By nice education you've got there - 09/04/2013 21:04 - United States - Monroe

Today, my friends and I were exchanging stories with one another. I barely got a few sentences in before they started mocking and viciously insulting me for saying "swaggered", claiming it comes from the slang term "swag", and that they never thought I was a "dumbass hipster". Really now? FML
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Shrike 23

Here, lemme help: "An illiterate dumbass called ZacZ swaggered into the FML comments section, expecting to be praised for his ignorance of basic English words." Does that help?

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buddy51 23

Your friends should remember the old adage that "whenever you point a finger at someone for being a "dumbass hipster" their other three fingers are pointing at themselves. Your friends are, at the very least, idiots. Good luck finding some better friends, OP, you need 'em!

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jelly713 19

Its amazing how ignorant people don't like to even remember or learn the roots of anything. Anything they're experiencing right now is the shit & whatever was before, is unoriginal, lame, annoying, nonexistent, etc. The reality is nearly everything we know has an origin, it didn't just happen over night. People just like to fight against being educated & prefer to believe they're right & that they know "everything". It's annoying to even argue with such people so don't take it personal, OP.

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SwampNut 8

"Swagger" is just a retarded poser word, without regard to its etymology. So they are partly right.

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fed_up_thespian 9

And you think swagger meams what, now?

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fed_up_thespian 9

Balls. *ahem* 'means'.

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Moe2311 2

According to the Merriam Webster's Dictionary the term "swag" means stolen goods, and "swagger" means to strut. Just thought I'd put that out there.

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EvilUndead 9

1. Buy the biggest paper dictionary you can find. 2. Hit people with it.

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abbypoo 11

Is anyone else bothered by OP's improper comma placements?

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NoOneLovesYou 13

which ones? they used commas once, and it was correctly used. or were you referring to the punctuation being outside the quotation marks? believe it or not, that IS the correct way! putting your punctuation in quotation marks, if the punctuation is not part of the quoted piece, is wrong. there are exceptions to this rule, of course, but in this context OP is the correct one. I'm bothered that you had the balls to claim to be bothered by correct english. if you're going to be a grammar nazi, learn the rules first. or, god forbid, just don't be a grammar nazi. you come off as an asshole, especially when being so condescending about it.

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calucalay 13

She or He could be like me and never have a proper grammar teacher or was taken out of class repeatedly. Just saying at least she or he knows some vocabulary words

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abbypoo 11

Actually Noononeloves you, OP missplaced two commas and a period, and in American English commas and periods always go within quotes, regardless of context. Good job being a hostile, belittling jerk, though.

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hermitknut 22

I'm not going to argue the rest of the points, but, um: "American English". Since when was this site American? And since when is American the only correct form of English? - Brit Lit student who found nothing grammatically problematic with the post. Edit: I'm aware that OP is from America. But I still think my point stands.

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UmbreonKirby 14

Heil Grammar in all of its complexity! *salutes*

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ctdawes 3

I feel like it's more swaggets that say that than hipsters

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MythsNLegends 10

Having a vocabulary and using it properly isn't for everyone i guess. It's like forgetting that a stiletto was a dagger before it was a shoe.

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Xotoolyxo 16

I hate when people do that, they think they're top shit, when in reality they're really the dumbass's

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motita69 5

All this time reading FML, and have not learned not to eat while reading these.

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NurseJonathan 9

You must be new. Stick around and you will.

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