How dare you
my tentative sense is we should not be real-time editing the dictionary, with an overtly partisan bias, to fuel a highly-public, ultimately fleeting political spat call me crazy
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could be wrong !
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You are crazy* but not for thinking this. *In a good way.
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This makes me wonder what or if there is an optimal rate of change to the definition of words within a language. Intuitively too high a rate of change and a language becomes non functional but I have no idea how valid that intuition is
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i wish we had some clear data on rate of change over time
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Only works if everyones allowed to edit. Somehow the wikipedia page on trump is accurate.
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Yes, but also one website isn't "The" dictionary. This should realistically just reduce that particular website's public trust.
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interestingly, i think webster was actually a right winger?
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Old, white, anachronistic definitions are clearly hurting minorities and underprivileged groups.
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