# Catholic Slang: Rigid **URL:** \ **Category:** Casual Discussion\ **Created:** [April 23, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/catholic-slang-rigid/1530 "2024-04-23T19:21:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cade\_One](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/cade_one/32/34_2.png) [@Cade\_One](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/Cade_One)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/catholic-slang-rigid/1530/1 "2024-04-23T19:21:34Z")
You know how in the 80’s the word “awesome” became a thing. Can we make the word “rigid” a synonym? **Rigid** rig·​id 1. faith-filled, theologically sound or cares about truth 2. admirable 3. the opposite of Pope Francis _Bishop J. Strickland is so rigid._ ---
**Author:** ![Literalman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/literalman/32/117_2.png) [@Literalman](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/Literalman)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/catholic-slang-rigid/1530/2 "2024-04-24T22:37:07Z")
“Rigid” is neutral. Being inflexible can be good or bad. However, the English language is always changing, although attempts to assign new meanings to words rarely seem to catch on, though they do happen. If “rigid” catches on as a synonym for “awesome,” will “flexible” take on a negative meaning as a synonym for, maybe, “pathetic”? That would be flexible. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cade\_One](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/cade_one/32/34_2.png) [@Cade\_One](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/Cade_One)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/catholic-slang-rigid/1530/3 "2024-04-25T13:04:59Z")
You’re right about things not easily catching on. My Brother and I had a competition when we were young to see who could get a word to become slang (either in school or at the least on our bus). We gave each other a week to complete the challenge and we both failed miserably : ) I remember I chose the word “sweeney,” because I saw a commercial for a bigwig Lawyer out of Cleveland with this name. I was doomed from the start. ---
**Author:** ![MDD2299](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/mdd2299/32/274_2.png) [@MDD2299](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/MDD2299)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/catholic-slang-rigid/1530/4 "2024-04-28T22:54:43Z")
> [@Cade\_One](#): > > **Rigid** rig·​id > > 1. faith-filled, theologically sound or cares about truth > 2. admirable > 3. the opposite of Pope Francis > > _Bishop J. Strickland is so rigid._ Absolutely love the way you defined it. ---
**Author:** ![MDD2299](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/mdd2299/32/274_2.png) [@MDD2299](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/MDD2299)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2024, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/catholic-slang-rigid/1530/5 "2024-04-28T22:56:35Z")
Although Francis is definitely rigid when it comes to certain issues (when, where, and by whom the TLM can be done.) ---
**Author:** ![Tom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tom](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/Tom)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/catholic-slang-rigid/1530/6 "2024-05-18T17:46:55Z")
For over 2024 years the Catholic Church has been faith-filled, theologically sound, and cared about the truth. The Holy Spirit has kept it that way (part of the Spirit’s job description). That is what is important. Considering what the Church has been up against, its success in these areas has been admirable. ---
**Author:** ![ShotClocker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.catholictalk.net/shotclocker/32/310_2.png) [@ShotClocker](https://forum.catholictalk.net/u/ShotClocker)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/catholic-slang-rigid/1530/7 "2024-05-18T20:33:56Z")
I’m willing to bet once Pope Francis leaves the pontificate for whatever reason and his works are looked at through a lens that isn’t smeared by Church politics, a lot more people will see him as “rigid”