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[โ€“] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Minor gripe - it's not right to say that everyone has to agree, but it is sensible to point out that one person has no real basis for having unique meanings for terms and then reacting poorly when others fail to use them.

Every word had an evolution or hard origin, and each stepping stone on those journeys had some first user. By whatever means, some of those new words or new tweaks on existing words caught on and spread.

And sometimes, despite generally widespread acceptance of a change or a new word, some folks will bitterly hold on to the old ways for years or decades until they just die wrong about it.

[โ€“] bryndos@fedia.io 1 points 2 days ago

By whatever means, some of those new words or new tweaks on existing words caught on and spread.

By whatever memes . . .