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Topic | Why do nerds act like words can't evolve into different meanings? |
thanosibe 04/05/17 9:44:20 AM #28: | Veggeta_MAX posted... thanosibe posted...I'm not intending to be so. But in the case of gay, it was a used as a slang term for homosexuals to the point that the only time someone uses gay to mean happy is when they are making a joke about homosexuals. As in what Matt Groening did with all the jokes about Smither's sexuality throughout the show. No one uses it to mean happy unless they're 90 years old or making a joke. That's pretty much using a word contrary to it's meaning until people forget the original meaning.So "evolution" is just code for "people use a word contrary to it's real meaning long enough that people forget the real meaning of the word and adapt the new one into their vocabulary"? --- I think I need a drink. Almost everybody does only they don't know it. -- Charles Bukowski ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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