• ✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    I always find it amusing when people are arguing their perscriptivisim is the actual descriptivism. Part of how the language changes is precisely based on objections to word usage and lack of understanding. Those very objections are what give words character. They became part of the descriptive usage of the word. People can agree that yes it is a word in the linguistic sense while also arguing that it’s a dumb word or a dumb usage. Reinforcing normative usage only is perscriptivisism in a silly outfit.

    • Jax@sh.itjust.works
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      4 hours ago

      No, no — see, skibidi is actually a valuable addition to the English language.

      What does it mean, you ask?

      That’s right, it sure does. Have meaning, that is.