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dianora ([personal profile] dianora) wrote2025-01-03 04:17 pm

Language Peevology

Peevology is an old term see http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002581.html

Due to a book on manglement (so-called anyway) years ago people have begun using the term "Challenges" instead of "Problems". Yes sometimes it's a challenge not a problem but they used to be different terms for different things. A problem can be a challenge but a challenge it not necessarily a problem. Ah language! I'm not a Peevologist I swear! But I am not fond of not knowing what people mean now. 😀
("“When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’

’The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things.’

’The question is,’ said Humpty Dumpty, ‘which is to be master — that’s all.” - Lewis Carroll Through the Looking glass)

It's an overused cliche at any rate.

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