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To: NorthMountain

A lot of words and expressions we consider ‘proper’ English words started out the same way, and over time they were accepted as standard, in some cases even universally - O.K., OK, Okay is understood now in most of the world.

And technology adds a lot of words - like ‘internet’, ‘selfie’, ‘phishing’, ‘ransomware’; the OED adds about a thousand new words a year...


34 posted on 11/13/2024 11:39:38 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630

Tell me something I don’t know.

“Veggie” is babytalk; it’s evidence of the ongoing infantilization of American people.

BTW, I don’t use babytalk when addressing very small children. I have too much respect for them to do that.


41 posted on 11/13/2024 11:43:45 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Jamestown1630

I’m no longer accepting any new words or terms unless it’s to describe a new invention. Especially ones made by some punk ass rapper or “influencer.”


84 posted on 11/13/2024 12:58:05 PM PST by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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