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Wrong. The original meaning of a word is irrelevant. The definition of a word in the English language is whatever people currently use it for.
by magduf 7y ago
Wrong. The original meaning of a word is irrelevant. The definition of a word in the English language is whatever people currently use it for.
- high_5 7y agoThat's how people start talking past each other just to prove their own worldview. And that's not communication.
- magduf 7y agoThat's literally how the English language works. It's defined by popular usage. So one person using a word "wrongly" is indeed "wrong", but if most people use a word "wrongly", then it becomes correct.