Timeline for How often do native speakers use the word "to scathe"? Is it OK if I use it instead of "to injure"?
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| Aug 10, 2020 at 15:25 | comment | added | barbecue | @OwenReynolds It's not that scathed isn't a word, it absolutely is a word. It's just a word very rarely used in conversation. | |
| Aug 10, 2020 at 15:12 | comment | added | Owen Reynolds | What makes it funny is that scathed isn't a word. The goon was taken aback by such a polite driver using the fancy word unscathed . Instead of saying "ruff up" he attempted to respectfully reply in kind, using scathed. Funnier, the driver doesn't want to correct him, so goes with it. Even funnier, the goon is now confident enough in this new non-word to use it informally ("scathed?" is short for "have you been scathed enough?"). We can imagine this as the start of scathed taking on a new meaning "visible but superficial injuries". | |
| Aug 10, 2020 at 13:08 | history | edited | uhoh | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 10, 2020 at 13:03 | history | answered | uhoh | CC BY-SA 4.0 |