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>Deny and list have both been words for more than 1500 years. Neat, but denylist isn't a word. Thank you for proving my point. >Unless someone is trying to be
by Always_Anon 3y ago
>Deny and list have both been words for more than 1500 years.
Neat, but denylist isn't a word. Thank you for proving my point.
>Unless someone is trying to be particularly daft, it’s pretty straightforward to put them together and grok a mean.
Except it's not, especially for those who are not as privileged and learn English as a second language. "Broad" and "way" are two words that when put together mean something very different. QED.
>Much better than blacklist.
Not at all, since it's not a word.
>If you didn’t have a dictionary, you would never know.
Thank God the word predates computers and we all know what it means.
- huytersd 3y agoThat’s hilarious, you said it yourself. Someone that’s learning English is going to magically understand what blacklist mean or can basically figure out what deny and list mean instead?
- Always_Anon 3y agoYes they will, because translation dictionaries with "blacklist" predate the advent of digital computers. QED.
- huytersd 3y agoDeny and list predate digital computers. Why do you hate logical naming?
- Always_Anon 3y ago[flagged]
- huytersd 3y agoThat’s just semantics. You’re purposely being daft to rationalize your point. Everyone reading that knows it’s deny list.