Originally Posted By: Faldage
Originally Posted By: tsuwm
>user feedback

isn't that just a popularity vote??


A word means what we choose it to mean. A popularity vote is better than a prescriptive ukase.


better? not necessarily; not when it's just a set of yahoos exclaiming, 'oh, that's clever'.

e.g., here's one that's really poor that gets a 'thumbs up'
It is what it is
March 31
8057 up, 1032 down
Used often in the business world, this incredibly versatile phrase can be literally translated as "f*** it."
The client changed the deadline to today? Well, it is what it is.
*** expurgated by me

I dislike the phrase, but here is a much more useful def'n (also user developed): link