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This seems to all hinge on an overly specific definition of 'overt'.... while it's definition is something done openly with no attempt to hide, sometimes it is
by cortesoft 6y ago
This seems to all hinge on an overly specific definition of 'overt'.... while it's definition is something done openly with no attempt to hide, sometimes it is used for effect, to say something unintended is actually so apparent that it almost seems like it must have been done intentionally.
You might want words to be narrowly defined and used, but that isn't how language works.
- bonoboTP 6y agoIt's redefining words to retain "the punch", while being able to use it widely. This is how Google now ended up being called "white supremacist" for firing a black AI ethicist (it was retweeted by a director of AI at Nvidia). You can say (with a straight face?) that's just how language evolves, but I would find that deeply cynical.