• Slashme
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    17 days ago

    What annoys me about people correcting this is that it’s never been incorrect. Poisonous has been used to mean “having a bite or sting that injects poison” since forever.

    • NathanRanch@lemmy.zip
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      17 days ago

      It’s def a forced bit to make someone feel good about useless knowledge and semantic authority.