[Patrick]

If James is online.

[Stacey.]

mods can give them out too

[GypsyGoth]

The dictionary definition is not up to date. It will catch up eventually.

[Bigbrotherin]

Originally Posted by GypsyGoth

The dictionary definition is not up to date. It will catch up eventually.

Catch up with what? It hasn't changed.

[GypsyGoth]

Originally Posted by Bigbrotherin

Catch up with what? It hasn't changed.

Catch up with how the word is being used.

[Bigbrotherin]

Originally Posted by GypsyGoth

Catch up with how the word is being used.

As far as I'm aware infraction is only used to mean penalty in some US states and it usually refers to parking offenses.

[GypsyGoth]

Originally Posted by Bigbrotherin

As far as I'm aware infraction is only used to mean penalty in some US states and it usually refers to parking offenses.

No "infraction" also means "penalty" on this forum.

[Twilight]

Who cares

[Bigbrotherin]

Originally Posted by Twilight

Who cares

The admins obviously or they wouldn't have forums for feedback.

[Twilight]

I don't get why you care about the meaning of it so much.

[Bigbrotherin]

Originally Posted by Twilight

I don't get why you care about the meaning of it so much.

Where do you get the impression I did? I just saw the suggestion forum and thought I'd suggest changing the word used, because, to most people, infraction means a minor legal wrong doing.

[Shaun]

This is a Big Brother forum, do you expect people to understand words with more than 2 syllables?

[Bigbrotherin]

Originally Posted by Shaun

This is a Big Brother forum, do you expect people to understand words with more than 2 syllables?

Fair point , though this particular Big Brother forum seems to understand them or for that matter most things less than most other first world Big Brother forums.

[Mrluvaluva]

[Twilight]

wtf

[Shasown]

Ok try this one, see if it sits any better with you. You dont actually receive an infraction per se, you receive points for the infractions you have committed, (infraction as in violating a rule). The forum records these penalties/warnings under a section called Infractions.

The word infraction may have been decided by the designers of the Vbulletin program that is used as the interface for the forum.

As opposed to saying you received a penalty for your infraction of the rules, this changes in shorthand to you received an infraction.

[Locke.]

Originally Posted by Bigbrotherin

[Stacey.]

Originally Posted by Locke.

LOL

[InOne]

I think Bigbrotherin has had a few too many sherberts.

[James]

Maybe the syntax 'received a notification of an infraction' would be more to your liking?

For what it's worth though, I don't like the use of the word infraction - too technical, and not used often - I would just call it a warning.

[Lewis.]

I don't think it is really anything to get confused about. It's just a word at the end of the day.. and puts the point across pretty much the same as other words.