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Based on this comment tree, I'm tempted to believe neither of them mean anything. Or at least very few people are aware of whatever real definition they have.
by recursive 1y ago
Based on this comment tree, I'm tempted to believe neither of them mean anything. Or at least very few people are aware of whatever real definition they have. But many people have opinions about it.
- tekla 1y agoThey do mean things, but most who toss the words around only use it to mean "thing that I don't like"
- rsynnott 1y ago> Or at least very few people are aware of whatever real definition they have I mean, like many things, the meaning of 'liberal' has shifted over the last few centuries, and always differed somewhat between regions anyway. Words in English mean what people use them to mean.