me: so you're saying naming a phenomenon with a disease metaphor makes it seem more insidious & powerful semantic contamination: *whistling*
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Replying to @harmonylion1
@harmonylion1 semantic contamination works for nice things too1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing I'm sure it does. Is the effect of "contamination" that the definition is... envaguened, or what?1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @harmonylion1
@harmonylion1 I just thinks it's a hilariously meta- naming of a concept, although you're right it tends to negative connotation2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@harmonylion1 which I can empathize with *cough* *insight porn*
10:51 PM - 28 Sep 2015
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