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My argument is that it's a forced and silly misuse of the word. I'm struggling to understand also how it came to be [ab]used in this context. To take an old Gr
by yakshaving_jgt 2y ago
My argument is that it's a forced and silly misuse of the word.
I'm struggling to understand also how it came to be [ab]used in this context. To take an old Greek mathematics word and use it to mean something that it doesn't really mean? Why? Isn't that silly? Isn't it pretentious?
- thrw42A8N 2y agoYeah, that's why everyone switched to "universal" after a year or two. But some people are not as up to date and some libraries kept their old names.
- yakshaving_jgt 2y agoI wasn't aware that the favoured term had changed. I do think universal is clearer and much less silly.