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minus-squareDepress_Mode@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·1 month 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-up11arrow-down1·1 month agoYAYY WIKIPEDIA RABBIT HOLE TY
minus-squarethebeardedpotato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month 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-up4·1 month agoand the phrase is “how do I exit VIM?” because nobody actually says vim and vigor anymore.
minus-squareseconded@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoPBS just did a YouTube short on fossil words: https://youtube.com/shorts/nkvMOwhs2YQ
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