• aeronmelon@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      This is how language evolves.

      Better than some of the other words I’ve seen created in my lifetime, no cap.

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        2 months ago

        But why does it though? Because corporate sanitization efforts make them. A whole generation raised on social media language norms most definitely is doubleplusungood If you excuse the obvious reference. A shrinking vocabulary also eventually shrinks the thoughts people can articulate.

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      2 months ago

      It’s there purposely as a part of the satire. It’s meant to be a critique of the use of passive voice in news headlines.