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[-] ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 13 points 11 months ago

Anyone else wonder how some folks will say language sometimes changes related to people speaking lazily, but then you get words changing meaning/emerging with extra syllables like "irregardless" or "disorientated"?

When posts like this pop up, it makes me wonder 'bout those extra syllable words, "So how's that happen, then?"

[-] jarfil@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Sometimes it's discombobulating, isn't it?

But no, seriousnessly, get a pinch of lazy, add a pinch of troll, throw in some euphemism, mix thoroughly for a while, and shit happens, like birds and bees.

[-] troglodytis@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

That means all mixed up

[-] itsralC@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago
[-] bitwaba@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Boned and deboned mean the same thing.

[-] CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

That's just your wife trying to change the subject

[-] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

But fucked and unfucked don't

Crazy how nature do that

[-] kamen@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

People want to sound fancy.

[-] force@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

People when normal language evolution exists: 😱

english language arts classes have set us back millions of years

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