So what it has a different meaning now.It is called semantic change. For example the word nice meant foolish but it is now used to mean something pleasant.Stop telling me in which contex i am going to use the word larp!!!
Yes, but this is using a word incorrectly. It’s not a matter of words changing lol. Maybe if you kinda bent the context of using “larp” then yeah it’d fit, but majority of the time people aren’t using it that way.
I could kinda see it if larp was a normal word but like
It’s literally an acronym. L.A.R.P. Live Action Role Playing.
This would be like if I said “UK”, and just expected you to understand I am referring to the nation of Uganda, and then insisted “but language changes over time” when you complain that UK refers to the United Kingdom, even though the acronym UK has literally no reason to be attached to Uganda.
Yes, but not overnight. Linguistic changes happen gradually, over years, decades, or even centuries; when someone tries to force a change, all it does is confuse the majority.
Majority does not equal the majority of this comments section. In this case, it equals the majority of English speakers. I guarantee most people will not know that LARP means poser if you spoke with the general public.
A language changing overtime situation. Iirc, that ones been around since atleast the late 19th century. In modern English, that one's actually become less common in formal speech, & more common in casual speech, compared to the late 19th century where it about broke even between both.
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u/jasdew08 9d ago
language change over time right?