Attention English-Speakers

[to_scarlet_hue]

THERE IS NO SUCH WORD AS "ENTHUSED."

What exactly was wrong with "enthusiastic" that we had to get rid of it?

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From the dictionary.

[mortalwealth]

-Usage note The verb enthuse is a 19th-century back formation from the noun enthusiasm. Originally an Americanism, enthuse is now standard and well established in the speech and all but the most formal writing of educated persons, in both Britain and the United States. It is used as a transitive verb meaning “to cause to become enthusiastic” (The liveliness of the dance enthused the audience) and as an intransitive verb meaning “to show enthusiasm” (She enthused warmly over his performance). Despite its long history and frequent occurrence, however, enthuse is still strongly disapproved of by many

Re: From the dictionary.

[to_scarlet_hue]

Screw the dictionary! Everything in The Elements of Style is correct and all who disagree are HERETICS!

Re: From the dictionary.

[mortalwealth]

well... it does say in both explanations that nobody likes it or it is frowned upon...

[classical_slut]

Wait, it's officially gone? Fuck that. English is going to shit. It's all these fucking pasty college kids who use words like "vajayjay"

[to_scarlet_hue]

It isn't officially gone, I was just being hyperbolic. But yeah, screw Dumbglish.

[tiredshaw]

I'll back you on this one.

[daunwitaydz_boi]

It's called the laziness of the general populace.