loose vs lose

[JesseQuinn]

is this a new net slang thing I'm not aware of?

I notice this a lot here


let loose the ties that bind us. did I just lose my lighter again? I certainly did not set it loose, it can't walk. think I left it my friend's car so loost


not spelling police, just curious

[blackmonsters]

Originally Posted by JesseQuinn

is this a new net slang thing...

No, stupid fuckers are nothing new here.

[mechanicvirus]

I think it's more decades of a slow burn into lack of illiteracy, then when you call it out someone says you're a nerd while they post from their shitty Hyundai Elantra on their cracked iphone.

[JesseQuinn]

Originally Posted by mechanicvirus

I think it's more decades of a slow burn into lack of illiteracy

I think you meant 'slow burn into a lack of literacy' but I'll forgive you cuz I forgot a word in my OP. missed an 'in'

plus making your suno track was fun though way too screamy

I'm loosing the plot here

word nerds unite (me in an empty room, BM and Mech come par with me)

[Tjeezers]

loose refers to something not being tight or fixed, lose involves misplacing something

[Grapesoda]

Originally Posted by Tjeezers

loose refers to something not being tight or fixed, lose involves misplacing something

thank you.

[Huggles]

Originally Posted by Tjeezers

loose refers to something not being tight or fixed, lose involves misplacing something

Did this really take this long for people to figure this out...

[TheLegacy]

Loose - meaning she sleeps around or her ropes are coming off
Lose - is when the escort debits your card for $35,000 instead of $350 for the half hour.

[JesseQuinn]

^you're boring and a culprit of exactly what I am talking about

Originally Posted by Tjeezers

loose refers to something not being tight or fixed, lose involves misplacing something

can you please tell the internet that? before I loose my mind spell checking threads I read

this thread was helpful tho, gracias. so not some new webspeak. just idiots

I'm laughing, this was fun. have a wicked day y'all

[The Porn Nerd]

This has been a stone in my shoe for quite some time now! I always explain it this way to the young and/or illiterate:

Win or LOSE your mom's pussy is still LOOSE.

Get it? Got it? Good!

[JesseQuinn]

^BM he's insulting yo momma

[sarettah]

I am at a loss. Should I loosen my pants or lose some weight?

[VikingMan]

Whatever you do don't get all loosey-goosey eating a sandwich

[Rochard]

Originally Posted by Tjeezers

loose refers to something not being tight or fixed, lose involves misplacing something

Exactly this.

[redwhiteandblue]

If anyone's feeling brave they could try explaining when to use "it's" with an apostrophe and when to use "its" without one.

[JesseQuinn]

it's annoying to me when people misspell 'lose'

a contraction of 'it is', or a possessive as in belonging to someone or something


the baby goat that eats my carrots is adorable. its tail wagging makes me laugh

its is used mostly used for non living or gender non-specific stuff in place of his, her, their


all this stuff really doesn't annoy me. just baffling how first-lang english speakers can't master 3 and 4 letter words

I honestly thought the whole loose vs lose thing might just be an internet trend or something, it occurs so frequently

[CaptainHowdy]

I'm lost . . .

[mechanicvirus]

Originally Posted by JesseQuinn

I think you meant 'slow burn into a lack of literacy' but I'll forgive you cuz I forgot a word in my OP. missed an 'in'

plus making your suno track was fun though way too screamy

I'm loosing the plot here

word nerds unite (me in an empty room, BM and Mech come par with me)

Yea good catch, proves I'm quite illiterate myself hahah!

[mechanicvirus]

Originally Posted by JesseQuinn

plus making your suno track was fun though way too screamy

I'm loosing the plot here

word nerds unite (me in an empty room, BM and Mech come par with me)

That was indeed a fun listen, I was messing around with the site more trying to come up with funky djent songs.

[King Mark]

At this point, I've embraced some aspects of Idiocracy and let spell-check & autocorrect handle most of it. It's kept me out of trouble with the spelling police. Especially on mobile. Typing on a glass screen without spell-check and autocorrect training wheels seems impossible for me.

[Emil]

I dont know. You lost me

[Grapesoda]

Originally Posted by redwhiteandblue

If anyone's feeling brave they could try explaining when to use "it's" with an apostrophe and when to use "its" without one.

[MakeMeGrrrrowl]

Originally Posted by TheLegacy

Loose - meaning she sleeps around or her ropes are coming off
Lose - is when the escort debits your card for $35,000 instead of $350 for the half hour.

I didn't think you'd notice

[Dead]

Originally Posted by King Mark

At this point...It's kept me out of trouble with the spelling police.

[JesseQuinn]

Originally Posted by Dead

Mark used it's correctly. it is (it's) something over which he has control

possessive nouns can often refer to inanimate stuff in one's possession

it's/its is way more complicated than loose/lose. those latter two words are pronounced differently, y'all who do this know this

but Mark isn't incorrect

[CaptainHowdy]

Originally Posted by JesseQuinn

Mark used it's correctly. it is (it's) something over which he has control

possessive nouns can often refer to inanimate stuff in one's possession

it's/its is way more complicated than loose/lose. those latter two words are pronounced differently, y'all who do this know this

but Mark isn't incorrect

It is "it kept me from" . . . Mark was just being a playful kang.

[JesseQuinn]

Originally Posted by CaptainHowdy

It is "it kept me from" . . . Mark was just being a playful kang.

'it' would be past tense. 'it's' signifies the possessive in something ongoing

[CaptainHowdy]

Originally Posted by JesseQuinn

'it' would be past tense. 'it's' signifies the possessive in something ongoing

"It's keeping me out of trouble with the spelling police." then . . .

[JesseQuinn]

yes

still correct. he was referring to a 'thing' that is keeping him out of trouble with the spelling police

he's correct

I wouldn't wish ESL on anyone as it's third place to Mandarin and Cantonese, but come on

I really don't care about any of this, now that I know what's up with that extra 'o'

funny though

and again, KM not incorrect

[JesseQuinn]

Originally Posted by CaptainHowdy

"kept me from"

in the context of the sentence an ongoing thing, not past tense

I'm really not the spelling police, just wondered about why all of a sudden ery'one uses an extra vowel

probs all the offenders on auto correct and they're like, whelp got an L and a O and as S and a E in it. the extra O makes it cooler

you're discussing this with a person with a dislike for capital letters and does weird framing of paragraphs

I'll be the first one they come for

[CaptainHowdy]

I always forget not to fight a woman in love . . .

[JesseQuinn]

in love with you both, if thou hath forsaken me, please let me know =p


but KM is correct either way


I'm meeting my not-bf's (my choice) mom tomorrow. will be super nervous as moms are not in the same category as the rest of us. have met her daughters/nephews/nieces and good reviews apparently. likewise, I like his people. just want a relationship right now

tomorrow we'll be talking and no one will give a fuck about apostrophes in Patois or english

looking forward to spending time with her cuz she probs has a lot tell me about her 75 years in JA

already nervous. confident it will go fine and be fun though

[AMDWarrior]

Originally Posted by JesseQuinn

I think you meant 'slow burn into a lack of literacy' but I'll forgive you cuz I forgot a word in my OP. missed an 'in'

plus making your suno track was fun though way too screamy

I'm loosing the plot here

word nerds unite (me in an empty room, BM and Mech come par with me)

Your and You're is another.

[JesseQuinn]

Originally Posted by AMDWarrior

Your and You're is another.

that one is easy compared to navigating the morass of it's vs its. a common error but not nearly as ubiquitous as the loose vs lose thing

if that's not a trend then means autocomplete on phones is fucking with us. probably how skynet started


your weed is too strong. makes me fuck up my spelling or drop pertinent words like 'don't' in my previous post. then I get lost in a wicked track and kitten scritching and by the time I've noticed my error the edit window has passed

your means belonging to someone. a possessive


you're gonna pick me up at 2pm sunday?

you're is a contraction of you are


will try not to loose my lighter in his car

[Dead]

I think he needed to drop the apostrophe....no matter. I do like the word you used, morass had to look that one up!