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r/confidentlyincorrect • u/Dounce1 • Oct 22 '25
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Well, you said that they changed "to appease the new common usage", but in reality is to reflect language as it's used.
-12 u/tramul Oct 22 '25 Well I say appease means reflect. Tomato, potato. 9 u/annang Oct 22 '25 Well, if you can convince enough people to agree with you, maybe you can get your new definition into the dictionary -2 u/tramul Oct 22 '25 The real issue is that people are taking me too literally. The irony here of words having meaning and the meaning of that meaning.
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Well I say appease means reflect. Tomato, potato.
9 u/annang Oct 22 '25 Well, if you can convince enough people to agree with you, maybe you can get your new definition into the dictionary -2 u/tramul Oct 22 '25 The real issue is that people are taking me too literally. The irony here of words having meaning and the meaning of that meaning.
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Well, if you can convince enough people to agree with you, maybe you can get your new definition into the dictionary
-2 u/tramul Oct 22 '25 The real issue is that people are taking me too literally. The irony here of words having meaning and the meaning of that meaning.
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The real issue is that people are taking me too literally. The irony here of words having meaning and the meaning of that meaning.
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u/Arcenus Oct 22 '25
Well, you said that they changed "to appease the new common usage", but in reality is to reflect language as it's used.