I may watch too much television

[slemslempike]

[Poll #1084483]

I think the main thing that would make teaching immeasurably better is if the students didn't. to a woman, have much better skin than me. I demand a return to spotty eighteen year olds!

When I was younger and watching Fist of Fun on TV, I thought Stewart Lee was the most beautiful man who ever lived. Then a few years later, watching This Morning With Richard Not Judy, I still liked him (obviously) but decided that it must have been a childish infatuation and he was perfectly normal looking. In the last few weeks I watched the FoF live video, and I wasn't wrong, I wasn't. He was heavenly.

Comments

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

Option five to what? The question's about whether or not you've heard the word used before, not people's reactions to it!

I quite like it myself though. As wonderlanded's helpfully pointed out above, it doesn't fulfill the same function as confrontational, and when I've heard it used it's not in a situation where I can easily think of a synonym. And I'm all for increasing vocabulary - though as a descriptive grammarian rather than prescriptive (...most of the time...) I would say that.

[badbadbookworm.livejournal.com]

Nyeah...I TRY to be descriptive not proscriptive, and I'm forever lecturing my dad about assimilation being the greatest strength of the English language, but certain neologisms make me want to go and have a little lie down.

Sorry to invade your LJ, by the way, I just thought this looked like an interesting thread.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

Not at all - all welcome! And it's nice to have all views.

Yes, a more accurate description of my stance is "trying" as well - I do have my blind spots of rage. But I think because I see confronting as filling a gap that no other word adequately covers, and not taking away from anything, I'm okay with it.

[badbadbookworm.livejournal.com]

I'll have a little lie down and a small glass of water and see if I can come to terms with it.