ha ha, ha ha, Funny i would have loved to have seen that Birds especailly are the scariest animal, they can just come and peck you to death, i am mortified of birds.
what dictionary are you looking at?
mor·ti·fy
v. mor·ti·fied, mor·ti·fy·ing, mor·ti·fies
v. tr.
1. To cause to experience shame, humiliation, or wounded pride; humiliate.
2. To discipline (one's body and physical appetites) by self-denial or self-inflicted privation.
v. intr.
1. To practice ascetic discipline or self-denial of the body and its appetites.
2. Pathology. To undergo mortification; become gangrenous or necrosed.
[Middle English mortifien, to deaden, subdue, from Old French mortifier, from Latin mortificre, to kill : mors, mort-, death; see mer- in Indo-European Roots + -ficre, -fy.]
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
pwn'd!
Quiet, you. I don't know howe many dictionaries she looked at to get THAT entry, but I go by my old trusted MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY [the only one that counts, jk]. Besides, I've seen in used that way in many, many writings. Check it:
Main Entry: mor·ti·fy
Pronunciation: 'mor-t&-"fI
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): -fied; -fy·ing
Etymology: Middle English mortifien, from Middle French mortifier, from Late Latin mortificare, from Latin mort-, mors
Date: 14th century
transitive senses
1 : obsolete : to destroy the strength, vitality, or functioning of
2 : to subdue or deaden (as the body or bodily appetites) especially by abstinence or self-inflicted pain or discomfort
3 : to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : SHAME
intransitive senses
1 : to practice mortification
2 : to become necrotic or gangrenous
An animal, object or practice can certainly frighten someone so much that their faculties aren't theres and they freeze, like a dead person. I know snakes destroy MY strength and vitality! UGH! Anyway, I'll save everyone the trouble--P/VV/N/3/D! BOTH OF YOU!
did you notice that the #1 def is "obselete"? maybe you need to update your dictionary.
Obsolete: no longer in use or no longer useful.
When stunned or scared certainly your faculties and coping habits are disused and replaced with panic. The word works. Let it go.
ADDITIONAL: VERB: 1. To cause (a person) to be self-consciously distressed: abash, chagrin, confound, confuse, discomfit, discomfort, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze. Idioms: put on the spot, throw for a loop. See PAIN. 2. To deprive of esteem, self-worth, or effectiveness: abase, degrade, demean2, humble, humiliate. Idioms: bring low, take down a peg. See RESPECT, WIN.
let it go, let it go
hehe
oh, what's that? i'm sorry. did you say you would like to be PWN'D too?
I think the arguement here is, who is the bigger nerd.... and im happy to call you BOTH huge nerds... WHAT now... PWNED!!!
aww, im sorry about that. i need to work on my social skills.