The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 6 days agoComing down...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareletsgo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoMore to the point if “addicted to alcohol” is alcoholic, why isn’t “addicted to work” workic?
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoBecause language isn’t completely arbitrary, but it is weird. Mitchell & Webb - Watergategate
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoLanguage can be weird sometimes, but… it’s not exactly brain surgery, is it?
minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoyes but then it’s not really a portmanteau anymore
More to the point if “addicted to alcohol” is alcoholic, why isn’t “addicted to work” workic?
Because language isn’t completely arbitrary, but it is weird.
Mitchell & Webb - Watergategate
Language can be weird sometimes, but… it’s not exactly brain surgery, is it?
yes but then it’s not really a portmanteau anymore