• grue@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    It’s mildly annoying that the media doesn’t seem to know the word “extirpated.”

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      21 days ago

      I mean, even if they know it very few other people do so it wouldn’t really be a helpful headline that informs the public what the article is about…

      I appreciate you teaching me a new word though :)

    • oortjunk@sh.itjust.works
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      20 days ago

      I feel the same way about words like leucocholy, but I’m forplaint with the ugsome trend of rising of anti-intellectualism in our world today and no longer see the appeal of logomachies.