Emerald@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhy do people say "symbiotic relationship" when they really mean "mutualistic"?message-squaremessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down12
arrow-up1-1arrow-down1message-squareWhy do people say "symbiotic relationship" when they really mean "mutualistic"?Emerald@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square1fedilink
minus-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 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? Edit: “hallucinogenic” vs “psychedelic” is another good one. Why doesn’t everyone know the definitions of words that I know the definition of??
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?
Edit: “hallucinogenic” vs “psychedelic” is another good one. Why doesn’t everyone know the definitions of words that I know the definition of??