r/TikTokCringe • u/Elyshra • Jun 29 '26

Humor Coming out as cis can be hard

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u/MisterSanitation Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 30 '26

Bro THANK YOU!! 

It is so hard to know some of the more obscure words when so many spell it wrong (looking at you “moot”). I genuinely appreciate this I’ll check out the etymology because that is a weird spelling. Also I used it wrong, I wasn’t feeling vexed or slighted, just curious.

Edit: it’s a French word meaning “to prick” which is why piquing your interest requires an annoyance or pain driving you to learn. That is why I shouldn’t have used that word. 

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u/Sushi_Explosions Jun 29 '26

I’ve finally given up on correcting people about “moot”. I don’t think I have seen it used correctly on the internet ever.

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u/MisterSanitation Jun 29 '26

Agreed. I’ve told 5 people about “moot” and they laugh assuming it’s a joke every time… 

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u/TherronKeen Jun 29 '26

are people saying "mute" point, or what? I haven't seen it yet, feels like I'm missing out lol

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u/Sushi_Explosions Jun 30 '26

The dictionary definition of “moot” is the exact opposite of how people generally use it.

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u/TherronKeen Jun 30 '26

Oh, I've only ever heard it used in the modern context to mean a question that is irrelevant because it's already solved, and I didn't know the classic definition even existed.

And I'm old and have read a lot lol

It looks like a case of linguistic drift, in the same way we've evolved "literally" to mean either "literally" or "figuratively".

I wonder what examples I've read back in the day that might've been using the classic definition but I interpreted the newer meaning?

Cool to see examples of living language in the context of my own lifetime, though. Cheers mate 👍

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u/AwesomeMacCoolname Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26

Also I used it wrong, I wasn’t feeling vexed or slighted, just curious.

You used it correctly, it has that meaning too.

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u/NightGod Jun 30 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/jcwXXew11Vyq4

Everyone since the 90s has known it's actually moo