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Re:The shrinking landscape of linguistic diversity in the ag... by catlifeonmars on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @10:07PM (#49545138)
I disagree. Dictionaries are mostly descriptive as opposed to prescriptive. They wouldn’t be particularly useful if they weren’t.

That being said, I have seen people weaponize dictionary definitions if that’s what you were referring to.

Re:The shrinking landscape of linguistic diversity in the ag... by ifonlywecould on Thursday September 03, 2026 @12:08AM (#49545816)
I believe that is a more recent phenomenon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster%27s_Third_New_Internat...