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Words mean whatever the people want them to mean. Just pick whatever word you want. That's how language evolves.
by everheardofc 9y ago
Words mean whatever the people want them to mean.
Just pick whatever word you want. That's how language evolves.
- thedonkeycometh 9y agoErm.. in social discourse maybe, but in technical language its generally quite explicit. This is why we have the design pattern language. To communicate effectively, technical concepts. If someone refers to a MVC implementation as Command-Pattern, correct them. The same goes for language definitions.
- xigency 9y agoYes, especially people as a collective rather than individuals.
- mort96 9y agoXKCD related to the topic: https://www.xkcd.com/1860/ https://www.xkcd.com/1860/