I’m with you, I didn’t mean to say it had the same meaning, just that when one way of using a word becomes wrong to use, we tend to stop using the word all together.
Which, I just want to be absolutely clear about, was not meant as some old man yelling at clouds reaction to language evolving.
flame retardant is still a thing, for fire extinguisher, plus retarding growth of organic systems. just not calling people retarded,.
I’m with you, I didn’t mean to say it had the same meaning, just that when one way of using a word becomes wrong to use, we tend to stop using the word all together.
Which, I just want to be absolutely clear about, was not meant as some old man yelling at clouds reaction to language evolving.