VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 1 month agoSociety keeps changing the definition of normal wordsdiscuss.onlineimagemessage-square194linkfedilinkarrow-up11.27Karrow-down110
arrow-up11.26Karrow-down1imageSociety keeps changing the definition of normal wordsdiscuss.onlineVetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 1 month agomessage-square194linkfedilink
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down6·1 month ago‘Goon’ still means Henchman. Don’t let the vapid famewhore influencerati dictate language changes. Laugh at their obvious inability and keep being you.
minus-squareTheSlad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoWtf are you talking about? Also, language is a social construct and words change meaning all the time. They can also mean more than one thing…
minus-squareWhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoHogwash! (I meant that as in I agree)
minus-squareprotist@retrofed.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month ago Vapid famewhore influencerati Are you trying to dictate language changes? I laugh at your obvious inability
minus-squareAlmacca@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoI guess we can still use ‘mooks’ for that.
minus-squaresigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month ago vapid famewhore influencerati Bro thought he mogged. Bro typed this and thought, “ts tuff”. Bro’s on the Canadian instance and doesn’t even know “goon” is a hockey term in Canada. (this is me showing my “obvious inability”…whatever that means)
‘Goon’ still means Henchman.
Don’t let the vapid famewhore influencerati dictate language changes. Laugh at their obvious inability and keep being you.
Wtf are you talking about? Also, language is a social construct and words change meaning all the time. They can also mean more than one thing…
Hogwash! (I meant that as in I agree)
Are you trying to dictate language changes? I laugh at your obvious inability
I guess we can still use ‘mooks’ for that.
Bro thought he mogged. Bro typed this and thought, “ts tuff”.
Bro’s on the Canadian instance and doesn’t even know “goon” is a hockey term in Canada.
(this is me showing my “obvious inability”…whatever that means)