I’m no grammar Nazi. The dirty truth is that I still struggle with the difference between “to” and “too”. This post isn’t about grammar and the death of the English language but rather about how stupidity has become a lifestyle rather than a mental disability.
The reason for my ire is quite simple, “Meh” is now part of the English dictionary. For the cool kids with social lives, “Meh” is a term coined online that denotes “indifference or boredom”. I’m sorry, when did overweight man-children living in their parents basements become the new rock stars of the English language?
The simple fact of the matter is that “Meh” is not derived from any Latin or ancient language. It’s not a derivation of another common word nor is it an abbreviation of anything useful. At the core, “Meh” is a rubbish word with no value what-so-ever. If the Collins English Dictionary had any sense they would realise that people online use dumb words like this as they are quicker to type on a keyboard. You need things to be easy to type as you’ve either gorging on a diet Coke and a Pizza Hut special or even worse, playing World of Warcraft. These online “words” are all about convenience rather than intellectualism, a glaringly obvious fact!
As is common for me, after the ramble, here comes the point: How are stupid words like this acceptable in society? I know being stupid is becoming more acceptable than intellectualism these days but surely the boffins at Collins are a bastion against this?
I think it’s pretty much a commentary against society these days. When our icons are the like of Paris “that’s hot” Hilton you cannot expect much more from humanity. I really hope it’s going to become fashionable to be smart soon, if not our world is doomed towards society influenced mental retardation.
PS: My blog isn’t allowing me to upload photo’s at the moment hence the lack of graphic stimulation.
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I kind of agree with you. My grammar struggles sometimes because of me being lazy but generally i am a bit of a nazi for good grammar. However there is something about the word Meh that I really warmed to.
I think its time they add “lol” to the dictionary
And yet you have no problem with “google” being in the dictionary?
I think its more a sense of ‘death of grammar’ instead of linguicide (death of a launguage). From a linguistic perspective English has the highest lexical density or most words. English has evolved into new terms and phrases. The bubblegum generation however is grammatically challenged with abstracts like ‘meh’ , ‘gah’, ‘fugly’ and a host of others that you can see on http://www.urbandictionary.com
As we venture forward, words and phrases like woot, lol, google, linklove, facebook me, twitter, will infiltrate themselves into everyday talk. Its no longer regarded as jargon, but then again… is anything ever jargon when we understand it
Regardless, words like meh irritate me!