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fixed cyberghost's "meme" (thelemmy.club)

submitted 2 years ago by Vuraniute to c/[email protected]

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

So words have settled meanings when you say they do?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

What do you mean settled? Do words meaning change? Absolutely. Quick examples from Google are awesome, egregious, awful, terrific, smeart->smart, nice, wicked, presently, etc

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

I mean you feel confindent saying that a word has a meaning that is agreed upon

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Yes? Sometimes multiple in the case of homophones.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

So if someone told you that you were using a word or words incorrectly, because the agreed upon usage of that term was decided, you would accept it and wouldn't pedantically argue that point instead?

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