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minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoif it’s a portmanteau of work and alcoholic, shouldn’t it be “workoholic”?
minus-squareletsgo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoMore to the point if “addicted to alcohol” is alcoholic, why isn’t “addicted to work” workic?
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days agoBecause language isn’t completely arbitrary, but it is weird. Mitchell & Webb - Watergategate
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoLanguage can be weird sometimes, but… it’s not exactly brain surgery, is it?
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoBrain surgery…? It’s not exactly rocket science, is it?
minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoyes but then it’s not really a portmanteau anymore
if it’s a portmanteau of work and alcoholic, shouldn’t it be “workoholic”?
More to the point if “addicted to alcohol” is alcoholic, why isn’t “addicted to work” workic?
Because language isn’t completely arbitrary, but it is weird.
Mitchell & Webb - Watergategate
Language can be weird sometimes, but… it’s not exactly brain surgery, is it?
Brain surgery…?
It’s not exactly rocket science, is it?
yes but then it’s not really a portmanteau anymore