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Who was going to tell me larp isn't a real word (lemmy.today)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/BrandNewSentence@lemmy.today
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[+] 32 points 2 months ago (2 children)
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    • [–] 14 points 2 months ago

    Who's letting the prescriptivists mark exams?

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    [–] 8 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    LARP is an acronym, not a word.

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

    And an acryonym is specifically an abbreviation that makes a pronouncable word. Like SCUBA or NASA. But not ATM or USA.

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

    I understood exactly what they meant and was pretty sure it wasn't just an acronym so I looked it up.

    It IS a word but it isn't (officially) a synonym of "imitates" - just the verb form of LARP.

    Not fighting for either side, just thought it was interesting

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

    Fact, but "w00t" is. 🤦🏼‍♂️ Ergo, said "official" status is bullshit at best, and simply another dino system failing to keep up.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I don't disagree, I use words as they're understood whether they have an established definition or not.

    The exact point I stopped caring was when I saw the wild and zany news article about Bootylicious getting added. Like oh....you just add slang for publicity and pick the ones most likely to hit the morning shows

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    • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    Seems like all they would need to do is add a second sentence to clarify what the word means.

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