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minus-squaredisguy_ovahealinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoColloquialization. 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.
minus-squaredisguy_ovahealinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoGretchen, stop trying to make fetch happen. It’s not going to happen.
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.
But fetch still hasn’t happened. :(
Gretchen, stop trying to make fetch happen. It’s not going to happen.