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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Nope. Not irrelevant to the discussion, it's a demonstration of a neologism. I could use other examples as well. That being said...

The fact that you're just doubling down on that one individual thing and ignoring everything else really goes to show that you literally have no answer to the whole part about how dictionaries are literally proving you wrong. You know. On a meme post that you are getting really weirdly upset over.

Have fun with that lol

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"Ignoring everything else" lmao what other points have you made? I've shut down every part of everything you've said while you completely ignored my comment about how acronyms are not pronounced according to their constituents. You also completely ignored my point about "hook and loop tape" still being the most correct name, and how in any professional setting "velcro" would be insufficiently descriptive.

"doubling down on that one individual thing and ignoring everything else really goes to show that you literally have no answer" - irony

"A meme post that you are getting really weirdly upset over" - delicious irony

And you keep using the word neologism, but I don't think you understand what it means. Brand names are not neologisms. You have given exactly 0 examples of neologisms.

I'm not trying to make you pronounce gif correctly, you can pronounce it wrong if you want, just don't strut around acting like you're saying it right when you're clearly not.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Jod, imagine jetting so worked up about how a word is pronounced. Gesus Krist.