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minus-squareZip2@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down5·29 days agoMaybe I’m just thinking the crudeness of the term is downplaying the seriousness somewhat. I’ll award virtual internet points that you can redeem for absolutely nothing to anyone who can come up with a better term.
minus-squarekureta@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-229 days agoToo late. it is a widely used term with a very specific meaning now. that’s language for you. not just modern language. all of language.
minus-squareZip2@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·29 days agoYeah, you’re right. If I’d have spoken up earlier then people would have listened!
minus-squarekureta@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·29 days agoI feel your pain. I am not a native english speaker but I see lots of comparable words come up in my language. I believe they are wrong but I know many “wrong” examples that were wrong a century ago but they are part of the daily language now.
minus-squareGeneral_Effort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·29 days agoMaybe you could call it recoupment but it doesn’t have quite the same ring. It’s not quite the same thing, either. You could also talk about coercive monopolies but that doesn’t mean exactly the same thing.
Maybe I’m just thinking the crudeness of the term is downplaying the seriousness somewhat.
I’ll award virtual internet points that you can redeem for absolutely nothing to anyone who can come up with a better term.
Too late. it is a widely used term with a very specific meaning now. that’s language for you. not just modern language. all of language.
Yeah, you’re right. If I’d have spoken up earlier then people would have listened!
I feel your pain. I am not a native english speaker but I see lots of comparable words come up in my language. I believe they are wrong but I know many “wrong” examples that were wrong a century ago but they are part of the daily language now.
Maybe you could call it recoupment but it doesn’t have quite the same ring. It’s not quite the same thing, either.
You could also talk about coercive monopolies but that doesn’t mean exactly the same thing.