• @disguy_ovahea
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    38 months ago

    Colloquialization. Get enough people using a new word, or existing word in a new way, and it will eventually be added to the dictionary.

    I accepted the inevitable downfall of mankind when “unfriend” was added in 2009.

    • Dojan
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      18 months ago

      But fetch still hasn’t happened. :(

      • @disguy_ovahea
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        28 months ago

        Gretchen, stop trying to make fetch happen. It’s not going to happen.