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minus-squareDepress_Mode@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoThat’s called a fossil word, a word that only ever gets used in a specific phrase. When was the last time you heard the word “inclement” outside of the phrase “inclement weather”?
minus-squarethebeardedpotato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoWhat’s crazy is that my brain didn’t even understand how to read “inclement” for a second until I saw “inclement weather.”
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoand the phrase is “how do I exit VIM?” because nobody actually says vim and vigor anymore.
minus-squareseconded@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoPBS just did a YouTube short on fossil words: https://youtube.com/shorts/nkvMOwhs2YQ
That’s called a fossil word, a word that only ever gets used in a specific phrase. When was the last time you heard the word “inclement” outside of the phrase “inclement weather”?
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What’s crazy is that my brain didn’t even understand how to read “inclement” for a second until I saw “inclement weather.”
and the phrase is “how do I exit VIM?” because nobody actually says vim and vigor anymore.
PBS just did a YouTube short on fossil words: https://youtube.com/shorts/nkvMOwhs2YQ