From: oldernow@dev.null   
      
   On 2024-08-07, Richmond  wrote:   
      
   > You say we revise meanings, but what actually happens   
   > is meanings change gradually. So over time a meaning can   
   > change, but that's not the same as a subgroup of people   
   > getting together and deciding to define a word. Even   
   > having defined a word its usage will remain the same,   
   > and its usage is what truely defines it. There are many   
   > examples from law I should think where the legal meaning   
   > of a word is different from its general usage.   
      
   I think that's even more insidious than generally accepted,   
   in that individuals perform the assignment/revision of   
   meaning to word symbols in real time, including in the   
   simplest of conversation, which to me is the main source   
   of communication contention.   
      
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