• glimse@lemmy.world
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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

    • wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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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. 🤷🏼‍♂️