I hate this type of thing. It just grates.Apparently we now should call people with dash cameras 'cammers. Ugly ugly word WTF
New word ?
Jun 03, 2023
Last reply: 3 years ago
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In message snipped-for-privacy@googlegroups.com, fred snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com writes
Never heard of 'cammers'. They're usually 'cammras'.
We already have "prankers" - which has the advantage of rhyming with what they really are.
What if I self-identify as a dash cam user instead?
I baulked at "Detectorists'. And 'Selfies'.
And while we're at it, why do reporters always forget that a Town Hall is a building, the meeting is a Town Hall Meeting. I have yet to see anybody holding a Town Hall, it would be way too big.
One I have noticed more frequently recently are "journalists" referring to "aircrafts"...
And well marinated
Thank you for gifting us with this word.
Sam Plusnet snipped-for-privacy@home.com wrote
And its nothing new, most obviously with loonys being sectioned.
"Being sectioned" once meant "Hung, drawn and quartered".
How times have changed.
Eh? I wonder where that came from. Us anoraks and the like need to stand up for our words. :-) Brian
I think then those who have cameras on helmets should be called Helcamers then?
I was listening to the radio and it seems people who listen to old music and records are now Nostalgists.
Brian
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