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minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agoif it’s a portmanteau of work and alcoholic, shouldn’t it be “workoholic”?
minus-squareletsgo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoMore to the point if “addicted to alcohol” is alcoholic, why isn’t “addicted to work” workic?
minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoyes but then it’s not really a portmanteau anymore
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoBecause language isn’t completely arbitrary, but it is weird. Mitchell & Webb - Watergategate
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoLanguage can be weird sometimes, but… it’s not exactly brain surgery, is it?
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoBrain surgery…? It’s not exactly rocket science, is it?
if it’s a portmanteau of work and alcoholic, shouldn’t it be “workoholic”?
More to the point if “addicted to alcohol” is alcoholic, why isn’t “addicted to work” workic?
yes but then it’s not really a portmanteau anymore
Because language isn’t completely arbitrary, but it is weird.
Mitchell & Webb - Watergategate
Language can be weird sometimes, but… it’s not exactly brain surgery, is it?
Brain surgery…?
It’s not exactly rocket science, is it?