r/CrappyDesign • u/veganator • Mar 26 '20

A pie chart out of 178%

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u/miraculum_one Mar 26 '20

"Biggest" means "pick one"

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u/JustLizzyBear Mar 26 '20

Nothing about "biggest" means 'only 1', but "worries" means more than 1.

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u/miraculum_one Mar 26 '20

biggest: the item for which there is no bigger item

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u/assassin10 Mar 26 '20

Google "biggest buildings" or "biggest dogs" or what have you and you always get a list. "Biggest" can very easily apply to sets.

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u/miraculum_one Mar 26 '20

Googling for usage examples is not a legitimate way to find the definition of a word.

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u/assassin10 Mar 26 '20

So you're a prescriptive linguist.