• michaelmrose@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    Well. Sort of.

    Some terminology is better defined by how the relevant experts use it. It’s singular and precise definition is required for any useful dialogue. If 99% of people call a kidney a liver but doctors call it a kidney its a kidney.

    Some terminology evolves and is used differently by different groups. Sometimes the more illiterate group flattens the language by removing nuance or even entirely removing a concept from a language with no replacement. Arguably both definitions may be common usage but one is worse and using it means you are.

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      13 hours ago

      I feel like people forget that words can have multiple definitions. You can have a technical definition and a popular definition

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      16 hours ago

      Some word usage just becomes so common everyone, even generational gaps understand it. If you talk to an 18 or a 65 year old and say the word blowjob, they both know what you mean, yet they aren’t out there blowing on dicks or trying to force air up urethras… Hopefully…

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        13 hours ago

        yet they aren’t out there blowing on dicks or trying to force air up urethras… Hopefully…

        I see you don’t regularly read the sex forums and questions on reddit.

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        14 hours ago

        Hopes dashed. It’s not common, but there are some people who have the right combination of circumstances to make them think blowjobs involve the movement of air.