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by blooalien 1423 days ago
> "Language and meaning change over time."

What I just love is when people use this excuse to justify "borrowing" a clearly defined technical term, using it incorrectly, and then insisting that their incorrect usage of that term is entirely valid because "language and meaning change over time."

(Not saying you're one of those people at all but that is one of the most frequent uses of that phrase that I tend to experience from other people.)