Blaze (he/him)@feddit.org to Fediverse memes@feddit.ukEnglish · 9 months agoThey're rare, but they're unfortunately herelemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1140arrow-down112
arrow-up1128arrow-down1external-linkThey're rare, but they're unfortunately herelemmy.worldBlaze (he/him)@feddit.org to Fediverse memes@feddit.ukEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squarekitnaht@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·edit-29 months ago One, there isn’t some governing body for the term “Tankie”. It’s called a dictionary. And even though there are many of them, they agree on the definition. Words mean things. Kinda cool how that works.
minus-squareSpongeBorgCubePants@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoThat is not how language works
minus-square__nobodynowhere@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoA dictionary describes words and their already existing meaning not governs or creates them.
It’s called a dictionary. And even though there are many of them, they agree on the definition. Words mean things. Kinda cool how that works.
That is not how language works
A dictionary describes words and their already existing meaning not governs or creates them.