The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months agoComing down...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1890arrow-down14
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minus-squareletsgo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoMore to the point if “addicted to alcohol” is alcoholic, why isn’t “addicted to work” workic?
minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoyes but then it’s not really a portmanteau anymore
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoBecause language isn’t completely arbitrary, but it is weird. Mitchell & Webb - Watergategate
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoLanguage can be weird sometimes, but… it’s not exactly brain surgery, is it?
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoBrain surgery…? It’s not exactly rocket science, is it?
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?