• Victor@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

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

    Even the Latin form would mean “misfortune”.

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        22 hours ago

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

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            19 hours ago

            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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              18 hours ago

              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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                15 hours ago

                Are we ignoring 1-b?

                happening without intent or through carelessness and often with unfortunate results

                🤷‍♂️

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                    10 hours ago

                    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. 🙄