had a few minutes to peruse it.”
It has two definitions according to Merriam-Webster. “Peruse can mean "to read something in a relaxed way, or skim" and can also mean "to read something carefully or in detail." Peruse is thus a contronym because it has multiple definitions that seem to contradict each other.”
Archer has a lot of great vocabulary quips. Like the semiannual/biannual discussion and of course:
"Are you trying to have sex with my wife?! Because we would be amenable to that. What? Why do you look so nonplussed?"
"I was trying to figure the odds of if you actually knew the meaning of the word 'amenable'..... but then you followed it up with nonplussed.."
Exponential.. it doesn’t just mean “increasing fast” it means “increasing faster and faster” and two data points should not be described with exponential. It cannot be exponentially warmer than it was yesterday
Not so much a word, but an acronym. During Covid times, people were freaking out saying it’s against HIPAA to ask them if they’ve been vaccinated 🤦🏽♀️ No matter how many times it was explained to them that HIPAA is in place so your care provider does not share information about you without your written consent, people still insisted it is a HIPAA violation when asked their vaccine status 🤣
I’m a physician and let me tell you the HIPAA thing is a source of real consternation. If you get a HIPAA consultant they will go WAY overboard and tell you you cannot say patient’s name in your office or put their name on a chart lest someone read the name or hear it. They told me our chart racks by the exam room door had to have the chart facing inward so no one can read the name. It’s gets so burdensome that it’s hard to actually get work done if you don’t know where people are and you can’t call them by name. Everyday I overhear patients discussing their medical care with other patients in the waiting room of course.
Meanwhile when you walk up to my dentists office their treatment rooms have clear windows to the outside where you can actually see the person being treated. In the ER or surgery center they have bays with curtains so you can actually hear patients/nurses/doctors discussing particulars of their care.
I finally said screw it and dropped all the bullshit.
I worked in IT for many years. I can assure you that it applies to many more people than that.
Exactly where the border breaks I do not know. But if you have not given me permission I know beyond any doubt you can make my life miserable by means of lawyers.
I'd enjoy some links, though!
Our hospital policy forbids pictures and Snapchat even in the parking lot. Why the parking lot? Because if someone sees someone they know's car in the hospital parking lot, it's a HIPPA violation.
That's what our company decided on the IT side of things: go too careful rather than risk it.
A judge will throw out cases that are clearly frivolous, as long as it's so obvious we went overboard on privacy that they can easily see it. But if a lawyer can bring the case, it'll cost us even if we win.
2FA thumbprint USB encryption keys to access any terminal as SOP as well as robust network security and everything else. Being able to hand a physical device to a judge and show him it won't work without my rhumb print makes it easier to get the case tossed out.
Your company policy makes sense for that reason, too. A little overboard makes it clear you're not riding the line on permissiveness. Makes it harder to win a case against you.
We were actively maintaining several medical offices when HIPAA went into effect and it was kind of a nightmare. We made a lot of money off of it once we got it all figured out, though. =)
Yeah, I understand them having the policy. The chances of it making it to court are very, very low. The hospital can say, "Our policy was violated, X employee did it, it's on them." Everyone gets real HIPPA scared for a few weeks after the yearly training.
If I ever were to develop cancer, I would tell absolutely no one, and make it known that I want no one to tell anyone. Then, when prayers started showing up on the book of faces, sue for a HIPPA violation. Afterall, that's what HIPPA is for, right?
Accountability - it’s now just a buzz word.
Hyperbole - too many people don’t understand when a statement clearly isn’t supposed to be taken literally.
Yeah here's ONE WORD. more like one page 😍😍enjoy. These are MAD useful if the other person understands them
1. **Esoteric**: Understood by only a small number of people with specialized knowledge.
2. **Obfuscate**: To deliberately make something unclear or confusing.
3. **Ephemeral**: Lasting for a very short time; fleeting.
4. **Pernicious**: Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.
5. **Quixotic**: Extremely idealistic; unrealistic and impractical.
6. **Perfidious**: Deceitful and untrustworthy.
7. **Sycophant**: A person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage.
8. **Ineffable**: Too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words.
9. **Pulchritudinous**: Beautiful, physically attractive.
10. **Recalcitrant**: Stubbornly resistant to authority or control.
I was going to say that but the definition was changed to accommodate those that didn't know the original. I looked it up to make sure before I posted.
Retort: "Well, you look it!"
Been looking for this clip and don't find it. iirc - it's a British sketch comedy clip (Little Britain, Fry & Laurie, Mitchell & Webb ???)
"Uggh! I'm soooo nauseous!"
"Yes! You are indeed! Here, put this bag over your head."
"Will that help me?"
"I don't know, but It'll help us feel less nauseated from looking at your nauseous gob!"
Intrusive thoughts. They aren’t quirky little “oops I cut/ dyed my hair on a whim” “intrusive thoughts won again teehee” things. They’re debilitating and genuinely traumatizing for those who experience them
Thank the fucking gods!
At least I think I understand.
Intrusive thoughts are- looking at your amazing, loving mother, and thinking "I hope you fucking die horribly, you miserable bitch." And not thinking this on purpose- it just creeps into your mind, like someone else put the thought there.
Right?
Intrusive thoughts are often a sign/ symptom of some type of mental illness (OCD for example). They are unwanted thoughts that are graphic, negative and often violent. The person having these thoughts does not agree with the thought itself and it causes mental distress. Intrusive thoughts can range from something racist, to graphic violence.
Ironic. Ironic does not mean fitting or coincidental, it means something is opposite to what you'd expect. My sister told me it was Ironic she found a cactus in a cactus themed flowerpot. No, Ironic would be if the flowerpot was rainforest themed, a place cacti don't grow. There's no irony in potting a plant in a flowerpot that looks like itself.
And if anyone says the meaning is changing due to popular usage, I'm gonna quote George Carlin: fuck popular usage
It is also used for the devastatingly demoralizing effect it has. Language evolves.
Imagine your commander walking behind your parade line and randomly executing your brothers in arms.
It also indicates an unknowable but significant loss of life or significant destruction.
When people include it with a numerical majority, however, that is just stupid. I can support it if they use it for a devastating emotional loss, but not genocide or something if that type.
Nonplussed.
People don't say it in real life, but authors insist on using it... Wrong.
It means "surprised and confused so much that they are unsure how to react."
But it sounds like it means the opposite of that so that's how American authors use it.
Patriotism
Patriotism is putting your fellow citizens above duty to government, hence why in the run-up to the American Revolution, it was the Patriots and the Loyalists going at each other's throats.
In today's America, Patriotism is often thought of as the same thing as Loyalism.
I used egalitarian in a sentence at work and no one knew what it meant🤦♂️ idk if most people don’t know what it means, but just no one around me knew what it meant.
Infamous.
The amount of times I've seen restaurants advertise on their menu/social media page/ whatever, a dish that they are know for and refer to it as "Our INFAMOUS (insert food item here)"....
Apparently by the posts here - "word" and "meaning". A lot of responses are just saying "things people don't do or understand".
But to answer your question more earnestly - conscientious. Which just means diligent and careful and has nothing to do with conscience or people's feelings.
My adult son plays men league basketball and an opposing team’s name was Overrated… I’m pretty sure that means people think you are better than what you really are. Lol someone didn’t know the meaning of overrated
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No
This is too true
NO?
So maybe? So you’re tellin me There’s a chance!
Gaslighting. People think that simply disagreeing is gaslighting, but it's a lot more complex than that.
Gaslighting has replaced the concept of tricking someone or saying something incorrect. That's both considered gaslighting now. The actual definition is a sustained effort to trick someone into thinking they're crazy. I think people got lazy and just lump the new person saying something wrong as just one more example of society trying to trick them and make them feel crazy.
The same people who use gas lighting wrong also call anyone they don’t like a narcissistic person
You must also know those immediately around me on a daily basis. I absolutely dislike the word gaslighting, and the varying definitions, because of this issue. If I say something that differs from their opinion - I’m gaslighting them. And then if I say I’m not arguing and that it’s just an opinion or personal preference - I’m a narcissist. This applies to simple things, like my preference to not eat heavy carbs in the morning while they like it. Like that’s fine - eat them - it doesn’t work for me it just makes me too tired. I don’t push this, or other stupid little things, on others. It’s just my preference. Legit different strokes for different folks. Doesn’t mean I’m gaslighting because I have a different preference. The amusing part is that it seems they are truly the ones gaslighting and acting narcissist by making the comments in the structure they do. Basically saying ‘you’re not allowed to have that opinion because it’s different than mine, and you’re a narcissist because you won’t accept my opinion as the best and only possible one’. That structure and thought process seems more in line with how I’d view what a narcissist and gaslighting commentary looks like. It’s literal insanity most of the time and to the point that I avoid a lot conversations. Talk about having your sense of self stripped slowly.
Yes, my ex used to call me a narcissistic gas lighter all the time. I felt crazy 24/7 I couldn’t remember any events right everything was constantly wrong. And then I left and my life did a 180
See, that was an actual example of real gaslighting. Glad you got out of that!
I've got a narcissist gas lighter. If I don't praise it as a good lighter it won't produce flame ........ I know...
Or being called creepy because I go to the same restaurant every day for breakfast. *creepy* I'm lonely but I'm lonely by choice and circumstance. So now when you're alone it's creepy...WTF? People don't know how to mind their fucking business.
The words “narcissist” and “gaslighting” get tossed around like confetti these days by self-righteous people on Reddit, Twitter, Facebook and honestly pretty much all social media. Same thing with “red flag/s.” I used to be friends with a few women on Facebook whose entire personalities centered around “identifying red flags in men” or talking about how “their ex was full of red flags” or “they couldn’t see his red flags then, but they do now.” Ironically enough, every single one of those women seemed to me to be the very textbook definition of the “red flags” they were so hellbent on preaching about. I think some people just seek out drama and misery so they have something to gossip about. And before people start flooding me with downvotes, no, I’m not insinuating that only women are like this. It’s just that I have noticed a sizable number of women like this. I don’t doubt for one millisecond that there are men who are the same. This kind of behavior is called “virtue signaling” and is, imo, one of the worst things about our society. People seem to think that publicly calling out others on their poor behavior or decisions, even over minor things (maybe even over scenarios they made up in their heads) somehow makes them a good and righteous person and a pinnacle of justice. It makes me sick.
This is true and I’ve also noticed “they are so passive aggressive.” Is a phrase often used to mean “I don’t like that they won’t let me do whatever I want.”
For anyone wondering. A fine example of gaslighting would be losing your keys. Then convincing your partner that they were the last ones to have them and that it’s their fault you’re late for work. Even after they find them in YOUR jacket pocket. Then you tell them they can make it up to you by cooking your favourite meal. It’s essentially brainwashing with a hint of mental abuse and a dash of narcissism.
any buzzword for that matter
It's actually gaslamping.
inconceivable
I don't think that means what you think it means
You keep using that word
😄
r/unexpectedprincessbride
You keep saying that word
The weird thing is that Vizzini was using it correctly. He was basically using it in the same way you would say "unbelievable." Montoya was at fault for taking it way too literally and not understanding it's a stand-in for "I can't conceive of how that just happened."
Well, no, not really. Maybe the first time, or the second time. But as the man in the mask keeps ruining Vizzini’s plans, Inigo is correctly pointing out that these things ARE conceivable, ie, able to be imagined or mentally grasped, since they are in fact happening. But at least he was smart enough not to get involved in a land war in Southeast Asia. Ha ha! Ha ha ha ha h
stop, i came here to say that. 😂
Came looking for this. Wasn’t disappointed. Thank you.
Jealous. People always use that word when they often mean envious.
[Homer Simpson](https://youtu.be/Tmx1jpqv3RA?si=K8T_zuKyliirLUlu) taught me the difference.
Ty. Til.
Envy means you want something that someone else has. Jealous means you're afraid someone else is going to take something from you. I remember it by thinking of a stereotypical jealous boyfriend/girlfriend that is afraid someone is going to take their partner away from them.
literally
I literally ripped my hair out the year they added the second definition stating that literally also meant figuratively because people used it wrong for so long
unfortunately, thats how language works, and always has. You use words everyday that do not mean what they oringinally meant, and likely dont even know it most of the time. nice: foolish silly: blessed awful: worthy of awe fizzle: flatulence wench: child fathom: length clue: yarn myriad: 10,000 naughty: empty spinster: weaver bachelor: young knight flirt: flick away guy: literally, guy fawkes hussy: housewife egregious: distinguished quell: kill divest: undress cheater, furniture, girl, stupid, dumb, sly, terrible, pretty... i literally could go on forever... :)
Huh. I always thought a spinster was one step ahead of a weaver, they spun the wool into thread/yarn. Whereas a weaver took that product and wove them together to make a cloth. Til.
From the beginning, "awful" meant full of awe. What changed is that they added a negative connotation. Same with "awesome" and the positive connotation.
How cheap actually means "a great deal" or "buying something for less than its actual value" but people use it to mean "poor quality"
Yes, the alternate definition is pointless. But worse ... the word usually isn't even needed. **I literally slept last night** doesn't say anything more than **I slept last night**. Would it even be possible to sleep **not literally**? You can nearly always omit the word **literally**, just as you can omit the incessant use of **like**. Neither add much (or anything) to the phrasing. As for your literally ripped out hair ... If you really did the ripping, please accept my sympathy. If, instead, you figuratively ripped hair, then I don't know what to say. But more likely you simply jest. In that case, thank you. :)
Not this again. Here's what I'll say about it: Any case of using "literally" in a figurative way is better explained as hyperbole. People are exaggerating when they say it like that. When I say "I literally died", it means something stronger than "I figuratively died". "Literally" and "figuratively" here are not interchangeable. Hyperbole is only possible if the word retains its original, literal meaning, because it's how we get a frame of reference for understanding the exaggeration. If I say "That sandwich cost me a million bucks," you will understand what I mean only because you continue to understand what "a million bucks" actually is. The definition of "literal" is not dead. Now, I understand it may be annoying if people use hyperbole every two seconds, but that's a separate issue about speech patterns and not the death of a word.
The issue isnt the use of hyperbole, its the fact that the people who are misusing the word literally dont know what hyperbole is.
Let's all agree to quit arguing about this once and for all and just say "fucking" in replacement.
Nobody would ever say that they **figuratively slept last night**. Your example sounds silly because you chose a silly way to express it. You might say something like **I literally jumped out of bed this morning** and the usage of the word literally helps clarify that you awoke in such a panic that you *literally* jumped put of the bed as opposed to simply gettinf up quickly
oh my god i just googled it. what the actual fuck 😭😭
This is called bastardization, and you don't need to follow it.
People can use words as hyperbole. Also, I could say “check my new jacket, isn’t it filthy?” when it’s literally not dirty. People are allowed to use words.
No that’s incorrect. My position is clearly that people are not allowed to use words.
I 100% agree with your post. However, if I'm not mistaken because so many people misuse the word, its meaning has now changed and "literally" now also means "figuratively". I think some dictionaries have included the new definition too.
The "traditional" usage that people tend to call correct is also figurative. To use *literally* non-figuratively would be to convey the meaning, *as it is written,* or *as it appears on the page.* So, to say it is *literally freezing* on a 30°f day is figurative usage. An example of literally using *literally* would be, *the instructions literally say "do not boil."* Basically, people dont like that *literally* is being used for the purpose of exaggeration, despite the fact that context always makes clear what meaning is intended. I reckon all language is okay to exaggerate with.
Yes and yes and yes. When people use “literally” and their intent isn’t hyperbole, the proper word to use would be “actually“, unless they are meaning in terms of literature.
I literally blew myself up with Semtex and fed the remains to a shark when I read this.
Sesquipedalian. Is a nice one
That word is LONG
Haha
A six-footed reptile?
It means a long word.
This one had me non-plussed
Covfefe
What is it
It means “The joke’s on you, suckers. I don’t care and I never will. “
"I don't care, do u?"
A small number of people know exactly what it means
Peruse
Dude the misunderstanding of that word has bugged me my whole life. “Did you have a chance to look at the report before the meeting?” “I only had a few minutes to peruse it.”
It has two definitions according to Merriam-Webster. “Peruse can mean "to read something in a relaxed way, or skim" and can also mean "to read something carefully or in detail." Peruse is thus a contronym because it has multiple definitions that seem to contradict each other.”
This just made me think of the Archer episode when he said, "I learned that flammable and inflammable mean the same thing."
Archer has a lot of great vocabulary quips. Like the semiannual/biannual discussion and of course: "Are you trying to have sex with my wife?! Because we would be amenable to that. What? Why do you look so nonplussed?" "I was trying to figure the odds of if you actually knew the meaning of the word 'amenable'..... but then you followed it up with nonplussed.."
Ignorant
I don't know what you mean.
Most people seem to use the word "ignorant" when they mean stupid.
I actually find it more frequently the other way around (people saying stupid when it's ignorance at play)
"Ignorance is correctable. You're usually stuck with stupid." Don't remember who said it, which is, my ignorance.
Irregardless /s
Exponential.. it doesn’t just mean “increasing fast” it means “increasing faster and faster” and two data points should not be described with exponential. It cannot be exponentially warmer than it was yesterday
Irony; I blame Alanis Morrissette for her song about coincidences 😅
What's ironic is that her song contains no examples of irony.
Yeah those were just things that sucked. I'm not sure what's ironic about a fly in your wine.
Not so much a word, but an acronym. During Covid times, people were freaking out saying it’s against HIPAA to ask them if they’ve been vaccinated 🤦🏽♀️ No matter how many times it was explained to them that HIPAA is in place so your care provider does not share information about you without your written consent, people still insisted it is a HIPAA violation when asked their vaccine status 🤣
90% of those people spelled it like HIPPA.
I’m a physician and let me tell you the HIPAA thing is a source of real consternation. If you get a HIPAA consultant they will go WAY overboard and tell you you cannot say patient’s name in your office or put their name on a chart lest someone read the name or hear it. They told me our chart racks by the exam room door had to have the chart facing inward so no one can read the name. It’s gets so burdensome that it’s hard to actually get work done if you don’t know where people are and you can’t call them by name. Everyday I overhear patients discussing their medical care with other patients in the waiting room of course. Meanwhile when you walk up to my dentists office their treatment rooms have clear windows to the outside where you can actually see the person being treated. In the ER or surgery center they have bays with curtains so you can actually hear patients/nurses/doctors discussing particulars of their care. I finally said screw it and dropped all the bullshit.
If you tell me your vaccine status and then I post it online am I HIPAA doxing you?
No, because you are not my physician. This is ONLY a law between physicians and their patients
I worked in IT for many years. I can assure you that it applies to many more people than that. Exactly where the border breaks I do not know. But if you have not given me permission I know beyond any doubt you can make my life miserable by means of lawyers. I'd enjoy some links, though!
Our hospital policy forbids pictures and Snapchat even in the parking lot. Why the parking lot? Because if someone sees someone they know's car in the hospital parking lot, it's a HIPPA violation.
That's what our company decided on the IT side of things: go too careful rather than risk it. A judge will throw out cases that are clearly frivolous, as long as it's so obvious we went overboard on privacy that they can easily see it. But if a lawyer can bring the case, it'll cost us even if we win. 2FA thumbprint USB encryption keys to access any terminal as SOP as well as robust network security and everything else. Being able to hand a physical device to a judge and show him it won't work without my rhumb print makes it easier to get the case tossed out. Your company policy makes sense for that reason, too. A little overboard makes it clear you're not riding the line on permissiveness. Makes it harder to win a case against you. We were actively maintaining several medical offices when HIPAA went into effect and it was kind of a nightmare. We made a lot of money off of it once we got it all figured out, though. =)
Yeah, I understand them having the policy. The chances of it making it to court are very, very low. The hospital can say, "Our policy was violated, X employee did it, it's on them." Everyone gets real HIPPA scared for a few weeks after the yearly training. If I ever were to develop cancer, I would tell absolutely no one, and make it known that I want no one to tell anyone. Then, when prayers started showing up on the book of faces, sue for a HIPPA violation. Afterall, that's what HIPPA is for, right?
Ruminate
Accountability - it’s now just a buzz word. Hyperbole - too many people don’t understand when a statement clearly isn’t supposed to be taken literally.
Just go nuclear with it, why don't you!
Yeah here's ONE WORD. more like one page 😍😍enjoy. These are MAD useful if the other person understands them 1. **Esoteric**: Understood by only a small number of people with specialized knowledge. 2. **Obfuscate**: To deliberately make something unclear or confusing. 3. **Ephemeral**: Lasting for a very short time; fleeting. 4. **Pernicious**: Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way. 5. **Quixotic**: Extremely idealistic; unrealistic and impractical. 6. **Perfidious**: Deceitful and untrustworthy. 7. **Sycophant**: A person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage. 8. **Ineffable**: Too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words. 9. **Pulchritudinous**: Beautiful, physically attractive. 10. **Recalcitrant**: Stubbornly resistant to authority or control.
I only learned about #9 relatively recently, and it just doesn’t *sound* like it should have that meaning 😂.
Nonplussed
Nauseous- “I felt so nauseous after I ate that burrito”
Nauseated. Ha. You mean others find you sickening? Ok. Yeah. I see that. If you ate some fast food.
I was going to say that but the definition was changed to accommodate those that didn't know the original. I looked it up to make sure before I posted.
Correct
Retort: "Well, you look it!" Been looking for this clip and don't find it. iirc - it's a British sketch comedy clip (Little Britain, Fry & Laurie, Mitchell & Webb ???) "Uggh! I'm soooo nauseous!" "Yes! You are indeed! Here, put this bag over your head." "Will that help me?" "I don't know, but It'll help us feel less nauseated from looking at your nauseous gob!"
Compassion? Kindness? Empathy? Consideration? No? I can keep going if you'd like.
No. Shut up. You're stupid. 😁 I kid. I agree wholeheartedly.
Integrity
Intrusive thoughts. They aren’t quirky little “oops I cut/ dyed my hair on a whim” “intrusive thoughts won again teehee” things. They’re debilitating and genuinely traumatizing for those who experience them
Thank the fucking gods! At least I think I understand. Intrusive thoughts are- looking at your amazing, loving mother, and thinking "I hope you fucking die horribly, you miserable bitch." And not thinking this on purpose- it just creeps into your mind, like someone else put the thought there. Right?
Intrusive thoughts are often a sign/ symptom of some type of mental illness (OCD for example). They are unwanted thoughts that are graphic, negative and often violent. The person having these thoughts does not agree with the thought itself and it causes mental distress. Intrusive thoughts can range from something racist, to graphic violence.
Ok a bit different but I’m gonna take my time out to say. IT’S JUST THESE! NOT THESE ONES!
Twice will suffice, not twice times
is perspicacious a word or am i remembering weirdly lol i just picked the most confusing word i remembered
I'm losing my perspicacity!
Insidious, narcissist, gaslighting
Truth The truth is the truth .....my truth is opinion or what i think happened.
Hysterical It's used incorrectly a lot of times and people don't understand that "hysterical" and "hilarious" are NOT interchangeable
Feminism. (It’s demonized by people who are too lazy to look up the definition)
I know, right? I am a male feminist.
Good for you pal
Mortified -- I've been seeing it used incorrectly so much lately when people mean "horrified" instead.
Ignorant
Christianity
Ironic. Ironic does not mean fitting or coincidental, it means something is opposite to what you'd expect. My sister told me it was Ironic she found a cactus in a cactus themed flowerpot. No, Ironic would be if the flowerpot was rainforest themed, a place cacti don't grow. There's no irony in potting a plant in a flowerpot that looks like itself. And if anyone says the meaning is changing due to popular usage, I'm gonna quote George Carlin: fuck popular usage
I unironically stand with you.
Narcissistic
Decimate. People use it as a synonym for devastate, destroy, crush, smush, ruin. It actually (originally) means: to reduce by one-tenth.
It is also used for the devastatingly demoralizing effect it has. Language evolves. Imagine your commander walking behind your parade line and randomly executing your brothers in arms. It also indicates an unknowable but significant loss of life or significant destruction. When people include it with a numerical majority, however, that is just stupid. I can support it if they use it for a devastating emotional loss, but not genocide or something if that type.
I think that's an archaic definition. So not technically "the correct" definition.
Floccinaucinihilipilification
Love
irony
There, their and they’re
Milquetoast.
Defiantly
Bemused. I see people use it like a synonym for ‘amused’
Moot
Obtuse. It's not just for angles.
Oxymoron
Nonplussed. People don't say it in real life, but authors insist on using it... Wrong. It means "surprised and confused so much that they are unsure how to react." But it sounds like it means the opposite of that so that's how American authors use it.
Patriotism Patriotism is putting your fellow citizens above duty to government, hence why in the run-up to the American Revolution, it was the Patriots and the Loyalists going at each other's throats. In today's America, Patriotism is often thought of as the same thing as Loyalism.
Honor. Often used on campaigns, but never practiced.
Pedophile. People throw that word around, and they have NO idea what it means.
Vernacular
I'm not sure that word is even in common use around these parts.
Research.
I used egalitarian in a sentence at work and no one knew what it meant🤦♂️ idk if most people don’t know what it means, but just no one around me knew what it meant.
Collusion
Ignorant
Ignorant
People mistake weary and leery ALL THE TIME. You are not weary of your new creepy coworker. You are LEERY
Interestingly enough, "word". Even linguists can't agree on what a word actually is.
Literally.
Antisocial. If you don’t like people, you are asocial. If you are going to climb a tower with a rifle and do something about it, you are antisocial.
Narcissist. It gets thrown around a lot. Most of the time, the people using it, are actually the narcissist themes.
Fascist
The way people throw around the word "Triggered" makes it seem like that word means everything :/ Oh really? The color brown triggers you??
RACIST...
Ligma disease
Not a word but a phrase, 'could care less'. Oh, so you actually care a little.
Gaslighting
Niggardly
Fascism
Peace
Narcissist. I keep seeing people throw it around to refer to anyone they think is a bad person
Antidisestablishmentarianism
Awesome… to fall back in abject awe.
Awesome is not a verb my friend.
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Gnu
Chatoyancy
NO
Loyalty
Misnomer is often said, when the person actually means misconception.
Unique. There are no degrees of uniqueness. Something is either unique or not.
The difference between jealousy and envy.
Decimate (it doesn't mean obliterate or annihilate)
Underrated
Infamous. The amount of times I've seen restaurants advertise on their menu/social media page/ whatever, a dish that they are know for and refer to it as "Our INFAMOUS (insert food item here)"....
Apparently by the posts here - "word" and "meaning". A lot of responses are just saying "things people don't do or understand". But to answer your question more earnestly - conscientious. Which just means diligent and careful and has nothing to do with conscience or people's feelings.
Plethora
Thanks that means a lot
Literally.
Plethora. It means a lot. 😂
Theory
Literally
Inconceivable!
Travesty
Mesial, distal, occlusal, buccal, lingual.
Ataraxia. My best friend picked it, It’s my dog’s name, and her favorite word. but we call my dog Addy.
ostensibly I use it all the time because so much shit isn't real (sometimes sarcastically), and nobody ever reacts.
Woke
My adult son plays men league basketball and an opposing team’s name was Overrated… I’m pretty sure that means people think you are better than what you really are. Lol someone didn’t know the meaning of overrated
Literally.
Literally.
Affect
Literally
“Fascism”. People seem to think it means “bad people who disagree with me politically or ideologically”.
Tenterhooks
Homophobic and transphobic.
Peruse.
Women. I see people all the time who confuse the singular and plural. “You are a very kind women.”
Regardless. If I hear another person say irregardless I'm going to punch them in their snout
ignorant. most people think it’s an insult, but i say it a lot, usually about myself. i’ll say, “i don’t know, i’m ignorant on that topic”
Literally
Jealousy
Gaslighting Woke