Materiality and Concepted

[DVCLiz]

I'm watching the HGTV Dream House show, and the host just made up these two words when describing something about the house. He liked the "materiality" of one thing and wanted us to know the changing room was originally "concepted" as a bedroom. Do you think he is trying to sound smart? I think he sounds like an idiot.

Yes, I realize that technically these are legitimate words. But they aren't "real" words. You don't like the "materiality" of something, you like the material from which it is made. And concepted? Ugh - stupid and affected. Like "efforting."

What made up word do you hate?

 

[marlynnp]

Materiality IS a real word.

 

[DVCLiz]

Materiality IS a real word.

Yes, I know - see my post above. But when you are talking about roof shingles, you don't say, "Oh, I really like the materiality of those shingles." It sounds stupid and it's not the right usage of what is really a very specialized and arcane word. Do you say to a friend, "Oh, I really like the materiality of that dress?" At most, you might say, "Oh, I like that cotton dress." More likely, you'd just say you like the dress.

He sounded ridiculous.

 

[HugsForEeyore]

I also feel like the OP does with some of these shows. I always cringe when hearing the word "repurpose" on these decorating and home improvement shows. I know it's a real word, but it just bug me the wrong way. I would say re-use or "use in a new way" but repurpose sounds so much more elistist. I don't know anyone in the real world who uses the word repurpose.

I have stopped watching most of these shows, since they seemed designed to make people feel so inferior if you don't just love the newest, greatest upper-income metro-area big city style, and all this type of vocabulary contribues to that. Mark on "Clean House" often used the word repurpose multiple times per episode - arggg!!!! Drove me batty!

 

[marlynnp]

No I wouldn't.
I'm an accountant - it's an accounting term.

I completely passed over the part about it being a designer. And what is wrong with the word conceptualized? Too many syllables?

 

[DVCLiz]

No I wouldn't.
I'm an accountant - it's an accounting term.

I completely passed over the part about it being a designer. And what is wrong with the word conceptualized? Too many syllables?

If an accountant uses it properly in context, you have my blessing. If you are on HGTV, you sound idiotic, like you are trying to use an SAT word every day lol.

What about "planned" or "designed," for that matter. "The room was originally ------ as a bedroom...." "Concepted" would be my last choice.

 

[DVCLiz]

It's a nice house, though. When I win it I'll invite ya'll over.

 

[kaytieeldr]

No I wouldn't.
I'm an accountant - it's an accounting term.

I completely passed over the part about it being a designer. And what is wrong with the word conceptualized? Too many syllables?

Nothing at all wrong with conceptualized (excepted that maybe it's the fifty cent version of conceived - the word the host meant). But 'concepted' - the combination of letters actually used - isn't a real word.

 

[laurie31]

No I wouldn't.
I'm an accountant - it's an accounting term.

I completely passed over the part about it being a designer. And what is wrong with the word conceptualized? Too many syllables?

I would have been okay with "conceptualized" in the context the OP described, although "designed" would be much better, but "concepted" isn't even a real word, although it's in the urban dictionary as meaning

"a concept accepted as true." "Global warming is concepted by most scientists."

I don't care for that usage either, but it's not accurate at all as the design show used it.

 

[EMom]

I loathe "price point." It's just "price." You can't fancy it up by adding "point." It just sounds affected and makes me think of Aunt Pearl. I have never heard the phrase used....NEVER.....when the single word (price) wouldn't have sufficed and sounded less pretentious.

 

[castmemberb4]

Glad you explained these words.
Thought I'd had too much wine when I read your title