Merriam-Webster lists 7 adjective forms, 2 adverb forms, 3 noun forms, and 3 verb forms. That's definitely a lot of definitions for a word.
You've seen nothing yet: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/set
"But your honor, I parked my car there because the sign said 'fine for parking.' "
That's why the police complimented you with "parking fine"
English isn't a language, it's a mistake
It's fine.
And you ask your girlfriend how she's feeling and she says "fine", buckle up.
"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
James D. Nicoll
Counterpoint: fine dining is labeled as such, because you pay a fine (needlessly higher prices) for average food.
English is fucking weird. Take for example: Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
This is a perfectly fine sentence,. I am not sure I am fine with it.
A much quoted comment and yet I don't get it the only meaning for the word Buffalo that I know is of an animal.
Buffalo = The city
buffalo = the animal, or the verb meaning "to bully"
The sentence is therefore roughly equivalent to "Buffalo animals that Buffalo animals bully, bully Buffalo animals."
That motherfucker's a motherfucker, motherfucker.
You can also describe how a woman looks without even changing the words.
How does she look?
"She's fine"
SHE'S FINE!!!
She fine
Let's eat grandpa
This is absolutely from a stand-up comedian. I've heard this before. Anyone remember who it was?
It reminds me a lot of this Finnish comedian talking about learning the different uses of the word "ass" in English.
Dang. Beat me to the link.
I'm glad others know about Ismo though. =)
I instantly thought of this bit!
I can't claim it was him, but I read it in Carlin's voice
Either him or Seinfeld? Feels like the stand-up bit at the beginning of one of the early episodes.
"Fine, I will pay that fine fine."
This is fine 🔥
Fine arts
What a fine comment this is
Look at that fine woman with her fine hair. I wonder if she's feeling fine today. Maybe I should take her out for fine dining.
Was that fine hair? Or fine hair? Or fine hair? Or fine hair?
The food aspect is mainly a problem of the US "awesomeness" bullshit. Nothing can ever simply be fine, it has to be awesome.
This is by no means unique to the US. It's also a cliche of Bavaria in Germany but seriously, it's a common force in language change. I blanc the term but it's a cycle.
