14 points
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I think it’s funny when people use the dictionary like it’s some perfectly unbiased and authoritative source, rather than a compilation of how people use words
3 points
Sometimes if you’re going to have a conversation you need to agree on what a word means. If there’s any ambiguity, I’m going to refer to the dictionary so we can continue our conversation, not whatever you or I decide a word means. The dictionary should be the common ground on which we speak when we disagree, because anything else is madness.
2 points
It’s useful, but more often than not, people tend to use the dictionary to shut down disagreement
2 points
