• psycotica0@lemmy.ca
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    18 days ago

    Fair, but I think in the context of an etymology thread it’s fair to say a word that came from nowhere, that someone thought they were inventing anew, is “less real” than all the origins at work here. But I appreciate the relativism, descriptivism, and hyanuboinism.

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        18 days ago

        I’ve just invented it from no sources, but I’ve taken it to mean “intending to inform and correct a future misunderstanding, without correcting the present statement”

        I don’t have my IPA memorized, but in my accent I propose “high-annu-boyn-ism”, in case anyone wanted to use it out loud.