• glimse@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I understood exactly what they meant and was pretty sure it wasn’t just an acronym so I looked it up.

    It IS a word but it isn’t (officially) a synonym of “imitates” - just the verb form of LARP.

    Not fighting for either side, just thought it was interesting

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      2 months ago

      Fact, but “w00t” is. 🤦🏼‍♂️ Ergo, said “official” status is bullshit at best, and simply another dino system failing to keep up.

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        2 months ago

        I don’t disagree, I use words as they’re understood whether they have an established definition or not.

        The exact point I stopped caring was when I saw the wild and zany news article about Bootylicious getting added. Like oh…you just add slang for publicity and pick the ones most likely to hit the morning shows

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          2 months ago

          Yup. This is the way it’s always been, just with the pedestrian masses having less access to said process and its prescriptivist pool of gatekeepers. 🤷🏼‍♂️