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caeli · 3405 days ago · link · · parent · post: New Words Added to the Oxford Dictionary, including "Fat-Shame" "Butthurt" and "Redditor"
Yeah, exactly. As a linguist it is so frustrating when people go on about the new generation "ruining" language. It's not like language has never changed for thousands of years up until this single generation. Language is constantly changing, and what is key is that people are using it for the same purpose -- to communicate. Since language is driven by communication needs, it remains approximately as efficient as it always has since communication needs don't change. My opinion is that better or worse is irrelevant, anything cultural is alive and the best thing about it is that it never stands still.