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Old 28th May 2008
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Originally Posted by Carpetsmoker View Post
Every word has a fixed definition, otherwise it would be impossible to communicate.
Definitions are only fixed by convention, and we don't have to behave according to convention if we don't want to. Not to mention it's never certain whether one person's definition is exactly the same as another's. Misunderstandings happen all the time due to this.
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