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これから使われなくなっていく言葉について。
今は辞書もオンラインで更新速いし、勉強しやすいですね。まあ新しい言葉の生まれるスピードも速くなってるけどw
guru
意味 (くだけて) 達人, 第一人者, 指導者.
Don’t worry about the war on woke – in 15 years even the word itself will have died out, says a language guru.
https://metro.co.uk/2023/03/01/why-the-word-woke-will-die-out-according-to-a-language-expert-18364659/
fall on deaf ears
意味 〈質問· 要求などが〉無視される, 注意を払われない.
Phrases linked to disability such as ‘fell on deaf ears’ or ‘blind recruitment’ will disappear in a shift to more caring language, expert Neil Taylor predicts.
https://metro.co.uk/2023/03/01/why-the-word-woke-will-die-out-according-to-a-language-expert-18364659/
こういう言葉って直感で分かるから好きなんだけどなー。「盲判」とかもう聞かないもんなー。
wee
意味 [U] (英· くだけた話· 小児)〈人· 動物が〉おしっこ (をする).
Neil, founder of business language consultancy Schwa, says we’ll also go for a ‘pee’ instead of a ‘wee’ due to the influence of US culture.
https://metro.co.uk/2023/03/01/why-the-word-woke-will-die-out-according-to-a-language-expert-18364659/
確かに、peeは覚えてるけどweeは…調べた記憶はあるけどw見かける頻度が段違いなんだよな。あと、単純にpeeとpooセットで覚えやすいw
quaint
意味 古風で趣きのある, 風変わりでおもしろい
‘Fax’ will fade out as the devices fade into history. ‘Probably in fifteen years’ time, a fax will sound as quaint as phonograph,’ he said.
https://metro.co.uk/2023/03/01/why-the-word-woke-will-die-out-according-to-a-language-expert-18364659/
いや、あの…2024でもまだ老人たちがこぞってFax使ってる国があって…日本っていうんだけどw でもその世代が15年位で死に絶えたらFaxなくせるかw
connotation
意味 [U][C][しばしば～s]（言葉· 名前などの） 言外の意味; 含意, 含蓄
Phrases with violent connotations such as someone being a ‘straight shooter’ or to ‘kill two birds with one stone’ may be discouraged.
https://metro.co.uk/2023/03/01/why-the-word-woke-will-die-out-according-to-a-language-expert-18364659/
pop up
意味 (くだけて· 古) ひょいと現れる
‘The same happened to “politically correct”. A new word will probably pop up to replace the positive sense of “woke” then the same cycle may happen again.’
https://metro.co.uk/2023/03/01/why-the-word-woke-will-die-out-according-to-a-language-expert-18364659/
確かに「ポリコレ」って、馬鹿にする意味合いで見かけることしかもうないw
pronoun
意味 [C] [文法] 代名詞
He explained: ‘Individual words can come and go quite quickly, but pronouns will be one of the slowest to change.
https://metro.co.uk/2023/03/01/why-the-word-woke-will-die-out-according-to-a-language-expert-18364659/
