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minus-square@disguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoColloquialization. Get enough people using a new word, or existing word in a new way, and it will eventually be added to the dictionary. I accepted the inevitable downfall of mankind when “unfriend” was added in 2009.
minus-square@disguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoGretchen, stop trying to make fetch happen. It’s not going to happen.
Colloquialization. Get enough people using a new word, or existing word in a new way, and it will eventually be added to the dictionary.
I accepted the inevitable downfall of mankind when “unfriend” was added in 2009.
But fetch still hasn’t happened. :(
Gretchen, stop trying to make fetch happen. It’s not going to happen.