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If only I got paid every time someone tells me bi means 2 cos it's in the *dictionary* dictionaries should be descriptive not prescriptive
There is a level of hell for people who use dictionary definitions as if they were complete philosophical expositions of a concept.
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Or people who say certain LGBTQ+ concepts are "made up words" unlike all the other words that apparently grew fully formed on a word tree
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"You can't just redefine words!" Have you met the English language!? Mobile used to just be a verb for being able to move. Now it's a noun.
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that would be an adjective, friend
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but contra - dictionary:a book or electronic resource that lists the words of a language *and gives their meaning* - checkmate
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"But words exist!!! What do you expect us to do, change the meaning of words? NONSENSE!!!"
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I think at some point it was a cool way to open an argument but pretty sure a lot of people didn't bother reading past it
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