Re:Node.js in Flame Graphs
by quarterto on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @12:07PM
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"learnings" is a perfectly cromulent word: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=learnings&year...
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If you are Sacha Baron Cohen, yes.
Use of this word predates Sacha Baron Cohen's entire existence.
Nope. You see an option for a plural here? http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/learning
Dictionaries are descriptive, not prescriptive. They can only tell you if something is a word, not whether something isn't a word.
Well certainly there is no law against using made-up words. If that's what you want to do, have at it.
At least it will help people get their buzzword bingo cards filled up sooner.
Re:Node.js in Flame Graphs
by not_kurt_godel on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @01:10PM
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Re:Node.js in Flame Graphs
by from_elsewhere on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @12:28PM
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Dictionaries ain't arbiters of the English language. And quite fortunately so, I should note.