Comment on Mitosis

• Jax@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Yes, and with that definition it becomes a contronym. As in a contradiction. As in the word no longer peforms the function it once did. And before you say ‘bUt LaNgUaGeS sHiFt OvEr TiMe’ - the word virtually literally peforms the same function as the new definition.

  Who am I kidding, discussing the importance of articulation to people who never learned the definitions of the words they use has always been a losing battle. Your knowledge will always be less valuable to them than their ignorance.

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  • KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I just gave you the definition, from the dictionary. Maybe you are the one that never learned the definitions of the words they use.

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    • Jax@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Your knowledge will always be less valuable than their ignorance.

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    • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      That definition doesn’t fit this example either.

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• Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  But not metaphorically, which is what we’re seeing here, in this visual pun.

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• Michal@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  If the words meaning has changed, what’s to new word to use when we mean literally (in its original meaning)?

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  • psud@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Literally literally

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