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by jacquesm 1078 days ago
Reasonable people know how to use a dictionary:

"websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking"
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bamfly 1078 days ago
Right. Because some people use it that way and dictionaries have (not inappropriately!) leaned strongly descriptivist for decades. They should have such a definition in them.

Meanwhile, I'm not sure what about my post prompted you to jump to suggesting I'm an imbecile.

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jacquesm 1078 days ago
> Meanwhile, I'm not sure what about my post prompted you to jump to suggesting I'm an imbecile.

If that's your take I can't stop you but it's just a play on your own wording.

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