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Old 09-14-2017, 09:34 AM   #385 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by djchameleon View Post
The dictionary is slightly modified all the time depending on current usage by the populous.
We're not talking about natural evolution over time by any kind of majority. This is just hijacking a word and completely redefining it according to the opinions of a very small group of people whose usage isn't even widely known by the general population.
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There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.
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