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Anonymous
12/13/25(Sat)11:12:04 No.24946551
Anonymous 12/13/25(Sat)11:12:04 No.24946551
Do you notice people increasingly using superlative adjectives? I fear that a shift in language towards maximalism will leave less room for nuance in the public discourse.
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Anonymous
12/13/25(Sat)11:56:23 No.24946620
Anonymous 12/13/25(Sat)11:56:23 No.24946620
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>>24946551
maybe the zoomers are all getting into Thomas Carlyle?
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Anonymous
12/13/25(Sat)15:53:16 No.24947076
Anonymous 12/13/25(Sat)15:53:16 No.24947076
>>24946551
There is a general current in the history of all languages that words with intense meanings get gradually worn out and deflated by overuse and are replaced by other words.
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