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    4 months ago

    Oxford English Dictionary: -adds a slang term or portmanteau in common use for years by millions of people in order to reflect the linguistic zeitgeist-

    Prescriptivists: 🤬NO🤬SLANG🤬IN🤬DICTIONARY🤬

    Prescriptivists from the 1800s: 🤬NO🤬USING🤬"ZEITGEIST"🤬OUTSIDE🤬PHILOSOPHY🤬