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Devolution of language (view source)
Revision as of 22:31, January 16, 2011
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* "media" now means ''the press'', rather than modes of transferring information. The singular "medium" has largely been lost
* "media" now means ''the press'', rather than modes of transferring information. The singular "medium" has largely been lost
** by the same token, ''the press'' now signifies the entire news industry, rather than merely the machine for transferring ink from movable type onto paper.
** by the same token, ''the press'' now signifies the entire news industry, rather than merely the machine for transferring ink from movable type onto paper.
* "bias" now means "anything described by the opposing viewpoint that conflicts with the viewer's viewpoint" whereas it used to mean "described to fit a specific viewpoint".
* "civil rights" used to refer to ensuring equality between the races, but now, to organizations like the [[ACLU]], it involves ridiculous causes like promotion of the [[gay agenda]] and pro-abortion rights
* "civil rights" used to refer to ensuring equality between the races, but now, to organizations like the [[ACLU]], it involves ridiculous causes like promotion of the [[gay agenda]] and pro-abortion rights
* "gay" once meant "noble, good", then "carefree and happy", and has taken on the meanings of dissolute, promiscuous; frivolous, hedonistic (16th century), as "homosexual" as of the 1920s, and "Foolish, stupid, socially inappropriate or disapproved of" as of the 1970s. <ref>OED</ref>
* "gay" once meant "noble, good", then "carefree and happy", and has taken on the meanings of dissolute, promiscuous; frivolous, hedonistic (16th century), as "homosexual" as of the 1920s, and "Foolish, stupid, socially inappropriate or disapproved of" as of the 1970s. <ref>OED</ref>