Good example! There was a time when “hogwash” literally meant the slop fed to pigs, then it meant cheap liquor, and eventually bad writing. These days it means “BS” and you’d be ridiculous to pretend that “only” the original definition had any meaning.
BrerChicken@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Good example! There was a time when “hogwash” literally meant the slop fed to pigs, then it meant cheap liquor, and eventually bad writing. These days it means “BS” and you’d be ridiculous to pretend that “only” the original definition had any meaning.