A lot of people seem to quote 'Moist' and 'Panty' as uncomfortable words, but I don't really see why.
Personally I'm a fan of moist panties.
The words that I find uncomfortable are the ones that are used incorrectly most often: Literal, Decimate, Effect/Affect, Unique, and Imply/Infer.
In University English courses we have discussions about how words mean something because that's how people use them, but this isn't true. (I argue, at length...) Words in English have meanings because they are formed of words we have used in the past, evolving a language to describe and indicate and communicate for our society to function.
Literal means Literal... it does NOT mean figurative! I don't care if that's how it's used now, that's WRONG!
Decimate means 'to destroy one in ten', from the 'deci' root as in decimal, and decimeter. If you defeat your enemies you may have decimated, but if you kill every last one you have ANNIHILATED them, not decimated them. Decimation was a punishment the Romans used on their legionnaires: a misconduct had the Legate/Legatus stand at guard with his personal Legion and required the offending legion to kill one in ten of its own members. Ouch.
A cause has an effect. You affect something.
Unique means one of a kind. It is an absolute state, and something cannot be more or less unique. It is either unique, or it is not. Well Massage in Midland is a unique establishment... This is not a judgement or indication of quality, it is simply a fact, there is no other Well Massage. While the place is lovely, and it has some similarities to other establishments, it is not identical, nor is it derivative enough to be considered a 'knock-off'. Thus it is unique. It is not a clone of XXXX. It is not less unique than Paradise.
I imply. You infer. When someone says 'you implied', they are nearly always incorrect.
Words have meanings. Changing them is illogical.
[/q Purplefixer you are correct. Let's not forget that language usage and phraseology is constantly evolving, particularly with the social media slang and though I like grammar and correct grammatical usage, I still prefer good sex above all. Whether I have a great organism or orgasm with my lady, I'll be doing the best I can, irrespective of spelling. And as I tell her often, with me lovely lady YMMV
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