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Meta Patents Technology to Detect Your Mood by Constantly Analyzing Your Tone of Voice (futurism.com)
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[–] 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

@madeindex@mastodon.social @madeindex@lemmy.world another thing that is only related to ‘useless’: the fact that literally became a contronym. As a logophile who has spent hours (even as a kid) in the dictionary this type of thing gets to me very badly. When a word has its opposite meaning it makes it useless. It’s annoying that I have to reword things to avoid it. Yet on occasion it’s really the best word.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    @madeindex@mastodon.social @madeindex@lemmy.world Some examples are comical. Many of us have thought of the ridiculous ‘inflammable’ and others like that. Yes lexicographers have to update according to how the words are being used. But sometimes they note it’s non standard. They should have at least done that. Btw an example of a long list that popped into my head decades ago: the word long is short than short. Wide and narrow. There are countless others. Language is hilarious. And stupid.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    @madeindex@mastodon.social @madeindex@lemmy.world although in that case a better word (than stupid) Is ironic. Still though it is amusing. Here’s a fun word (and then I better bugger off before something bad happens): logomachy (pl. logomachies). An argument about or over words. A lot more tucked in my head as well of course. And yes I am afraid that I am very guilty of being in many logomachies!(On the other hand it can be fun!)

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