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Originally Posted by demonrail666
I agree that it's a twatty word and would never use it without recognising that fact. The problem with using words ironically is that it relies on the person you're talking to having a modicum of irony themselves. Which evidently wasn't so, in the case of Mr Chewbacca T shirt.
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Meh. For the most part, though, if you or someone else uses a twatty word here and there, the correct response for both parties is to not give a fuck. It's only a problem if they start talking like the Architect from the Matrix.
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Originally Posted by demonrail666
Hang on, we're talking about the word zeitgeist here. Sports pundits use it, it's regularly used in tabloids. It's a twatty word, but hardly on a par with something like gesamkunstwerk is it.
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By 'in context', I just meant the situation, not the meaning.