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Re:In Praise of the Philly Stoop by mmmpop on Thursday June 01, 2017 @01:26PM (#14462413)
> You have been introduced to a new meaning of the term.

Says who? It's one thing to invent a brand new word, but it's another to modify a word with already established meaning to a slightly different meaning just because some people started using it the wrong way and it stuck. See the word "poignant" for another great example of the active bastardization of English.

Re:In Praise of the Philly Stoop by throwanem on Thursday June 01, 2017 @01:29PM (#14462430)
I really don't want to get into a pointless debate over prescriptivism, and there is no other kind of debate over prescriptivism. But, here, have some authorities:

Wiktionary: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/antisocial

Merriam-Webster: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antisocial

Oxford Dictionaries, English - as close as you get to OED without paying, and my library card's at home: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/antisocial

How many more would you like me to cite? And what's your problem with "poignant"?

Re:In Praise of the Philly Stoop by khedoros1 on Thursday June 01, 2017 @03:49PM (#14463857)
What do you call a word that everyone uses in the same wrong way? "Correct".