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Topic	Why is the word unironic such a popular word to use now?
adjl 10/13/22 6:44:39 PM #2:	Some people used it occasionally, some people liked the way it sounded and started using it themselves, repeat until linguistic trend. We're pretty solidly into the "use it because it sounds cool even though it's the wrong place to use it" phase of that, after which people will get bored of it and it will fade into obscurity and some new words will rise in popularity. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:968695752] in Why is the... [t:80197402]...</cite> <quote>Some people used it occasionally, some people liked the way it sounded and started using it themselves, repeat until linguistic trend. We're pretty solidly into the "use it because it sounds cool even though it's the wrong place to use it" phase of that, after which people will get bored of it and it will fade into obscurity and some new words will rise in popularity. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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