Emerald@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 5 months agoWhy do people say "symbiotic relationship" when they really mean "mutualistic"?message-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down111
arrow-up1-9arrow-down1message-squareWhy do people say "symbiotic relationship" when they really mean "mutualistic"?Emerald@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoWhy do people use insert lingo specific to a community here in colloquial speech when it means something very specific to me?! For me, it’s “antisocial”. Anybody else got good examples?
minus-square𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoI know, right? Like, people are always saying “parallel” when they mean “concurrent!” “Hard drive” when it’s clearly an SSD. Dummies.
minus-squareperviouslyiner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoDr Glaucomflecken just did a sketch mocking a doctor for saying dehydration when they meant hypovolemia (lack of water vs lack of total fluids)
Why do people use insert lingo specific to a community here in colloquial speech when it means something very specific to me?!
For me, it’s “antisocial”. Anybody else got good examples?
I know, right? Like, people are always saying “parallel” when they mean “concurrent!” “Hard drive” when it’s clearly an SSD. Dummies.
Dr Glaucomflecken just did a sketch mocking a doctor for saying dehydration when they meant hypovolemia (lack of water vs lack of total fluids)