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re: "semantic diffusion", sometime the opposite happens. Consider "meme" which was once very general and is now much more specific. "semantic speciation"? It
by __MatrixMan__ 2y ago
re: "semantic diffusion", sometime the opposite happens. Consider "meme" which was once very general and is now much more specific. "semantic speciation"?
It's as if the culture wants a certain level of specificity for a phrase and if you start too far from it, it'll ignore your wishes and drift to that level anyway.