Even after you do, you still have to find a definition
LOL! 99% of people absolutely do not look up a new word when they hear it. If the listener thinks it makes the speaker sound smart then they get a vague idea of the meaning from context and then start using it – often in the wrong context. All the dummies of the world repeat this process and it spreads like a virus.
And thus, another word with a very specific meaning gets turned into another broad-meaning synonym. If don’t believe me I’ll caveat all over your nuances until you verbiage.
Much like you and the comment you replied to, people DO “find a definition” without looking it up. They use context to assign a definition. They may end up inferring a completely different definition than anything you’ve heard, but they have defined it in some way.
LOL! 99% of people absolutely do not look up a new word when they hear it. If the listener thinks it makes the speaker sound smart then they get a vague idea of the meaning from context and then start using it – often in the wrong context. All the dummies of the world repeat this process and it spreads like a virus.
And thus, another word with a very specific meaning gets turned into another broad-meaning synonym. If don’t believe me I’ll caveat all over your nuances until you verbiage.
Much like you and the comment you replied to, people DO “find a definition” without looking it up. They use context to assign a definition. They may end up inferring a completely different definition than anything you’ve heard, but they have defined it in some way.
You offer an interesting vintage, but I’m going to have to resonate with you. Your ideas are just too methodology.
Oh, I’m not saying it’s right, but that’s what happens.
Perhaps you could offer your own vintage, so that we may come to a dissonance.
Lmao. Don’t you threaten me with a good time! I will verbiage allll over your semantics.