On the proper meaning of words

[anna_wing]

One of the more meaningless words in current circulation is "sustainable", which has been stretched to the kind of shapelessness previously only seen in 20-year-old Marks & Spencer knickers

Comments

[sartorias]

Organic. Value.

words that have become nearly meaningless.

[anna_wing]

Organic is fine when attached to "chemistry", but otherwise, yes.

I dislike "problematic" , which now means nothing beyond "anything that I disagree with, or don't like".

Also "diverse", which much of the English-speaking internet seems to think means "the people who don't look like me or fancy the same demographic that I happen to fancy, but nonetheless agree with me about everything important (to me)".

[sartorias]

Oh yes. Those too.

[engarian]

As a spinner, I adore working with silk. Those long staples, that shine and suppleness. There's really nothing quite like it. And it's got wonderful insulating qualities, which were well known by the societies who used quilted silk garment against the colder temperatures. In nature, some live and some die. Although I'm not a fan of slaughter, I haven't really felt guilty about using silk cocoons.

- Erulisse (one L)

[anna_wing]

Yes before Uniqlo's Heat Tech underwear revolutionised winter clothes all over Asia, people who could afford it wore knitted silk longjohns from China in winter.

Eri silk is a staple fiber, not continuous filament, so it has a totally different texture, sort of soft and fluffy, and not so shiny as filament silk. It's nice, but I think in India it's mostly used for winter clothes or outerwear