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You know its bad when the dictionary comes to argue. (lemm.ee)

submitted 14 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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BTW, check merriam-webster's bluesky. Its really good.

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A tweet saying "It took me 19 years to figure out NEWS stands for "notable events, weather and sports" 🤔". It has a reply from Merriam-Webster saying "No."

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Why stop there?

new(adj.)

Middle English neue, from Old English neowe, niowe, earlier niwe "made or established for the first time, fresh, recently made or grown; novel, unheard-of, different from the old; untried, inexperienced, unused," from Proto-Germanic *neuja-(source also of Old Saxon niuwi, Old Frisian nie, Middle Dutch nieuwe, Dutch nieuw, Old High German niuwl, German neu, Danish and Swedish ny, Gothic niujis "new").

[–] [email protected] 5 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

proto-germanic is fascinating. it's a whole "conceptual language" made entirely out of assumptions, and i love it.

i assume you're aware of RobWords on youtube? he also does another show called Words Unraveled. if you're a word nerd like me, i'm sure you'd love boþ.

edit: #HARDCORE Þ

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago

Thanks. I’ll check.