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minus-squareSkaveRatlinkfedilinkEnglish11•edit-27 months agoIt might be, but I’ve only ever seen it used in the condecending way. And it seems to be used like this for quite some time
minus-squareMentalEdgelinkfedilinkEnglish-1•edit-27 months agoCan’t argue with real-world use, but man that is a semantic shift that is doing the original word dirty. Apparently patronage and other forms of the word are having their definitions affected, too. I read a lot of books so I’m definitely a lot more used to how words are used up to several decades ago.
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It might be, but I’ve only ever seen it used in the condecending way. And it seems to be used like this for quite some time
Can’t argue with real-world use, but man that is a semantic shift that is doing the original word dirty.
Apparently patronage and other forms of the word are having their definitions affected, too.
I read a lot of books so I’m definitely a lot more used to how words are used up to several decades ago.
yup. language is weird
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