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Slang can change rapidly based on current events.
by xapata 8y ago
Slang can change rapidly based on current events.
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- AnimalMuppet 8y agoIt doesn't change very often due to top-down orders, though...
- notahacker 8y agoIt didn't in this case either, it changed because a group of private platform vendors decided they agreed with the rationale one of the other vendors had for changing something.
- reitanqild 8y agoSo not very far away from an oligarchy as paulddraper pointed out?
- AnimalMuppet 8y agoWhy do you not consider that to be "top down orders"? Sure, the orders came from a few execs at a few companies, rather than from the president, but it still looks top-down to me. Specifically it looks top-down in contrast to slang changing rapidly due to current events (which was the original context), which involves a bunch of people having a new reference point, and choosing to use that in their speech.