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If most people are using a word to mean something different, doesn't that mean the meaning of the word has changed?
by dorkwood 6y ago
If most people are using a word to mean something different, doesn't that mean the meaning of the word has changed?
- alasdair_ 6y agoIt depends which people you are talking to.
- jl6 6y agoDescriptivists may say yes, but that doesn’t mean people won’t try to stop the meaning drifting to prevent the past becoming inaccessible.
- savanaly 6y agoIf I choose to label them "incorrect" for their usage of "factoid", by your own argument I'm absolutely right.
- jdeibele 6y agoSeems to have happened with "momentarily". Used to mean "for a moment" but now most people use it to mean "in a moment". I remember being amused the first time a flight attendant said "we'll be taking off momentarily".