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To: Tax-chick

Exactly.

Linguists attempting to be faddish.

3 posted on 08/19/2025 3:56:27 AM PDT by Chickensoup

To: Chickensoup

Maybe, like me, they feel cool using words that the youth have already discarded in favor of new ones.

16 posted on 08/19/2025 5:12:46 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong?)

To: Chickensoup

It is descriptive not prescriptive.
The new words need to be there so people can look them up.

What if someone comes across one of those words in a printed newspaper without having internet access? { snicker }

32 posted on 08/19/2025 9:24:08 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along.)

To: Chickensoup

pretend-esident: person who takes the Oath of Office despite losing election. See 'Scranton Joe', 'Sniffaleupagus'.

It never caught on but I couldn't refer to the bastard as President.

35 posted on 09/01/2025 2:03:53 PM PDT by MikelTackNailer (is merely pawn on chessboard of life.)

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