• rockSlayer@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I think it’s funny when people use the dictionary like it’s some perfectly unbiased and authoritative source, rather than a compilation of how people use words

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      1 year ago

      Sometimes if you’re going to have a conversation you need to agree on what a word means. If there’s any ambiguity, I’m going to refer to the dictionary so we can continue our conversation, not whatever you or I decide a word means. The dictionary should be the common ground on which we speak when we disagree, because anything else is madness.

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          Depends on what the disagreement is. If the disagreement is purely due to two parties misunderstand each other as they’re running on different definitions then it makes perfect sense. You can’t have a discussion if you aren’t discussing the same thing.