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Dictionary definitions are oversimplified meanings of real world word usage. People, almost all people, use words in slightly to significantly different meanin
by billswift 16y ago
Dictionary definitions are oversimplified meanings of real world word usage. People, almost all people, use words in slightly to significantly different meanings from dictionary usage. Also, objecting to someones use of a word based on minor differences with the dictionary definition is a version of argument from authority.
- kranner 16y agoroel_v and I seem to have settled that the individual meanings of 'stereotyping' are not the issue here. What I'm objecting to is what I have explained I mean by the word in the context of the original assertion by elbenshira, viz. that regard for punctuality is predominantly an American/Western trait. And if you don't mind, this is all I have to say about it.