From: oldernow@dev.null   
      
   On 2024-08-07, D  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.   
   >   
   > Add to that different meanings of the same words in   
   > different sub cultures.   
      
      
      
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