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[–] 16 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Honestly, did the word "drop" change meaning in the past few months, or am I just crazy?

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Its an ambiguous slang statement that can mean several different things at once. It requires extra work to ground in a well-defined meaning.

    Much in the same way 'going to the bank' could mean a financial institution or a river, 'dropping' something can mean releasing a new thing, stopping support, or physically fumbling an object on the ground. OP could have done a better job disambiguating with either different words or more context.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    More like in the past 10 years or so, but yes. On a side note, "leaked" has also subtly changed meaning from the actual product (such as a game being released early through piracy etc) to just information about the product.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    "leaked" has also subtly changed meaning from the actual product (such as a game being released early through piracy etc) to just information about the product.

    Just no... Information getting out despite attempts to conceal it, is the secondary meaning of that verb since at least the 19th century.

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