| ▲ | octochamp an hour ago | |||||||
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 | ||||||||
| ▲ | embedding-shape an hour ago | parent [-] | |||||||
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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