Yes. We all know this. Keep up. I’m the one who pointed out the original meaning in this thread.
Irregardless, I’m literally laughing my ass off at someone suggesting we use grazing, which used to strictly apply to cattle, instead of a word that has evolved in this site naturally.
I’m sure Wilford Milquetoast was equally miffed when we started using awful to mean bad. Or to that point, when bad started meaning good.
Semantic drift, my dear. It’s like railing against the tide. You’re welcome to it, if it makes you feel clever.
Anyway, I clearly have to much time on my hands. I’ll retire from this thread and plan my next BANG BANG!
I’m not suggesting that anyone use a different word to describe gorging on food. I thought there were people here who use b-b when they really meaning stopping for bits and bites. THEY are the ones who probably didn’t even know they were misusing the word.
Communication depends on shared understanding of the meaning of words and phrases. If enough people misuse a word or phrase, that meaning will eventually end up in dictionaries, but I don’t think that’s the case here.
The original post in the Bang Bang topic was about a serious bang bang, in fact a bang bang bang bang bang bang.
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.” “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.”
Actually Cath I am going backwards in time . Not acting my age at all . Young women , young attitude . Living life . I should have been doing this years ago . Are we having fun yet . I am .
Throwing out the word “Hitler” does not invoke Godwin’s law any more than spreading a normal-sized meal across two restaurants constitutes a bang bang.
