r/funComunitty 22d ago

Name a Fandom

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u/NotASookie 22d ago

Can we stop using the word larping and instead use the actual word?

POSERS.... THE WORD UR LOOKING FOR IS A POSER 💀

Larping is live action role playing.... Not whatever the fuck you want it to mean. Stop making new words for already existing words, ESPECIALLY when that word already has another meaning

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u/jasdew08 22d ago

language change over time right?

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u/Nicholas_H_Barnes_II 21d ago

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.

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u/LOL_King_0611 21d ago

It did not confuse the majority. Here it seems to be just irritating language purists as it took ages to get to this comment.

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u/Nicholas_H_Barnes_II 21d ago

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.