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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 76 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Ok, but like the use of the word is correct as it evolved from the original meaning.

That dude is just explaining (albeit recent) word etymology to her.

It's like porn - "art porn" is not the same as "porn art" (eg food-/history-/Earth-/map-/artefact-/engineering-/city-/justice-/penmanship-/sky-/human-porn etc).

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] CptEnder@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bit of a weird name for your testicles, but you do you

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Never neglect the jokes!

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, that dude is gonna get raw hotdogs now.

[–] bricklove@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

Her friends don't appreciate semantic drift. She's innovating the language.