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Charming_Wulf t1_j91v19z wrote

Reply to comment by lucasbelite in What does “are you hacking?” mean when asked by pedestrians in the city? by Vysokojakokurva_C137

I do wonder if there's a term for etymological black hole that is historical UK. There's so much slang that follows a similar backwards timeline: modern term, transition point, historical term, transition point in England, 'people in X (industry, region, social class, etc etc) just starting saying this in blank-year, first written example 100 years later with five different spellings'

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