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> This is a misunderstanding of what dictionaries are for. They’re not authoritative sources of what words mean, they’re a record of all the different ways a wo

by m00x 4y ago

> This is a misunderstanding of what dictionaries are for. They’re not authoritative sources of what words mean, they’re a record of all the different ways a word has been used. Source?

Spivak 4y ago
"dictionary, n. and adj." OED Online. Oxford University Press, December 2022. Web. 20 January 2023.
- m00x 4y ago
  So you're using a dictionary as an authoritative source to prove the point that dictionaries aren't the authoritative source of what words mean?
  - Spivak 4y ago
    Oh you weren’t joking, I was going along with what I thought was a bit.