Word in question: Conversate

douglas.bryant

In your rush to discredit 'conversate' you're grossly misusing 'dialectical':

dialectical | ˌdīəˈlektək(ə)l |
adjective
1 relating to the logical discussion of ideas and opinions: dialectical ingenuity.
2 concerned with or acting through opposing forces: a dialectical opposition between social convention and individual libertarianism.

Some of my college students, from ages 18-25, have used the word conversate, used as "I want to 'conversate' with my best friend." I have always understood it to be a synonym for "talk."

If I hear one more person, especially my coworkers, say "conversate" I am going to scream. NOT A WORD!!!! THEY SOUND INCREDIBLY IGNORANT!!!

Hmmm...
So few participants in this conversation are acknowledging the elephant in this particular room:
It's been noted in [only] a modest number of comments that the use of the word "conversate" is, though not limited to, perhaps particularly prevalent in, our African-American communities.
Could it be that some of the [what seems to me to be especially great*] ire "conversate" seems to strike with some people might possibly, maybe, perhaps be a tiny bit, in some modest way, somewhat indicative of...

...underlying racist tendencies?
Hey, not saying that's necessarily the case. I'm certainly not accusing anyone of anything -- nuh-uh, not me, no way.
I'm just...
axin' the question?

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*then again, I haven't looked at any other threads on this site. Maybe the ire level isn't actually disproportionate?