Not what we expected…

  • SmokeyDope@lemmy.worldM
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    8 days ago

    Its an ambiguous slang statement that can mean several different things at once. It requires extra work to ground in a well-defined meaning.

    Much in the same way ‘going to the bank’ could mean a financial institution or a river, ‘dropping’ something can mean releasing a new thing, stopping support, or physically fumbling an object on the ground. OP could have done a better job disambiguating with either different words or more context.

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        7 days ago

        Its all good this is the internet nobody but wordy pedantic types pays much attention or energy into being precise on post and comments. I just wanted to point out how ambiguity works because im currently studying it mathematically so this was a relevant thing for me to talk about. Thank you for sharing the link and contributing to the community!