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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 76 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Ok, but like the use of the word is correct as it evolved from the original meaning.

That dude is just explaining (albeit recent) word etymology to her.

It's like porn - "art porn" is not the same as "porn art" (eg food-/history-/Earth-/map-/artefact-/engineering-/city-/justice-/penmanship-/sky-/human-porn etc).

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] CptEnder@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bit of a weird name for your testicles, but you do you

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Never neglect the jokes!

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Yes, that dude is gonna get raw hotdogs now.

[–] bricklove@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago

Her friends don't appreciate semantic drift. She's innovating the language.