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octochamptoday at 10:01 AM2 repliesview on HN

It's funny how frequently we point and shout at semantic drift when we see it, when it's such a natural part of how we use language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_change


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embedding-shapetoday at 10:13 AM

Apropos:

> Fun - [...] earlier "a cheat, trick" (c. 1700), from verb fun (1680s) "to cheat, hoax," - https://www.etymonline.com/word/funny

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Y_Ytoday at 11:14 AM

Ya, just like pointing and shouting at infectious diseases