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Feel free to disregard this because ultimately its a tangent that doesn't matter; but supermajority is specifically a political term referring to the required t
by malfist 2mo ago
Feel free to disregard this because ultimately its a tangent that doesn't matter; but supermajority is specifically a political term referring to the required threshold to advance legislation when simple majority isn't procedurally enough. It doesn't mean simply a greater share of.a majority
- zmgsabst 2mo agoThis is how language evolves. For supermajority: the construction means “beyond majority” or “above majority”, it is implemented as a higher percentage in most systems, and there is a utility in being able to refer to high ratio majority. So people have repurposed a technical word to a general word, of roughly the same meaning.
- albatross79 2mo agoNo, some usage is just wrong, even if many people are doing it.
- bhelkey 2mo agoEnglish is descriptive not prescriptive. The meaning of words change over time. "Disappoint" was originally the inverse of "appoint" and meant to remove from office.
- albatross79 2mo agoIt's neither. If you accept and approve of people wearing their pants around their knees, its a fashion evolution. If you think pants should cover your ass, it's just poor behavior. Analogous to the use of language.