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This is how language works, things mean what people using language want it to mean. Not the more precise version you want it to mean.
by fooker 2mo ago
This is how language works, things mean what people using language want it to mean. Not the more precise version you want it to mean.
- bigstrat2003 2mo agoNo, when people misuse the language they are wrong. Their bad use does not become correct just because it's popular. Linguistic descriptivism is a nonsense idea.
- fooker 2mo agoIt's literally a nonsense idea ;) https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/literally https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/literally