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prettygoodwordphatic (FAT-ik) - adj., (of speech) used to perform a social function rather than to convey meaning or ideas.
The use of "How's it going" as a greeting rather than a question. The little responses made during a long speech that indicate, I hear ya. Most uses of "You're welcome" acknowledging a Thank you. Coined by anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski in 1923 from Greek root phatós, spoken, conjugated form of phanai, to say.
---L.
The use of "How's it going" as a greeting rather than a question. The little responses made during a long speech that indicate, I hear ya. Most uses of "You're welcome" acknowledging a Thank you. Coined by anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski in 1923 from Greek root phatós, spoken, conjugated form of phanai, to say.
---L.
