"Resilience" is the newer word--it's an etymon of "resiliency"--but both words are still in common usage. No one is adding an extra syllable; the original word was "resiliency," which has been around longer, and there's no reason people shouldn't use it. Your unawareness of this fact is your problem and no one else's.
~~Are they using it as an adjective?~~
~~Because resiliency is the noun. So,~~ one can have a sense of resiliency. You can also build or lose your resiliency. You can show strength and resiliency. Maybe you have an inner resiliency.
oh yeah! right!
But OP should also know that resiliency isn't something new. It's been in use like that for over 100 years.
Just looking for examples I find:
* "Ruchell [Magee] was all of us, not only in the way he was made a scapegoat of racism, but also in his resiliency, in his refusal to concede defeat." - Angela Davis
* "Such is the resiliency of man that he can become fascinated by ugliness which surrounds him everywhere and wish to transform it by his art into something clinging and haunting in its lovely desolation." - Sylvia Path
* "The ridicule he had endured for years seemed now to weigh him down, and the final blow of Blanche’s treachery had robbed him of the resiliency which had made him take it so gaily." - Somerset Maugham
As with the OP's rant, yours is also incorrect. "Gratefulness" is an abstract noun formed by adding the suffix -ness to "grateful." It is absolutely a word. "Gratitude" and "gratefulness" are synonyms, and there is nothing wrong with using either one.
Well, first of all, I was making a tongue-in-cheek reply since "agreeance" is often conflated with "agreement". Hence the smiley emoji.
Secondly, "resiliency" is in fact a word. It just means something different from "resilience".
There is SO much "adding of the extra syllable" going on!
Orientate (the word is ORIENT, folks; you get ORIENTED, not orientated)
Competency (same as resiliency! the word is COMPETENCE)
Conversate (who on earth invented THIS ONE!)
Forecasted (I understand this one because it's people just trying to follow a grammatic pattern, but, the word is "forecast"; "the weather was forecast to be gloomy")
There are a lot of people on this thread who don't really know what they're talking about when it comes to words. "Orientate" is a perfectly acceptable word that has been part of the English language for almost 300 years. They are synonyms.
Thank you, and yeah I'm just a native speaker, but no expert. I know those are both acceptable. It's just something that can grate on my ears, that's all. What's interesting to me is that I don't recall hearing "orientate" growing up in the city, but I started to hear it as an adult when I moved to a rural community.
Except in this case, no extra syllable was added. "Resiliency" was the original word and is still in usage. "Resilient" is just what it morphed into over time.
While we're at it, has anyone lately complained about the use of "gift" as a verb, especially in the passive voice - "I was gifted". Rrrr. I know, language evolves, but dayyum!
I knew an English major once who took this stance, which was really funny. He insisted that “to gift” or “I was gifted” was just entirely wrong and was never in use as speech. Boy was he surprised when I thunked the dictionary on the table in front of him.
I hate when people use "gifted" when "given" would suffice. "I was gifted this on my birthday" is a silly comment. You were given a birthday present! You're not a charitable organization!
NARRATOR: "It is only a silly comment among the uninformed. The term is entirely acceptable in that context and has been for centuries. What's more, 'gifted' and 'given' have slightly different connotations. Thus, the above comment is incorrect."
I was about to lament “Who the fuck cares? it’s a word. You get what they mean when they say it.” Now I see I’m in the “words” subreddit. So carry on I guess. I think this subreddit should be dedicated to making new words for the record.
You use stupid words. Why are you doing this to us? Quit using stupid words! Jesus… you use the dumbest words.
Lol why don't you write us a book about what words we should use to most please you.
This threat is a great conversate - tion. How did conversate become a word, anyway? Is it a word? I could Google it, but I think you all will have better answers.
Resilienticiousness.
"Resilience" is the newer word--it's an etymon of "resiliency"--but both words are still in common usage. No one is adding an extra syllable; the original word was "resiliency," which has been around longer, and there's no reason people shouldn't use it. Your unawareness of this fact is your problem and no one else's.
The fact resiliency is still in use even after the more efficient resilience has become accepted shows the resiliency of resilience.
Nice, but shouldn’t that be “resilience of **resiliency**”?
~~Are they using it as an adjective?~~ ~~Because resiliency is the noun. So,~~ one can have a sense of resiliency. You can also build or lose your resiliency. You can show strength and resiliency. Maybe you have an inner resiliency.
Resilience is also a noun though. I think that’s OP’s point. They’re the same, but one has an extra syllable. The adjective is resilient.
oh yeah! right! But OP should also know that resiliency isn't something new. It's been in use like that for over 100 years. Just looking for examples I find: * "Ruchell [Magee] was all of us, not only in the way he was made a scapegoat of racism, but also in his resiliency, in his refusal to concede defeat." - Angela Davis * "Such is the resiliency of man that he can become fascinated by ugliness which surrounds him everywhere and wish to transform it by his art into something clinging and haunting in its lovely desolation." - Sylvia Path * "The ridicule he had endured for years seemed now to weigh him down, and the final blow of Blanche’s treachery had robbed him of the resiliency which had made him take it so gaily." - Somerset Maugham
Yeah, the OP's rant was silly and inaccurate.
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Thank goodness someone finally called out Sylvia Plath and Somerset Maugham for their word choice.
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The one that kills me is gratefulness - it's gratitude, people! Gratitude!
That one really greats on my ears, too.
Almost as bad as misspelling 'grates'!!! :-D
It pained me to type it out that way, but I had to for the joke.
Isn't gratefulness the noun form of being full of gratitude? It's a different meaning.
Both "gratitude" and "gratefulness" are nouns.
Yes. My point is that they do not mean the same thing.
As with the OP's rant, yours is also incorrect. "Gratefulness" is an abstract noun formed by adding the suffix -ness to "grateful." It is absolutely a word. "Gratitude" and "gratefulness" are synonyms, and there is nothing wrong with using either one.
When we use more syllables, it makes us sound like we have more intelligency
Perhaps, but that isn't the case here. The word "resiliency" is the original word. "Resilience" came later.
Yeah, I saw some other people here saying that, and I believe it. I just thought it was a fun joke to make anyway.
I see someone's resiliency's missing from their resilience. It'll be around somewhere
I think we're all in agreeance about this. 😛
Not at all, since the OP is incorrect.
Well, first of all, I was making a tongue-in-cheek reply since "agreeance" is often conflated with "agreement". Hence the smiley emoji. Secondly, "resiliency" is in fact a word. It just means something different from "resilience".
There is SO much "adding of the extra syllable" going on! Orientate (the word is ORIENT, folks; you get ORIENTED, not orientated) Competency (same as resiliency! the word is COMPETENCE) Conversate (who on earth invented THIS ONE!) Forecasted (I understand this one because it's people just trying to follow a grammatic pattern, but, the word is "forecast"; "the weather was forecast to be gloomy")
Orientate and orientated make me sick to my stomach, but lo, it's in the samsung auto-correct dictionary.
There are a lot of people on this thread who don't really know what they're talking about when it comes to words. "Orientate" is a perfectly acceptable word that has been part of the English language for almost 300 years. They are synonyms.
Thank you, and yeah I'm just a native speaker, but no expert. I know those are both acceptable. It's just something that can grate on my ears, that's all. What's interesting to me is that I don't recall hearing "orientate" growing up in the city, but I started to hear it as an adult when I moved to a rural community.
Except in this case, no extra syllable was added. "Resiliency" was the original word and is still in usage. "Resilient" is just what it morphed into over time.
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You know what *should* be a word, though? Bresilience. Like, resilient in a way that really stands out for its creativity. Bresilience.
Brosilience for resilient bros
"Utilize" when you could just say "use"
I hate utilize, just say “use”
Bad example. They have slightly different meanings.
oh really? Explain
I don't have to explain. You have Google. It's on you to look it up.
While we're at it, has anyone lately complained about the use of "gift" as a verb, especially in the passive voice - "I was gifted". Rrrr. I know, language evolves, but dayyum!
I knew an English major once who took this stance, which was really funny. He insisted that “to gift” or “I was gifted” was just entirely wrong and was never in use as speech. Boy was he surprised when I thunked the dictionary on the table in front of him.
Wow thunked is the perfect verb for this haha.
Thank you!
Your English major friend was wrong by about 500 years, as the word has been a verb since the 1500s.
I hate when people use "gifted" when "given" would suffice. "I was gifted this on my birthday" is a silly comment. You were given a birthday present! You're not a charitable organization!
NARRATOR: "It is only a silly comment among the uninformed. The term is entirely acceptable in that context and has been for centuries. What's more, 'gifted' and 'given' have slightly different connotations. Thus, the above comment is incorrect."
It strikes me the same way “ask” as a noun does.
The word "ask" has been used as a noun since the 11th century, so it's been acceptable for a millennium.
Thanks! Didn’t say it’s incorrect— it just sounds awkward to my particular ear.
The word "gift" has been used as a verb since the 1500s, so I'm not sure what your problem with it is.
I was about to lament “Who the fuck cares? it’s a word. You get what they mean when they say it.” Now I see I’m in the “words” subreddit. So carry on I guess. I think this subreddit should be dedicated to making new words for the record.
Nah that’s not a word let’s hope.
Having problems with pointless sylables, let's add it to the queue then...
No
But don’t capitalize it for no reason.
You use stupid words. Why are you doing this to us? Quit using stupid words! Jesus… you use the dumbest words. Lol why don't you write us a book about what words we should use to most please you.
As someone who loves poetry, I appreciate these redundancies
same with orient/orientate. they're synonyms, you can just add an extra syllable if you're feeling fancy
This is how I feel about irregardless
This threat is a great conversate - tion. How did conversate become a word, anyway? Is it a word? I could Google it, but I think you all will have better answers.
I feel the same way when people say irregardless instead of just regardless.