• ji17br@lemmy.ml
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        6 months ago

        If everyone I’ve ever heard use the word thinks it’s jive, at what point does that become correct? Isn’t that how language works?

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          6 months ago

          It becomes the accepted meaning after a formal dictionary adds it. To my knowledge, no dictionary added this meaning yet.