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minus-squareickplant@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down5·1 year agoA lot of them come from the dictionary of obscure sorrows.
minus-squareBB69@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up32arrow-down2·1 year agoSo not anything that’s credible in educational circles
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 year agoDictionaries include words that are commonly used, so if a lot of people start using them, then they’ll be credible
minus-squareKyrgizion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoTrue, this is a perfectly cromulent opinion.
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoThe study of language is descriptive, not prescriptive It’s why dictionaries have new word of the year contests that get won by things like “goblin-mode” Language evolves every day
A lot of them come from the dictionary of obscure sorrows.
So not anything that’s credible in educational circles
Dictionaries include words that are commonly used, so if a lot of people start using them, then they’ll be credible
Language is weird.
True, this is a perfectly cromulent opinion.
The study of language is descriptive, not prescriptive
It’s why dictionaries have new word of the year contests that get won by things like “goblin-mode”
Language evolves every day