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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•3 days agoMore to the point if “addicted to alcohol” is alcoholic, why isn’t “addicted to work” workic?
minus-square@Dasuslink5•3 days agoBecause language isn’t completely arbitrary, but it is weird. Mitchell & Webb - Watergategate
minus-square@KlearlinkEnglish2•2 days agoLanguage can be weird sometimes, but… it’s not exactly brain surgery, is it?
More to the point if “addicted to alcohol” is alcoholic, why isn’t “addicted to work” workic?
yes but then it’s not really a portmanteau anymore
Because language isn’t completely arbitrary, but it is weird.
Mitchell & Webb - Watergategate
Language can be weird sometimes, but… it’s not exactly brain surgery, is it?
Brain surgery…?
It’s not exactly rocket science, is it?