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I disagree. Dictionaries are mostly descriptive as opposed to prescriptive. They wouldn’t be particularly useful if they weren’t. That being said, I have seen
by catlifeonmars 14d ago
I disagree. Dictionaries are mostly descriptive as opposed to prescriptive. They wouldn’t be particularly useful if they weren’t.
That being said, I have seen people weaponize dictionary definitions if that’s what you were referring to.
- ifonlywecould 14d agoI believe that is a more recent phenomenon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster%27s_Third_New_International_Dictionary#Permissiveness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster%27s_Third_New_Internat...