Emerald@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 5 months agoWhy do people say "symbiotic relationship" when they really mean "mutualistic"?message-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down151
arrow-up1-36arrow-down1message-squareWhy do people say "symbiotic relationship" when they really mean "mutualistic"?Emerald@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoWhy do people use insert lingo specific to a community here in colloquial speech when it means something very specific to me?! For me, it’s “antisocial”. Anybody else got good examples? Edit: “hallucinogenic” vs “psychedelic” is another good one. Why doesn’t everyone know the definitions of words that I know the definition of??
minus-square𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 months agoI know, right? Like, people are always saying “parallel” when they mean “concurrent!” “Hard drive” when it’s clearly an SSD. Dummies.
minus-squareperviouslyiner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-25 months agoDr Glaucomflecken just did a sketch mocking a doctor for saying dehydration when they meant hypovolemia (lack of water vs lack of total fluids). There was also this one about mental health terminology.
Why do people use insert lingo specific to a community here in colloquial speech when it means something very specific to me?!
For me, it’s “antisocial”. Anybody else got good examples?
Edit: “hallucinogenic” vs “psychedelic” is another good one. Why doesn’t everyone know the definitions of words that I know the definition of??
I know, right? Like, people are always saying “parallel” when they mean “concurrent!” “Hard drive” when it’s clearly an SSD. Dummies.
Dr Glaucomflecken just did a sketch mocking a doctor for saying dehydration when they meant hypovolemia (lack of water vs lack of total fluids). There was also this one about mental health terminology.