rustydrd@sh.itjust.works to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agoNotepadsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square228fedilinkarrow-up1997arrow-down118file-textcross-posted to: fuck_ai@lemmy.world
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minus-squareoo1@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 hours agoAnd “terrific” and “awesome” are exaggerations of “scary”.
minus-squareLumidaub@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoYes. Am I meant to add anything here?
minus-squareoo1@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 hours agoNo, it’s just another example that words’ usages and meanings can change a lot, even flip, over time. A new usage can literally spread like a virus meme and become the meaning - at least to all intensive porpoises.
minus-squareLumidaub@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoI know, it’s completely normal. Doesn’t mean I have to like a particular usage.
And “terrific” and “awesome” are exaggerations of “scary”.
Yes. Am I meant to add anything here?
No, it’s just another example that words’ usages and meanings can change a lot, even flip, over time. A new usage can literally spread like a
meme and become the meaning - at least to all intensive porpoises.virusI know, it’s completely normal. Doesn’t mean I have to like a particular usage.