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What are some words you swear people use to try and sound smart? (kbin.melroy.org)

submitted 2 months ago by Nytefyre@kbin.melroy.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Mine is - Algorithm. Ever since people have learned some of the inner workings of how content is suggested to them, that became the new spammed word that easily got exhausted within the week of it being used.

Yeah, an algorithm does indeed pitch you things of what to watch or listen to. But there's more going on than that, but people all the time just stop at that word and expect everyone to suddenly understand it. Sadly, most people just buy it at face value.

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[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Right now, "demure".

My boss, specifically: "stonefruit".

[–] Glide@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Alright, I'll bite: what exactly is a "stonefruit" in this context? Google just says "fruits with large seeds that are basically rocks in the middle", which I suspect is not the pseudo-intellectual flex your boss is going for?

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

No, that's it. But it's every single wine she tastes. They don't all have stonefruit notes!

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Peach, plum, cherry, apricot, pluot.... and it goes on extensively. There are lots of different stonefruits out there all with very different flavors.

Tangentially related there's an artist that has been trying to make a tree with the most diverse number of storefruit producing branches grafted onto it.

A Tree Grows 40 Different Types of Fruit

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago

Sure, but she just says "stonefruits", not any specific one. shrug

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Lol. Grapes. Wine smells like grapes.

It is a great experience to have someone explain to you what you should smell, taste, etc. when you are drinking a wine varietal, but apart from that everything else is just fluff & marketing.

[–] yngmnwntr@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I work in the grape wine industry but at home I make fruit wines. I always crack up when someone says this grape wine tastes like cherries or blueberry.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

That's the fun thing about food (and wine especially). You don't need to have the ingredient present for it to taste like that ingredient. I made chocolate chip cookies once that tasted like bananas, and I most definitely didn't add bananas to them.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

I've never seen anyone use "demure" in a serious context. It seems to always be used to convey a mocking tone.