# What is this new use of the word "anymore"? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 10, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-new-use-of-the-word-anymore/618389 "2012-04-10T17:54:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-new-use-of-the-word-anymore/618389/41 "2012-04-11T04:41:19Z")
It goes back a bit before the 1990s; it’s from the underground dance scene: Quoth the raver, _“anymore”_. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-new-use-of-the-word-anymore/618389/42 "2012-04-11T07:55:25Z")
In the Prescriptivist vs. Descriptivist sport I used to root for the Defense, but I’m less dogmatic anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-new-use-of-the-word-anymore/618389/43 "2012-04-11T09:07:04Z")
> [@iamthewalrus\_3](#): > > :rolleyes: > > It’s the second definition on [Dictionary.com](http://Dictionary.com) and in the OED, bro. > [@](#): > > chuffed2    /tʃʌft/ Show Spelled[chuhft] Show IPA > adjective British Informal . > annoyed; displeased; disgruntled. > > * * * > > Origin: > 1825–35; compare dial. (mainly S England) chuff, choff ill-tempered, surly, probably to be identified with chuff1 As a southerner living in the north I’ve never heard this usage in the wild and the 1825 -1835 date makes me unsurprised at this. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-new-use-of-the-word-anymore/618389/44 "2012-04-11T11:15:19Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > As a native speaker, I see nothing that needs fixed here. It doesn’t bother me whenever they say it. That might could be the case. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-new-use-of-the-word-anymore/618389/45 "2012-04-11T13:48:58Z")
> [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](#): > > As a southerner living in the north I’ve never heard this usage in the wild and the 1825 -1835 date makes me unsurprised at this. I don’t know where [Dictionary.com](http://Dictionary.com) gets the dates from. The OED has references for both meanings from the 1960s. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-new-use-of-the-word-anymore/618389/46 "2012-04-11T15:12:31Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Well, thanks **Diane**. That kind of makes sense. And, BTW, this post almost included you saying exactly what I think about this use of anymore-- that it is wrongwrongwrongallfuckingkindsofwrong-- good thing I previewed! I use it “ironically”, that is, I know it’s wrong but might sometimes use it anyway because I like how it sounds. Kind of like “bass ackwards”. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-new-use-of-the-word-anymore/618389/47 "2012-04-12T01:13:41Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > That usage baffles me, too - I get what they’re trying to say (I think), but what a strange way to express it. Me too. I find it very odd because to me anymore connotes “no longer” which is pretty much the opposite of “these days” so I sit and wonder what the hell is meant half the time I see it. Oh well. Regionalisms are like that. Strikes me as though it should be perfectly clear that “so don’t I” is a phrase used when agreeing with someone, but I know it confuses the hell out of others. ---
**Author:** ![Deegeea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Deegeea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deegeea)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-new-use-of-the-word-anymore/618389/48 "2012-04-12T19:57:21Z")
Regional, my husband’s family has always used “anymore” this way and they are from Northern Ohio. I never met anyone from anywhere else who did, but it sounds like the positive use of “anymore” isn’t as limited to that region anymore. =D [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-new-use-of-the-word-anymore/618389.md?page=2)