What does the word "alsome" mean? It's not a word I learned in school and it's not in my dictionary.
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Faust76 · 46-50, M
Probably a joke question, but... #AlsoMe as in "also me" as in a popular meme for people taking pride in hypocricy or changing their mind.
I like that etymologically that sounds like "all" (everything) + "-some" (having the quality of - actually etymonline says "tending to; causing; to a considerable degree," as in 'wholesome' etc.). So "alsome" could also be semantically taken as meaning multifaceted or complicated, which gets uncomfortably close to it's meme usage.
Okay, time to 'fess up, I just can't find an appropriate meme for this :p
I like that etymologically that sounds like "all" (everything) + "-some" (having the quality of - actually etymonline says "tending to; causing; to a considerable degree," as in 'wholesome' etc.). So "alsome" could also be semantically taken as meaning multifaceted or complicated, which gets uncomfortably close to it's meme usage.
Okay, time to 'fess up, I just can't find an appropriate meme for this :p
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Faust76 · 46-50, M
It's not really a typo. That usage would be TwitterSpeak of sorts I guess, because you can't have space in a hashtag. https://twitter.com/hashtag/alsome?lang=en seems bit split between AlsoMe and AlSome however.
Urban dictionary indeed seems to suggest it's either "more than awesome" or "almost awesome" as an adjective. I'm not certain how you could tell it's adjective in modern usage though. "That tent is so alsome" could mean they're having a wardrobe malfunction in their pants or wearing a baggy raincoat. The Urban Dictionary meaning is probably more likely though, at least if it's not #alsome.
Urban dictionary indeed seems to suggest it's either "more than awesome" or "almost awesome" as an adjective. I'm not certain how you could tell it's adjective in modern usage though. "That tent is so alsome" could mean they're having a wardrobe malfunction in their pants or wearing a baggy raincoat. The Urban Dictionary meaning is probably more likely though, at least if it's not #alsome.
Faust76 · 46-50, M
Although honestly I wonder what that means for etymology... On second reading I think every #alsome tag on Twitter probably is or could be read as "Also Me", but most of them (Any that don't explicitly follow the "Me: Also me:" meme or capitalize it as AlsoMe) could probably ALSO be read as awesome. In that case it would probably mean "I'm just as awesome, too" ;) #alsome
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Faust76 · 46-50, M
@KebleBollyJocksford Actually, language is never about logic. If I had to guess, maybe some celebrity accidentally wrote "alsome" when they meant awesome and it took off?
And I just sort of ret-conned it from "Also Me", but it seems "Also Me" meme came in 2015 while Urban Dictionary records the meaning awesome from 2003. So... aliens? Honestly, it doesn't have to make sense or we wouldn't have fridges (misspelled abbreviation of appliance brand) or cars (a bizarre shorthand of word originally meaning to run).
And I just sort of ret-conned it from "Also Me", but it seems "Also Me" meme came in 2015 while Urban Dictionary records the meaning awesome from 2003. So... aliens? Honestly, it doesn't have to make sense or we wouldn't have fridges (misspelled abbreviation of appliance brand) or cars (a bizarre shorthand of word originally meaning to run).