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minus-squarespujb@lemmy.cafeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-22 months agowhen do you think the last time someone unironically used vim in a sentence apart from vigor it’s like they are married words, ah the romance
minus-squarecerement@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up33·2 months agowhen they’re talking about the editor
minus-squarespujb@lemmy.cafeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agough that shouldn’t count but ur right
minus-squareDepress_Mode@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 months agoThat’s called a fossil word, a word that only ever gets used in a specific phrase. When was the last time you heard the word “inclement” outside of the phrase “inclement weather”?
minus-squarespujb@lemmy.cafeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoYAYY WIKIPEDIA RABBIT HOLE TY
minus-squarethebeardedpotato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoWhat’s crazy is that my brain didn’t even understand how to read “inclement” for a second until I saw “inclement weather.”
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoand the phrase is “how do I exit VIM?” because nobody actually says vim and vigor anymore.
minus-squareseconded@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoPBS just did a YouTube short on fossil words: https://youtube.com/shorts/nkvMOwhs2YQ
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoIt’s a veritable cornucopia alright.
when do you think the last time someone unironically used vim in a sentence apart from vigor
it’s like they are married words, ah the romance
when they’re talking about the editor
ugh that shouldn’t count but ur right
That’s called a fossil word, a word that only ever gets used in a specific phrase. When was the last time you heard the word “inclement” outside of the phrase “inclement weather”?
YAYY WIKIPEDIA RABBIT HOLE TY
What’s crazy is that my brain didn’t even understand how to read “inclement” for a second until I saw “inclement weather.”
and the phrase is “how do I exit VIM?” because nobody actually says vim and vigor anymore.
PBS just did a YouTube short on fossil words: https://youtube.com/shorts/nkvMOwhs2YQ
It’s a veritable cornucopia alright.