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re: How did we let certain words take the place of other words?
Posted on 12/17/25 at 5:30 am to gmac8604
Posted on 12/17/25 at 5:30 am to gmac8604
quote:Not only are you wrong.....you're about as wrong as you could possibly be with this example.
Not entirely accurate, see Latin.
Old Latin itself was an evolution of other languages spoken in that area of the world. It evolved into Classical Latin and then Vulgar Latin.
Not to mention, as pointed out above, as the Roman Empire collapsed and Europe separated into various fiefdoms, many of Europe's languages evolved into the various Romance Languages spoken today.
As for OPs query, a lot of that in your particular examples has to do with the above comment "control the language control the narrative.' Twisting words and meanings to obfuscate truth. We all know who's doing that and why.
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Posted on 12/17/25 at 5:36 am to gmac8604
Today's examples of "unalived, unhoused and undocumented" are called a euphemism.
The opposite is called dysphemism and is commonly used when describing something or someone. An example would be calling a political opponent a "Nazi."
The opposite is called dysphemism and is commonly used when describing something or someone. An example would be calling a political opponent a "Nazi."
This post was edited on 12/17/25 at 5:41 am
Posted on 12/17/25 at 5:41 am to gmac8604
Ask George Carlin. This conversation has been done.
Posted on 12/17/25 at 5:52 am to TrueTiger
quote:
I think someone thought that was a clever/joking way to say kill in a more politically correct sounding way.
I’ve assumed that it was created to avoid red flags in social media algorithms.
But to the OPs point, language is fluid and words have always changed meaning based on usage. And there a far more egregious examples than the ones he chose: utilize is now a replacement for use. Literally now has a secondary definition of figuratively.
Posted on 12/17/25 at 6:00 am to gmac8604
"Pants" used to be vulgar term
Now used in ads to brag it,
The strange thing is,
Language changes,
But OP's still a
Now used in ads to brag it,
The strange thing is,
Language changes,
But OP's still a
This post was edited on 12/17/25 at 6:01 am
Posted on 12/17/25 at 6:03 am to bad93ex
quote:
Today's examples of "unalived, unhoused and undocumented" are
...are double plus ungood.
Posted on 12/17/25 at 6:30 am to gmac8604
quote:You literally have a problem with Johnny Quest’s dad’s name?
Another, way before my time. Race.
TV/Movie Board & get a life.
Posted on 12/17/25 at 7:34 am to gmac8604
misspoke............ It was a LIE! You did not misspoke, you frickin lied and got caught. 
Posted on 12/17/25 at 9:53 am to yakster
quote:
Killed is now unalived
This is driven by social media censorship in their videos and what content creators can say or else have their videos demonetized.
I think
Posted on 12/17/25 at 10:03 am to gmac8604
Think (cognition) has been replaced by Feel (emotion).
95% if the time when a person says a sentence with "I feel like..." they express a cognitive thought or opinion.
95% if the time when a person says a sentence with "I feel like..." they express a cognitive thought or opinion.
Posted on 12/17/25 at 10:06 am to TrueTiger
quote:It’s because Reddit and other PC social media fora censor words like "kill" and "suicide."
I think someone thought that was a clever/joking way to say kill in a more politically correct sounding way.
After that it caught on because it's kind of funny.
Posted on 12/17/25 at 10:09 am to gmac8604
When asked for sex or gender I put M. If I were to ask someone this question would say "Male or Female?". As for as ethnicity, I just want to know if you are black, white, latino, slant eye Asian or desert Asian or native american. If something else, fill in the blank. We do make things too difficult.
I don't know what to tell you.
I don't know what to tell you.
Posted on 12/17/25 at 10:13 am to Celery
quote:
Language evolves. It’s why we don’t still speak Old English.
I don’t think the Romance languages have changed much. I think slang is a lot less common in those languages.
Languages actually used to evolve much faster than they do know. Five different and distinct languages managed to break off from Latin in the span of just a few hundred years. The invention of the printing press stopped or at least incredibly slowed the evolution of language.
Illiterate cultures tend to change languages the most.
Posted on 12/17/25 at 10:15 am to gmac8604
My favorite is the term “disabled”
Doesnt mean what it used to. People with high blood pressure or diabetes are qualified “disabled” now
Doesnt mean what it used to. People with high blood pressure or diabetes are qualified “disabled” now
This post was edited on 12/17/25 at 10:15 am
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