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Idiocracy, defined.

• Dylan16807 7y ago
  Before you say that, ask yourself which use is actually using the word "beg" correctly.
• eli 7y ago
  “Idiocracy” doesn’t appear in my dictionary, how did you come to know what it means?
  • rdiddly 7y ago
    Someone made a movie and called it that. It's not really a word. So yes, you proved words can be created. That however is an opposite process to the one that destroys the meaning of an existing word or expression through repetition by people who don't know how to use it. I'm against that kind of half-assery. Creation, art, those take work and discipline. And as much as creativity demands going against convention, you always first have to learn & be aware of what the conventions are. Not even doing that work, and then just claiming your way is just as legitimate as the accepted way for your own mere convenience, well it's a shortcut, and I mean in the best case you have a very slim chance of "just happening" to be a great artist, and in the worst case it's the height of ignorance and narcissism. So yeah I'm unimpressed. I would accept & respect even a deliberate act of transgression -- knowing the right way and doing it wrong on purpose -- before that kind of shoddy relativism.