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minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoIt might be, but I’ve only ever seen it used in the condecending way. And it seems to be used like this for quite some time
minus-squareMentalEdge@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·edit-21 year agoCan’t argue with real-world use, but man that is a semantic shift that is doing the original word dirty. Apparently patronage and other forms of the word are having their definitions affected, too. I read a lot of books so I’m definitely a lot more used to how words are used up to several decades ago.
minus-squarewildginger@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoWelcome to humanity since the invention of language
It might be, but I’ve only ever seen it used in the condecending way. And it seems to be used like this for quite some time
Can’t argue with real-world use, but man that is a semantic shift that is doing the original word dirty.
Apparently patronage and other forms of the word are having their definitions affected, too.
I read a lot of books so I’m definitely a lot more used to how words are used up to several decades ago.
yup. language is weird
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