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We don't do that here ✋ (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/fedimemes@feddit.uk

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[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

that's what the word means

"You can't use X word like that because [It's made up|That's not what it means|It means something else]" argument is always incredibly weak.

At its very core, language is dynamic, words come, go and change all the time. It's how it works. Languages that don't change, die.

On top of that, words can have multiple meanings that are dependent on context.

[–] Mesophar@pawb.social 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wouldn't that also apply to calling them subs? Like, maybe it's technically a community and not a sub-[item], but everyone knows what is meant by it.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

We as a group stopped using 'subs' to distance ourselves from reddit. Had they not been as shitty as they were, we might still be using their terminology

[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Speak for yourself, I'm not so obsessed with reddit that i need to make up new words just to price I'm not obsessed with reddit.

[–] Mesophar@pawb.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, but reclaiming "sub" would just be an example of language being dynamic. Unless someone is calling the communities "subreddits" I don't think there should be this divisive issue about it.

Use sub if you want, or not if you dislike the term.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah I'm not telling anybody they can't do it. I'm just positing my theory why we moved so quickly away from the old term.

[–] Mesophar@pawb.social 1 points 1 day ago

Sorry, my reply was more directed at the original commenter, but that would make sense.

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago

Exactly - comm is a perfectly cromulent word.