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minus-square@frezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilink10•3 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-square@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-6•3 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-square@Resonosity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•3 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-square@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-1•3 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.