How Basecamp Blew Up

Re:How Basecamp Blew Up by arp242 on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @08:47PM (#27044736)

Dictionaries don't define the meaning of words; they record the usage.

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Re:How Basecamp Blew Up by prepend on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @08:55PM (#27044813)

And if enough people use a different definition then the dictionary changes.

That doesn’t mean that I can define words however I like. Since defund has a well and consistently used definition I think it’s going be hard for the connotation to change so that “defund police” means something other than defund police.

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Re:How Basecamp Blew Up by xboxnolifes on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @10:02PM (#27045313)

with the term literally being able to mean figuratively, I'm hesitant to agree.

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Re:How Basecamp Blew Up by Igelau on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @08:55PM (#27044812)

While this is true, we still go back to them to agree on what the words mean.

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