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Then perhaps Ms. Johnson should take that up with 90% of the people who use the word "privilege" in arguments nowadays, because they're not using it the way she
by 13thLetter 11y ago
Then perhaps Ms. Johnson should take that up with 90% of the people who use the word "privilege" in arguments nowadays, because they're not using it the way she thinks they're using it.
- paulv 11y agoI don't think it's solely Ms. Johnson's job to tell people that they're using the word wrong. Now that you know the meaning, you can help us spread the knowledge (like I did by sharing that link).
- Karunamon 11y agoThis sounds like linguistic prescriptivism. For most human communication, the most commonly used definition is the "correct" one. Cf. "Literally", "I could care less", "Dapper"
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