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A miser is someone who is infatuated with the past, and is grumpy about the present, so when did it come to mean someone who is a cheapskate and stingy over money? (lemmy.today)
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A miser is someone who is infatuated with the past, and is grumpy about the present, (compared to depressive, or someone who is infatuated with the future, and depressed about the present), so when did it come to mean someone who is a cheapskate and stingy over money?

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[–] 4 points 2 months ago (11 children)

I dont want to get into a massive comment chain about basically nothing.

  1. You asked about the definition of miser, and provided an “original” or alternative definition
  2. I replied with a definition, and asked where you heard your definition.
  3. youve gone entirely off the rails talking about china and other countries.

Engage with the discussion?

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  • [+] [S] -10 points 2 months ago (10 children)

    what's your question?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (9 children)

    where did you get the definition of “miser” from? because its wrong.

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  • [+] [S] -9 points 2 months ago (8 children)

    “Miser is a grumpy person who lives in the past, instead of the present”, was the definition people used in the US before 2016.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    I literally cited a dictionary. Ill assume youre being obtuse on purpose at this point, engaging in bad faith.

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  • [+] [S] -9 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    cite a dictionary from before 2016, instead, that's not online

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    ok good bye.

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  • [+] [S] -7 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    the definition for miser somehow, and some when, changed from "grumpy person who lives in the past", to "someone stingy over money and is cheapskate".

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Yes. But where did you see this? what gave you that definition?

    Some vague memory is not valid.

    youve had your question answered. why are you arguing?

    The basis of your premise is factually wrong.

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  • [+] [S] -8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    just because 'the definition for miser somehow, and some when, changed from “grumpy person who lives in the past”, to “someone stingy over money and is cheapskate”' is not mentioned elsewhere, does not make it false.

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