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Millenniauld t1_izew9wc wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in ‘Goblin mode’ chosen as Oxford word of the year for 2022 by MatthewDM111

But they aren't fixed like math. Languages are ever evolving and adding words.

That's why we have etymology.

That's why 2+2 will always make 4, but the common word you use for those things in your head you see with are called eyeballs only (relatively) recently thanks to a guy named William Shakespeare.

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