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> playing vocabulary whackamole likely will be more of a distraction than anything else exaggerate, as far as I can tell after looking at some dictionaries, ne
by toolz 4y ago
> playing vocabulary whackamole likely will be more of a distraction than anything else
exaggerate, as far as I can tell after looking at some dictionaries, never means "more than the norm". It is not a comparison, it is an actor distorting something. I do appreciate the attempt at charitable interpretation, but I don't think you can redefine words from their only meanings just to clear someone from making an accusation.
- saghm 4y agoBy "vocabulary whackamole", I meant decrying "microaggressions" as a weapon, not misunderstanding the use of "exaggeration"; I agree that wasn't super clear, but I felt I understood what they meant by it, so I tried to help explain. > exaggerate, as far as I can tell after looking at some dictionaries, never means "more than the norm" Not to nitpick, but it's almost exactly the second definition here[1]: "enlarged or increased beyond the normal : greater than normal" https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exaggerated https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exaggerated
- toolz 4y agoI stand corrected, I only looked at exaggerate and not the past participle, which apparently does fit your interpretation. Thanks