• ji17br
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    8 months ago

    If everyone I’ve ever heard use the word thinks it’s jive, at what point does that become correct? Isn’t that how language works?

    • ickplant@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      It becomes the accepted meaning after a formal dictionary adds it. To my knowledge, no dictionary added this meaning yet.