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Yeah, what is it with people calling turbines "windmills"? They don't grind corn. Is it supposed to be a some kind of cheesy insult? It just makes you sound

• forestrywat 2mo ago
  Do you get angry at people for calling sea stars starfish? "They aren't fish they are echinoderms!" Or perhaps you get angry at people who call light utility vehicles "trucks"? Language evolves. People accept colloquial definitions. Wait until you learn about pencil lead, koala bears, dry cleaning, and peanuts. Windmill is absolutely acceptable if it's understood by people to mean wind turbine, which it is.
  • Lio 2mo ago
    This is an interesting response. I think you know that “windmill” isn’t just a synonym for wind turbine but a politicised insult originating in the fossil fuel lobby.
    • forestrywat 2mo ago
      Why would you think that?