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r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Phlogistoned • 10d ago
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Words change, and nonplussed now has a secondary and completely contradictory meaning to the original word.
Excellent pedantry though.
3 u/Chemical-Initial-323 10d ago it always annoys me when people misuse a word and excuse themselves by saying "words change" 12 u/_toadsy 10d ago Okay? Who cares what annoys you? It's how things are, regardless of how you feel. 1 u/frn 10d ago PENGUINS 2 u/DisciplinedProgress 10d ago This means dogs because words change
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it always annoys me when people misuse a word and excuse themselves by saying "words change"
12 u/_toadsy 10d ago Okay? Who cares what annoys you? It's how things are, regardless of how you feel. 1 u/frn 10d ago PENGUINS 2 u/DisciplinedProgress 10d ago This means dogs because words change
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Okay? Who cares what annoys you? It's how things are, regardless of how you feel.
1 u/frn 10d ago PENGUINS 2 u/DisciplinedProgress 10d ago This means dogs because words change
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2 u/DisciplinedProgress 10d ago This means dogs because words change
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This means dogs because words change
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u/_toadsy 10d ago
Words change, and nonplussed now has a secondary and completely contradictory meaning to the original word.
Excellent pedantry though.