Comment on Why English language is sometimes "lazy", sometimes not

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Thavron@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

A plaintiff, for example, is the person lodging a complaint. Doesn’t have to be a legal complaint, but in legal terms it makes it very clear who we’re talking about.

I think the OP was wondering why that person wouldn’t just be called a complaintlodger. Like with firefighter.

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