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  • Language is always evolving, never static. A dictionary and the definitions are backwards looking always. Dictionaries are always trying to keep up with the evolutions of language, but they’ll always lag behind.

    Just keep in mind that words change how they’re used over our lifetimes, and it never stops.

    E. G. Irregardless is now a valid word, when 15 and 20 years ago it was people mixing up regardless or irrespective so now I don’t even get that high horse anymore 😉







  • Tyfud@lemmy.worldtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldMamma mia
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    14 days ago

    You understand that prejudice has a specific malicious intent behind it, correct? That it’s prejudiced “with intent” for something nefarious that’s being hidden behind the veil of racist remarks.

    Go ahead and tell us which one of those racist behaviors is on display here.

    If Italian people were offended by this, or this limited their upward travel potential in the professional world, or was a way to hide derogatory behavior that people found undesirable by “dog whistling”, then it would qualify.

    Unless you can point that out in this case, I think your sense of social justice is misplaced for what is just normal, tame, cultural fun poking.

    Here, we’ll include Americans in the meme:

    Amer-E-cans: The police were called to handle a domestic disturbance at a nearby home. There were no survivors.