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Why do people say "symbiotic relationship" when they really mean "mutualistic"? (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 6 months ago by Emerald to c/showerthoughts

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[–] jeffw 26 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Why do people use insert lingo specific to a community here in colloquial speech when it means something very specific to me?!

For me, it’s “antisocial”. Anybody else got good examples?

Edit: “hallucinogenic” vs “psychedelic” is another good one. Why doesn’t everyone know the definitions of words that I know the definition of??

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

I know, right? Like, people are always saying "parallel" when they mean "concurrent!" "Hard drive" when it's clearly an SSD. Dummies.

[–] perviouslyiner 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Dr Glaucomflecken just did a sketch mocking a doctor for saying dehydration when they meant hypovolemia (lack of water vs lack of total fluids). There was also this one about mental health terminology.