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Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Linguistic inflation — "bro" going from evoking a pretty specific archetype to becoming a very vague "man I don't like" — is extremely common in human society and seems to happen faster than ever thanks to the internet. See also "woke" on the other side. — PolitiTweet.org

Mike Maples, Jr @m2jr

Where did the term “tech bro” come from? In my exposure to lots of people and ways of life, I find people in the te… https://t.co/lJTaRRE02t

Posted Dec. 28, 2022

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

@atheistsquid I sincerely don't. Just suggesting you might want to consider unfollowing me if you have a low opinion of my work. Moving on with my day now, going to mute this thread. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 28, 2022

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In an oral culture, language evolves rapidly but large-scale dissemination of innovations is hard. Mass literacy lets linguistic changes spread rapidly, but the nature the printing industry is to induce linguistic conservatism (style guides etc) and slow change. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 28, 2022