I keep reading about people who have “passed”.

Passed what? A test? Water? Wind? Another person?

No, they’ve died.

What happened to plain English? “XYZ has died. RIP”

  • Tenniswaffles@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’ve heard people use “passed,” to refer to people dying for my entire life. Nothing has happened to plain English, you’ve just been living under a rock apparently.