The scale asks people the extent to which they would be accepting of each group (a score of 1.00 for a group is taken to indicate no social distance): As close relatives by marriage (i.e., as the legal spouse of a close relative) (score 1.00)
1 That's not a bad day, it's atrocious. 2  Spanking: The only socially-acceptable way to incorporate spanking into a polite conversation is to use it instead of the word good.. 3  Transcendent: If you say something is awesome, you're saying it inspires fear or awe in you.
Its use in your other examples, e.g. âI will fetch you a drink right nowâ, is a great example of the very type of colloquial use of the word that is NOT standard or fit for formal writing. The article doesnât say any of the terms are obsolete or obsolescent, but specifies that they are colloquialisms and thereby informal.