Supposably, Dictionary.com is getting Updates

[Ben]

Dictionary.com is updating their online dictionary. An example:

"supposably," which is an adverb meaning "as may be assumed, imagined, or supposed," is one of the 600 words we just added to http://Dictionary.com.

https://twitter.com/Dictionarycom/status/1370192823396405250

[WLJ]

Waiting for racism to be "Something only white people do"

[Devonai]

Maybe it's just me but the English language seems to support both "supposedly" (something that is supposed) versus "supposably" (able to be supposed). While my education tells me that the former is correct and the latter is not, when it comes to the sometimes arbitrary word-building of our Anglo-Saxon language conventions, either may be correct.

[Ben]

Maybe it's just me but the English language seems to support both "supposedly" (something that is supposed) versus "supposably" (able to be supposed). While my education tells me that the former is correct and the latter is not, when it comes to the sometimes arbitrary word-building of our Anglo-Saxon language conventions, either may be correct.

I'm not necessarily against adding new words or slang - that's part of changing language. For me though, "supposably" has always been wrong. Could be an age and/or regional thing.

[zxcvbob]

Maybe it's just me but the English language seems to support both "supposedly" (something that is supposed) versus "supposably" (able to be supposed). While my education tells me that the former is correct and the latter is not, when it comes to the sometimes arbitrary word-building of our Anglo-Saxon language conventions, either may be correct.

Wouldn't that be "supposable"? That's a perfectly cromulent word.   I don't think adding a 'y' is right

[Ron]

It's been knocking around a while, not in my vocabulary though.

Seeing it spelled out, it just looks wrong.

[Hawkmoon]

"Supposably" is a misspelling of "supposedly" and has no place in a dictionary.

This is why I ignore dictionary.com. If/when I need an on-line dictionary I usually start with Merriam-Webster, and then I may also check the Oxford and Cambridge dictionaries. Here at my desk, I have seven (7) dead trees thesauri (all the proper, two-part Roget's style) and four (4) English language dictionaries. I don't need dictionary.com.

https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/supposably

[RoadKingLarry]

What he said.

The English language evolves. The meaning of words and their usage changes over time but changing dictionarys to include common mispronunciations of common words is just stupid.

[Perd Hapley]

Are they going to redefine "downfall," so it means "downside;" or "tact" to mean "tack"?

[RoadKingLarry]

Are they going to redefine "downfall," so it means "downside;" or "tact" to mean "tack"?

Why Yous axing so many questions ?

[Doggy Daddy]

Why Yous axing so many questions ?

Cause he ain't right in the haid.

[K Frame]

Jesus wept, the English langue is doomed.

[230RN]

Let me know when they add "rediculous."

Stretching things a bit, you could say it's related to being smelly, as in "redolent."

[Hawkmoon]

What I have always wondered is, if an unhappy employee is "disgruntled," why do we never hear about all the "gruntled" employees?

[Perd Hapley]

Let me know when they add "rediculous."

Stretching things a bit, you could say it's related to being smelly, as in "redolent."

Definately

[Jim147]

What I have always wondered is, if an unhappy employee is "disgruntled," why do we never hear about all the "gruntled" employees?

That's why always warn people to beware the ert. Because if isn't inert it's ert.

[HeroHog]

Ok, now add "fitinta", as in "I was jus' fitinta do that, boss."

[TommyGunn]

Jesus wept, the English langue is doomed.

Bah, Geoffrey Chaucer said the same thing ....

[230RN]

Disunirregardess of the above examples, I hate when breech, broach, and breach get mixed up in text, as in, "Don't you just love her beautiful breech?"

[Hawkmoon]

Disunirregardess of the above examples, I hate when breech, broach, and breach get mixed up in text, as in, "Don't you just love her beautiful breech?"

Note to self: Do ... not ... go ... there ...

[230RN]

Well, I had to broach the subject.

[230RN]

What a foreigner hears: numoanya.

What he finds in the dictionary: coin collector.

[Hawkmoon]

What a foreigner hears: numoanya.

What he finds in the dictionary: coin collector.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grA5XmBRC6g

[ConstitutionCowboy]

Waiting for racism to be "Something only white people do"

I don't think it will happen. "Racism" will be fading from the scene soon. It will be replaced with the up and coming "white supremacy" meme since it is becoming evident that all races have people in them who are racist.

It's like when they changed "global warming" to "climate change" because global warming was too narrowly focused, confining their agenda. Conversely, racism is becoming too widely applicable to single out from whom to collect reparations, to take their jobs, to push aside to allow less qualified individuals to attend higher education or take positions of authority or importance simply because they are not white, etc., etc., etc. (Only the person with the highest qualifications, etc., should advance to any given position regardless of color.)

As for me, I'm neither racist nor do I claim to be of a supreme or superior color. Like numbers, words have meaning and value. I just do the math.

Woody

[MechAg94]

Irregardless, since "racist" is losing its potency due to overuse, they are now moving to "white supremacy".  When that inevitably loses its potency in the near future, what will be the next terrible accusation?  (or will people just not care anymore?)