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1. Stuart :progress_pride: (slowe@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 04:24:55 UTC Stuart :progress_pride:

   I get a little bit sad when people refer to a wallpaper that doesn't save their screen as a "screensaver". I get a little bit sad when people refer to any bit of audio/video put on a website as a "podcast" rather than that being the word for a series released with a feed. I get a little bit sad when people say they "wrote a blog" to refer to an individual post on a blog in a way they wouldn't say "I published a newspaper" if they wrote one article in a newspaper.

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   • Air Adam (airadam@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 04:24:51 UTC Air Adam

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     @slowe I was just thinking about the "screensaver" one a few hours ago - it drives me up the wall because the background picture is doing the *exact* opposite of an actual screensaver!

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   • Stuart :progress_pride: (slowe@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 04:25:59 UTC Stuart :progress_pride:

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     But language follows use. And all those uses are now very common.

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