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"You mean words don't just appear ex nihilo in the drawer they're supposed to be in? Some slob in a beige office in Massachusetts is the one who decides what a word is? "
Those lines may have shocked some people.
— Jun 29, 2017 08:32AM
Those lines may have shocked some people.
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"Plenty of lexicographers thought that when Harry Potter series first debuted, it wasn't going to give us much in the way of lasting coinages, because it was a fantasy series. And now we see the word "muggle," used unironically to refer to a usually provincial person outside a particular culture or group..."
I'm reading this while I am wearing my Ravenclaw cardigan and using a Ravenclaw bookmark.
— Sep 02, 2017 01:24PM
I'm reading this while I am wearing my Ravenclaw cardigan and using a Ravenclaw bookmark.
