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are derided as pompous and pedantic retrogrouches
Are you still cross about that? 😂
I agree with your take on it. It's improper use of the word aesthetic, something should be done to stop it. Innit.
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Are you still cross about that?
I'm more cross about the loss of common understanding of the old uses than the gain of new ones, but then I sneakily exploit that general ignorance 🙂
In the examples of new ways of using "aesthetic", even without context, there is no material ambiguity. The alternative to accepting the ebb and flow of our language is to be French, and that's not something I would wish upon anybody.
gbj_tester
While that is how it is most used, it can refer to any sensation. How something feels, sounds, tastes or smells are all aesthetic qualities.
Presumably people who don't speak English. I imagine they meant "that's aesthetically pleasing" or "how I became an aesthete". Lazy or ignorant people often misuse English in such ways and are rightly derided, right up until the point where we all do it and people who even draw attention to the change of use are derided as pompous and pedantic retrogrouches 🙂