Timeline for What is a word for a big, insurmountable problem?
Current License: CC BY-SA 4.0
7 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2018 at 15:39 | comment | added | ahorn | This is my second best answer - chronic is a good adjective for later on in the essay, but maybe not the first sentence. | |
| May 12, 2018 at 11:54 | comment | added | bendl | @Dancrumb if it's slang it's also American. I've used chronic in exactly this way before and no one has ever blinked an eye | |
| May 12, 2018 at 0:50 | comment | added | barbecue | As a slang term, chronic can also mean marijuana. | |
| May 11, 2018 at 21:25 | comment | added | Dancrumb | Both of those definitions are informal; certainly British slang and definitely not appropriate for an essay. | |
| May 11, 2018 at 21:07 | comment | added | JJJ | @Dancrumb it's actually a proper definition, it's also listed by Cambridge Dictionary (very bad) and ODO (Of a very poor quality). Both list it as British English by the way. | |
| May 11, 2018 at 18:14 | comment | added | Dancrumb | I cannot fathom why Collins lists that as a definition, because that really isn't what chronic means. I guess it's a common misuse of the word and maybe they decided to capture that. Chronic refers to something occurring repeatedly or for a long time (hence "chron-" as in "chronological", having to do with time). Please don't use "chronic" to mean bad. | |
| May 11, 2018 at 16:14 | history | answered | user147593 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |