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Yep, same with the word "hacker": Some people like to call themselves a hacker when they simply made a meal or put some clothes into a bag nicely ... Then agai

by kluck 10y ago

Yep, same with the word "hacker": Some people like to call themselves a hacker when they simply made a meal or put some clothes into a bag nicely ... Then again, isn't language always changing and words are constantly redefined, reused, ommitted and invented etc. Although we should strive for common definitions of words, we should also allow for change. Twitter is not infrastructure though.

talmand 10y ago
>> Then again, isn't language always changing and words are constantly redefined, reused, ommitted and invented etc. There's a difference between a language evolving in a natural, organic way versus someone using a word incorrectly while insisting it is correct and that everyone must change to suit them.