This is why word inflation is a problem: You can try to change reality by redefining words, but it won't work – it just stops you from dealing with it.
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Tom Scott explains why there's a few words that you just cannot use as file names or directories in Windows.
posted by w1ndex 4 years 5 months 1 week ago • 1,123 views • 8:03Humans emit roughly 30 to 40 billion tons of the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, into the atmosphere each year. If we keep it up, Earth will continue to heat up and ultimately devastate our way of life. ... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 3 months 4 weeks ago • 107 views • 2:18YouTube description: Why say a whole sentence when just a word will do? You might never have noticed that these English words contain whole phrases within them. Produced for Mental Floss... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 428 views • 1:53YouTube: You know that feeling, when you know a word but it’s just out of reach, stuck on the tip of your tongue? Well, why does it happen? And what can you do about it?
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 10 months 4 weeks ago • 137 views • 4:05Some languages have longer words than others -- but that's not just a simple choice. There's a lot of different ways to mix up morphemes, even if they all mean the same thing in the end.
posted by blacklotus90 9 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 599 views • 4:37"James Bond needs a doctor, and not just any doctor: a specialist. He can't read the word on the inside of his jacket and even though he looks so cool with his dark glasses on, its pretty embarassing for... continue reading
posted by ant 1 decade 7 months ago • 173 views • 3:29From YouTube: Accuracy not guaranteed. Get Audacity and play! http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Correction: it is the "Basilar" membrane, which is what I say, but somehow between recording the script... continue reading
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