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Old 2nd January 2018, 02:31 AM   #198
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Originally Posted by Darat View Post
And the meaning of words change over time. Sometimes older labels get redefined or co-opted to mean something else.
Gay - once meant happy, now means homosexual.

Egregious - Once meant distinguished or eminent, now means conspicuously bad.

Terrible - originally meant inspiring great fear, now means harsh or excessive.

Naughty - originally meant you had nothing, then it came to mean evil, now it means badly behaved.
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