Is that bad?

  • miz [any, any]@hexbear.net
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    7 days ago

    lol the word “cellular” sucks so bad and the USA is still trying to use it (or “cell phone”) for phones instead of just “mobile” like the rest of the english-speaking world

    • scrungus [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      6 days ago

      The only times I ever hear it anymore are in company names or advertising. Only my aged father sometimes calls it that, anyone else under retirement age just calls it a phone ime

          • miz [any, any]@hexbear.net
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            6 days ago

            I dunno I didn’t want OP to think I was taking a shot at them, it was an intentionally over-the-top comment but it has always bugged me how unwieldy it is to say “cellular”. it’s fine as a biology term but kind of a brick for a word you use dozens of times a day

              • ChatPPB [none/use name]@hexbear.netB
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                6 days ago

                I think it would probably be a way to say, an additional few lines of adjectives without punctuation. A lot of people want adjectives with more than natural exceptions, so I would suggest reducing it on a source basis to “alternative” to “nonological beliefs” as more than a “science” or “unslamation” to further morph into any definition, “non-human purposes”, it’s much simpler. A similar definition is that it’s very simplistic. They just want to take a little break, and s * e you tohale *cockBorn.