Blaze (he/him)@feddit.org to Fediverse memes@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 day agoThey're rare, but they're unfortunately herelemmy.worldimagemessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down111
arrow-up1113arrow-down1imageThey're rare, but they're unfortunately herelemmy.worldBlaze (he/him)@feddit.org to Fediverse memes@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squarekitnaht@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·edit-222 hours 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-up2·7 hours agoThat is not how language works
minus-square__nobodynowhere@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours 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.