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minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up12·4 months agoYou mean the bit where you vaguely point at a non-specific dictionary as if they were wrong, and therefore won the debate? Maybe you should stop doing that and people will downvote you less.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months ago you vaguely point at a non-specific dictionary I guess I’m so old that I assume Merriam-Webster is unspoken default. Do you have a different dictionary that you prefer?
minus-squareResonosity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoThere are literally like 10 different major dictionaries. If you have one specific one in mind, I’ll kindly refer you to OneLook.com
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months ago If you have one specific one in mind Merriam-Webster. Although the definitions overlap heavily, so you’re not pegged to that one.
You mean the bit where you vaguely point at a non-specific dictionary as if they were wrong, and therefore won the debate? Maybe you should stop doing that and people will downvote you less.
I guess I’m so old that I assume Merriam-Webster is unspoken default. Do you have a different dictionary that you prefer?
There are literally like 10 different major dictionaries. If you have one specific one in mind, I’ll kindly refer you to OneLook.com
Merriam-Webster.
Although the definitions overlap heavily, so you’re not pegged to that one.