PSA: "Shibboleth" doesn't mean "common error". It means "thing you say that signals your group affiliation". Like "SJW", or "patriarchy".
@XaiaX it's a context-inferred usage coming from hearing people talk about the shibboleths of one group or another & only catching the tone
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@XaiaX honestly the usage probably has at least as much currency as the use of "literally" to mean "figuratively" -
@XaiaX but i'm only a descriptivist when i don't identify a usage as arising from stark incomprehension - 5 more replies
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