edit … on second thought, im not sure i agree its a “natural change in language” so much as it is a cultural meme that people just thoughtlessly parrot. so, i feel language hasnt changed so much as a term of the moment has. but anyway, im rambling. cheers.
… A prominent cultural meme that is widely adopted… literally is a natural evolution of language.
This is the extremely common and normal method by which languages change over time, which, with the exception of conlangs, they all do.
Go back to 1950 and tell an American English speaker that a song ‘is fire’. Tell them that Elvis is just aura farming. Tell them that their fit is lacking.
They will be confused.
Take an American English speaker from 1950 to the present, and they tell you somebody made a boner at the lollapalooza they were last at.
You probably will not understand that to mean that somebody made a moderately significant mistake at a raccous party, like spilling their drink on the host, or bringing the wrong side dish.
is misusing the medical term widely adopted tho? or is it mostly online people that say / hear it?
im arguing that what is happening with the term isnt an aspect of the greater evolution of language, but that specific terms that come and go in a relatively short period of time do not equate a change of how people are doing language.
i appreciate the phrases you offered as examples, but i do not feel they are equivalents, as none of them are single words that are also literally medical terms.
im amused and delighted that we are having this discourse based on a hyper focus on a phrase. but i do hold firm that this is not a reflection of language changing as it is passing trend that in time may have no affect on the greater function of the language itself.
forgive me if i wasnt more concise earlier, im always high when im on here.
edit - i had to edit that a bunch. i should go to bed
agreed, but individual terms trending or not, dont equate a “change of the language” so much as a change of whats trending in said language. a semantic nitpick, to be sure. :)
Same thing happened with OCD as well. It’s just natural changes in language. This one will pass as well and there will be a new word in a few years
true all around
edit … on second thought, im not sure i agree its a “natural change in language” so much as it is a cultural meme that people just thoughtlessly parrot. so, i feel language hasnt changed so much as a term of the moment has. but anyway, im rambling. cheers.
… A prominent cultural meme that is widely adopted… literally is a natural evolution of language.
This is the extremely common and normal method by which languages change over time, which, with the exception of conlangs, they all do.
Go back to 1950 and tell an American English speaker that a song ‘is fire’. Tell them that Elvis is just aura farming. Tell them that their fit is lacking.
They will be confused.
Take an American English speaker from 1950 to the present, and they tell you somebody made a boner at the lollapalooza they were last at.
You probably will not understand that to mean that somebody made a moderately significant mistake at a raccous party, like spilling their drink on the host, or bringing the wrong side dish.
is misusing the medical term widely adopted tho? or is it mostly online people that say / hear it?
im arguing that what is happening with the term isnt an aspect of the greater evolution of language, but that specific terms that come and go in a relatively short period of time do not equate a change of how people are doing language.
i appreciate the phrases you offered as examples, but i do not feel they are equivalents, as none of them are single words that are also literally medical terms.
im amused and delighted that we are having this discourse based on a hyper focus on a phrase. but i do hold firm that this is not a reflection of language changing as it is passing trend that in time may have no affect on the greater function of the language itself.
forgive me if i wasnt more concise earlier, im always high when im on here.
edit - i had to edit that a bunch. i should go to bed
Honestly, I think that’s a big part of how language naturally evolves
agreed, but individual terms trending or not, dont equate a “change of the language” so much as a change of whats trending in said language. a semantic nitpick, to be sure. :)