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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 18 hours ago

Can't think of a more definitive sign really

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Can't think of a more definitive sign really

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 18 hours ago
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    9 hours ago

    Is there a word for words that used to have an extremely different meaning to that which they contemporarily have?

    You know, like how ‘bully’ used to mean ‘darling’.

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      the term is semantic drift

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        Thanks!

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