Broken Grammar: 'Unbreakerable'?

[Sasuga]

In Killer Instinct we had Combo Breakers. Some combo's could not be broken and were thus called 'unbreakable'.

Now in MK we have breakers. Some combo's can not be broken and they are called 'unbreakerable'...?

Unbreakerable sounds grammatically incorrect to me. To me the following sentences are correct: "You break combo's with a breaker. Combo's that can not be broken are unbreakable."

A lot of people seem to use the term unbreakerable. Even Ultradavid is convinced that this is correct as the mechanism is called 'breaker'.

So what do you guys think?

 

[Bizkit]

You're talking about a game that replaces hard C's with K's.

 

[Eight]

It's fine with me. Just a bit of FG slang/lingo.

Like cross-up, salty, bodied, free, etc. That shit isn't in websters, but we still use it everywhere.

and it sounds dramatic, so thats +1

UNBREAKERABLE

 

[Sasuga]

You're talking about a game that replaces hard C's with K's.

No, the game never uses unbreakerable. People do.

It's not a problem for me tho, lol. I prefer the unbreakable. I should have added a pol... I have to figure out how that works...

 

[BookBurning]

Unbreakable is technically correct but the problem here is that you're referring to something that is called a "Breaker" and it's being used as a standalone item in the game.

So because of that Unbreakerable is fine.

But here's like my main question..

Who cares?

 

[LockM]

Instead of "unbreakerable", just say "it cannot be broken"...

 

[M2Dave]

Unbreakable is technically correct but the problem here is that you're referring to something that is called a "Breaker" and it's being used as a standalone item in the game.

So because of that Unbreakerable is fine.

But here's like my main question..

Who cares?

I agree. The fighting game community comes up with new words all the time.

For those who are picky, 'unbreakerable' is obviously not a word in the English language. The in-game uses uses (combo) breaker which is a noun. So, 'to break' a combo would the action (i.e., verb). 'Unbreakable' is the adjective because 'unbreakerable' doesn't exist.

 

[Sasuga]

Instead of "unbreakerable", just say "it cannot be broken"...

Or.... It cannot be breakered...?


On a sidenote: I'm at the office, there isn't much to do and I allready know they are not extending my contract. So basically, in relative terms, this matter is pretty fucking interesting

 

[smokey]

You use a "Breaker" to "break" a combo, rendering that combo "BROKEN".
If something cannot be "Broken", it is described as being Unbreakable. This is how i look at it, but as already stated, who cares!?