[FRIAM] Pondering the slang Adulting

[Steven A Smith]

I've always preferred the pronunciation of "adult" as "A Dolt"... it is
what I remember adults seeming like right up until I woke up and
realized "now I am one!"


On 11/13/18 8:38 PM, Nick Thompson wrote:
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> I have often mused about trying to explain to a child what “adult”
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> Adult movies
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> Nicholas S. Thompson
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> Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology
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> Clark University
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> http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/
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> *From:*Friam [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] *On Behalf Of *Gillian
> Densmore
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 13, 2018 4:26 PM
> *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
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> *Subject:* [FRIAM] Pondering the slang Adulting
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> I got to talking with dad today and I hadn't though about how the
> slang adulting might have come about. My guess was in the sense of
> 'going off to be a' if you have a playful personality 
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> Thoughts?
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