“Being confident” is dangerously close to straight up bothering people. Plus it only really works if you’re good looking.

      • shuzuko@midwest.socialEnglish
        3·
        7 months ago

        Hey, I gave up being a language prescriptivist; use it if it makes sense to you! Ain’t no one got time to quibble about that shit if what you say makes sense anyway.

        I can see it being the midground - inept is bad, adept is good, “ept” is just… “well I guess they don’t suck at it”, lol

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      7 months ago

      Thanks!

      I didn’t really think it was, just being funny when I couldn’t find the word I wanted.

      Heading off to etymonline now…