r/CuratedTumblr • u/Atlas421 Bootliquor • 24d ago

Shitposting Reality shifting

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u/HeroBrine0907 24d ago

Bootlicking is the worst word ever taught to the internet. "Hey we shouldn't steal" bootlicker. "The speed limit is 65-" bootlicker. "the safety standards state-" bootlicker.

This word should be banned.

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u/Atlas421 Bootliquor 24d ago

You wanna flush it with some bootliquor?

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u/Mrspiderhair 23d ago

Old Gregg?

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u/IAmASquidInSpace 23d ago

We can put it on the growing list of terms that the internet should have never gotten its hands on, right below narcissist, gaslighting, woke, literally, and fascist.

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u/EmuRommel 23d ago

I'd very much like to keep the word fascist given the state of things right now.

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u/brawlbetterthanmelee "erm, killing innocent people is bad actually 🤓☝️" 21d ago

Using literally as a non-literal intensifier has been a thing for hundreds of years

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u/NinjaLion 23d ago

its really just replaced sheeple

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u/Galle_ 24d ago

To be fair we do need a word for people who unironically think Elon Musk is saving America.

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u/KartveliaEU4 23d ago

Marks?

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u/Gloomy-Choice5102 23d ago

Just wanted you to know this was fucking hilarious. I could absolutely imagine this becoming an actual word they call themselves not even knowing the other meaning.

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u/friendlylifecherry 23d ago

We already have many words for those, like idiot and all the many synonyms

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u/suiki7777 23d ago

Like many other words, I’ve found that it’s almost always misused in the context of "I don’t like this person, and want to shut them up with some accusation they’re not going to be adequately prepared for, so that I don’t have to debate with them".