saw an ad outside a local restaurant that said "have a star-crossed dinner this valentine's day"
do...do people not know being star-crossed is bad?
"come here and have a dinner that's cursed by fate"
everone in the replies going "no it isnt" and "ive never heard it used that way before" take a look around at what and who you are surrounding yourself with. ignorance is contagious, never just assume you know the actual literal meaning of anything, look it up
“I've never heard it used that way”
If you have heard this phrase at all, you have almost certainly heard it in Romeo and Juliet or as a reference to its use in Romeo and Juliet. It is far and away the most famous use of the phrase.
Two households, both alike in dignity (In fair Verona, where we lay our scene), From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life; Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Doth with their death bury their parents’ strife.
Star-crossed = crossed (opposed) by the stars (fate). Their love is predestined to fail.
If you've “never heard it used that way”, then as invisible-goats suggested above, you are hearing it from people who are using it wrong. Or you're hearing people use it correctly and you're interpreting it wrong. Either way, arguing about it is a baffling response. It means what it means. Stop refusing to learn things because you're allergic to being wrong.
I don't think anyone is saying that it didn't originally mean that. They are simply stating that it doesn't mean that anymore.
No, it definitely still means that.



















