Originally Posted By: latishya
i had gained an impression that if enough people used a word in a certain way then it meant wat its users understood it to mean, even if it used differently by other groups of users. or is this an(other) instance of my belief that i know some english being decimated?


Faldage's Hypothesis on Language Change states that the language is reinvented every generation. The efforts of well-meaning prescriptivists may put the brakes on this process, but, like any brakes on an unstoppable force, they will eventually burn out.