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Supposably: A Word or Not?
The gals on the Book Club brought this up as one of their pet peeves and I absolutely have to agree. It drives me bonkers. My DH and his entire family (from SE Georgia) say 'supposably' and I cannot stand it. So, I, in all of my uppity English major glory, looked it up last week to prove it's not really a word, and lo and behold--it had an entry in Webster's Dictionary! And it was defined exactly how they use it.?
ttp://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supposably
Can someone please tell me once and for all--is this a word or not? I would love to know!
Re: Supposably: A Word or Not?
Per this, http://languagerules.wordpress.com/2006/12/04/supposedly-supposably-is-merely-supposition/ -- it's NOT, though supposable is a word.
This reminds me of the rage I feel when I see people write "prolly." Really???
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I really didn't think so either which is why I gave H such a hard time about it, then I looked it up and it was there in Webster's!
Thanks for the link Mamie, I am going to re-post that on the NBC board.?
I've heard it used pretty frequently but I can't stand hearing it. The worst offender was my old co-worker from Baton Rouge. She used all kinds of weird words though. I think the way she said mayonnaise bugged me the most. It came out like "mannehz".
Mannehz is manners in Boston speak. Weird.
Hahahahahahahahahahah. I literally LOLd at this.
Wow, me too.. thanks for the laugh!
Webster's isn't the best place to disprove "supposably". If a slang word is used often enough in everyday speech, Webster's will vote it into their dictionary. It's pretty ridiculous, if you ask me. You'd be surprised how many ebonics words have gotten the stamp of approval from Webster's.
Good point! Bootylicious.?
For reals, yo. I'm totally serious haha
Isn't "bootylicious" in Webster's now too?
PS I hate when people say "supposably." I'm sorry but it's just not a word, I don't care what Webster's says.
To be honest, I've never heard anyone say "supposably." But now I'm doubting myself, thinking that somebody must have said it to me at some point, and my brain just changed it to "supposedly" before processing what they said.
Therefore, I'm going to agree with the masses and say that Webster's is wrong, it's not a word.
Not a real word.
Which reminds me of one of my favorite "Simpsons" moments, when they're watching the Jebediah Springfield biopic:
(on film)..."A noble spirit embiggens the smallest mind."
Miss Hoover: Embiggens?
Mrs. Krabappel: What? It's a perfectly cromulent word.
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Chandler: Or I dumped her because she pronounces it "supposably".
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I refuse to believe Webster's specifically for the reasons Chrissy said. I should not, nor should anyone else, be allowed to "vote" for a word. If that were the case, my English students would vote that "u" should = "you", and I'll just friggin' scream if that ever happens.
WOOP WOOP. Baton Rougeans say all kinds of crazy shiit. I don't. I swear.