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Fascinating observation I simultaneously agree and disagree I feel more pro-"vibe" than the tone of this tweet A person could probably write a book on the nuanced usages and significations of "vibe"

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Diana S. Fleischman

@sentientist

Sep 28, 2018

“Vibe” is a murderous word that’s killed many other better words. Let’s all take a moment to remember words like attitude, aesthetic, environment, demeanor, manifestation, dynamic and quality that are rarely used anymore because that’s, like, totally not the vibe right now.

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Most observations like this are made by people who dislike a particular word and think therefore everyone else should, too. Language contracts and divides naturally with time. If you don't like a word, don't use it. SO CHALLENGING. Also, yes, half those substitutions are ass.

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Secondarily, it's absolutely nothing new that most people have a small active vocabulary and stick with just a few fad words for a given category. This is more or less a direct function of verbal IQ modulated by literacy. It has nothing to do with words or language as such.

10:23 AM · Sep 28, 2018Twitter Web Client