People saying "That's problematic" when they mean "I wish you wouldn't say that, even though we can both see it's obviously true."
Pet peeves: People saying 'that's inappropriate' when they mean 'that's immoral'. People saying 'that's inappropriate' when they mean 'that's rude'. People saying 'that's inappropriate' when they mean 'I don't know the difference between ethical principles and social norms'.
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Yes. This.
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Next time it happens: "I find your use of inappropriate, inappropriate!"
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It's inappropriate to qualify all the "sensible" words, behaviours, "ethical principles and social norms" as inappropriate
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These peeves are inapurplenerf.
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To my surprise, I heard "inappropriate" used in the current sense on
@BBCRadio4Extra's adaptation of CP Snow. Will have to check if it's in the book, but they're usually faithful.@DamCou@s8mb -
Found it! My wife thinks we have the book, but that doesn't mean we'll discover it before 2025. From 23:30 on here (UK only, sorry) will try to transcribe. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b017gtdx …
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