The necessary preamble to this is that, obviously, all words are made up. The English language wasn’t designed by committee, with an exhaustive and definitive list of of the words and their meanings and pronunciations written up after a few meetings by a collection of austere, Benjamin Franklin-looking motherfuckers. Words arrived here by a process of evolution, with new words living or dying as they entered or didn’t enter popular usage. Maybe in 500 years all of us will be saying “ingenuine”. But then, on the other hand, maybe everything on this planet will be dead except cockroaches and algae. Hard to say!
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In saying that, the public consensus definitely seems to be that “ingenuine” is very much not a word, no matter how many times Jamie tried to hammer into the English language. Disingenuous? Absolutely. Delightful word. One of the great words, even. Ungenuine? Hideous word, but sure. Ingenuine? It’s a word according to Wiktionary and Jamie, but no one else.
https://twitter.com/coolKjellberg/status/1189496778866823172
THE WOrD
Is NoTINGENUINE#BacheloretteAU
— Osher Günsberg (@oshergunsberg) October 30, 2019
https://twitter.com/JRWinbank/status/1189494381939576832
Jamie – “ingenuine”.
All of Australia: #bacheloretteau pic.twitter.com/efO7ucxdOG
— Ellen (@Ellz88) October 30, 2019
https://twitter.com/banister02/status/1189486672922038272
Drink every time Jamie says “ingenuine”.
PS you might die#BacheloretteAU
— Alyk (@_AlykEener) October 30, 2019
Me, every time Jamie says “ingenuine”: #BacheloretteAU pic.twitter.com/FcNPT4HA4W
— Kate Banister (@KateAroundTown) October 30, 2019
UnGeNuInE
InGeNuInE
STOP THAT #bacheloretteau
— Grace (@ggraceashford) October 30, 2019
I’ve had a drink every time Jamie says ingenuine #BacheloretteAU pic.twitter.com/Pgdvjl86Hz
— Bbbeck (@bbbeckb) October 30, 2019
Jamie saying ingenuine with such intensity almost convinced me it’s a word #BacheloretteAU
— Little Podge (@little_podge) October 30, 2019
he’s ingenuine, he’s been distruthful, he’s infaithful #BacheloretteAU
— ALTA (@wearealta) October 30, 2019
Jamie, a 39 year old contestant on a reality television show: “Ingenuine”
Me, a baby English Teacher: clenches teeth #bacheloretteAU— Melon Collie (@madbrains69) October 30, 2019
But hey, at least that word was a distraction from all of the other things about him.
