Maybe I’m wrong, English is my third language though …
I wasn’t very aesthetic in high school. I preferred video games to sports.
People use a lot of words incorrectly on the internet.
for example, ‘Internet’ is a proper noun and should always be capitalized
Would you like a kleenex?
Honestly, try to find a word people are using right on the internet. That’s the real challenge
It’s an aesthetic decision.
Do you mean where people use it as an adjective? E.g., ‘This house is very aesthetic’ where they mean ‘beautiful’?
How are people using it wrong? How should it be used instead? We (I) cannot guess context…
There was a viral short featuring someone using it wrong, a bunch of younger people cribbed from the video and started using it wrong.
Okay, just so I don’t get annoyed and be boomery about it, what is the new incorrect usage?
Using it as an adjective, to mean “has a pleasing aesthetic.”
Using it as an adjective, to mean “has a pleasing aesthetic.”
Isn’t that the proper usage?
It is the proper usage.
No, “aesthetic” is generally just a noun, historically. As in “it has a modern/minimalist/cyberpunk aesthetic.” Its usage as an adjective just means “relating to the general idea of aesthetics as a field of study,” or “someone with a strong sense of and attunement to the design and beauty of things.” Using it to just mean “beautiful,” basically, is a new usage in just the last 5 years or less.
It might come from non native speakers too. For example in french using aesthetic as an adjective to mean “beautiful” is correct, and it may be true in other romance languages.
Then your example should have been “this house is aesthetic”. Aesthetic is being used as an adjective.
Saying “this house has a pleasing aesthetic” is correct. Aesthetic is being used as a noun. “Pleasing” is the adjective. While the aesthetic is not defined enough to your liking, it isn’t being used as an adjective.
Use your original wording and replace the word “aesthetic” with the word “quality”. “This house has a pleasing quality” is a proper sentence. Sure, there’s ambiguity as to what that quality is (is it the shape of it? Is it the color? Perhaps the landscaping?), but it isn’t grammatically incorrect.
Using it as an adjective, to mean “has a pleasing aesthetic.”
The commenter was telling you how they use it, not giving an example. The commenter told you what the adjective means.
? You’re saying exactly the same thing I am. I was giving a definition, not an example. Admittedly confusing since I used the (real) word in its own (slang) definition.
Yeah, I missed “to mean”. Looks like at least one other guy did, too.
Words take on new meanings sometimes due to cultural experiences, and the new usage of the word is one of those meanings.
Sure, but Jesus Christ fucking up part of speech is a childish mistake to embrace. Maybe we shouldn’t just go along with every fuckup people on Tic Tok lean into.
Well, yeah, language is dynamic, but there are so many fad uses of words that are caused by people not knowing the real/original/normal use of the word and then spread by the Internet and then forgotten as quickly as they began. If not for social media, these would be limited to 12 middle schoolers at band camp. This feels like one of those.
