To me it's one of those words that some people use to sound cutesy, or something. And comes off as ridiculous.
I mean, if a 12-year-old who took out the trash without being reminded said "I did a good job at adulting today" I would find it cute. But when 40-year-old soccer mom wants accolades for paying a bill, well...
See you’re not getting it.
The soccer mom is saying it in jest. They are not expecting accolades.
It’s an expression of exaggeration.
It’s supposedly humorous .
Humorous / Ridiculous...Tomato / Tomahto...to each his own lol.
See you’re not getting it.
The soccer mom is saying it in jest. They are not expecting accolades.
It’s an expression of exaggeration.
It’s supposedly humorous .
I get why people think it's dumb. I don't use it as I'm too old for it not to sound idiotic but I don't mind it.
My point is just that when people are using it as in your example they don't actually expect their twitter followers to applaud that they did the laundry. It's just part of today's way of oversharing on social media.
As someone said above language evolves - think back to the 60s/70s and all the dumb slang/expressions of that decade. The old people then probably thought it was as ridiculous as you do this generation's slang.
(the fuzz, the pigs, far out, The Establishment, square, groovy, dig it)
Sometimes I privately indulge in judging people for petty things like excessive use of punctuation or believing moving to the Mouse's neighborhood will be a guarantee of happiness.
I get why people think it's dumb. I don't use it as I'm too old for it not to sound idiotic but I don't mind it.
My point is just that when people are using it as in your example they don't actually expect their twitter followers to applaud that they did the laundry. It's just part of today's way of oversharing on social media.
As someone said above language evolves - think back to the 60s/70s and all the dumb slang/expressions of that decade. The old people then probably thought it was as ridiculous as you do this generation's slang.
(the fuzz, the pigs, far out, The Establishment, square, groovy, dig it)
To me it seems the exact opposite. It’s a fun, casual expression used in jest.
See you’re not getting it.
The soccer mom is saying it in jest. They are not expecting accolades.
It’s an expression of exaggeration.
It’s supposedly humorous .
That's exactly how I feel every time I've used it.They all just needed to find a chic new one-word expression so they don't have to say...
I am a immature lazy pathetic person, so it is just too bad I have to do this-that-the-other.
I should be entitled and above such responsibilities.
If you can use "Kidding" then why can't you use "adulting"? Language evolves.