Most Misused Word in Science Fiction

[sniffles]

Thanks Pbartender. Your diatribe was quite interesting and fun to read.


On misused words; language evolves, changes. A parsec is a unit measuring distance *for us*, but who's to say that in 500 years the word will not loose it's original meaning to signify a unit of time ?

I enjoyed Pbartender's info, too. As I did yours, Trainz. But I can't resist commenting on the above, in light of the title of this excellent thread. In 500 years the word will not -lose- its original meaning! I don't think the original meaning is going to get -loose- and fall off like a 6-year-old's front tooth. Or maybe it will and that's why it changes. I've seen the word -loose- misused more than any other word (except -then-) on this site.

A very good point, though. Language changes even more rapidly in the age of television and computers.

My favorite misused word in scifi is "alien". Unless the whole story takes place on Earth, then every character in the show is an alien, including Captain Kirk!!

 

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My favorite misused word in scifi is "alien". Unless the whole story takes place on Earth, then every character in the show is an alien, including Captain Kirk!!

Depends on whom you're asking, not where you are (IMHO).