• Victor@lemmy.world
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    5 个月前

    Surely “car accidents” aren’t the only way it’s been “noun-ified”?

    Even the Latin form would mean “misfortune”.

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        5 个月前

        You… don’t need to be able to in order to follow along here. I provided an image as well. 👍

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            5 个月前

            Alright, mate.

            Then I don’t understand what you’re argument is. You know the connotation people have, you know the origins of the word… 🤷‍♂️

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              Uh, my argument is that my eyes see no devils yonder. If you’d like to know why, I guess, have a look at 1-a.

              I should have pulled up a dictionary to begin with, honestly. I just thought I was arguing from a more colloquial standpoint. Which I would still defend; I love slang.

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                5 个月前

                Are we ignoring 1-b?

                happening without intent or through carelessness and often with unfortunate results

                🤷‍♂️

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                    5 个月前

                    So you’re making some strange argument for some reason, and providing evidence to support your claims that actually show evidence to support my claims, but you want me to ignore that part.

                    Let’s wrap this up shall we. 🙄