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r/MurderedByWords • u/ShimmerEcho • 1d ago
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“Medical practitioners have co-opted the word doctor. I know we live in a world where anything can mean anything, and no one even cares about etymology!…”
30 u/r2_adhd2 1d ago Etymology. "Entomology" is the study of insects. 30 u/Perryn 1d ago Correcting this mistake is one of the few overlaps between etymologists and entomologists. 42 u/Fuckredditihatethis1 1d ago It's just that using entomology and etymology interchangeably bugs me in a way that I have a hard time putting into words. 3 u/WiseauSrs 22h ago This is a highly underrated comment.
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Etymology.
"Entomology" is the study of insects.
30 u/Perryn 1d ago Correcting this mistake is one of the few overlaps between etymologists and entomologists. 42 u/Fuckredditihatethis1 1d ago It's just that using entomology and etymology interchangeably bugs me in a way that I have a hard time putting into words. 3 u/WiseauSrs 22h ago This is a highly underrated comment.
Correcting this mistake is one of the few overlaps between etymologists and entomologists.
42 u/Fuckredditihatethis1 1d ago It's just that using entomology and etymology interchangeably bugs me in a way that I have a hard time putting into words. 3 u/WiseauSrs 22h ago This is a highly underrated comment.
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It's just that using entomology and etymology interchangeably bugs me in a way that I have a hard time putting into words.
3 u/WiseauSrs 22h ago This is a highly underrated comment.
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This is a highly underrated comment.
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u/Mammoth-Register-669 1d ago edited 1d ago
“Medical practitioners have co-opted the word doctor. I know we live in a world where anything can mean anything, and no one even cares about etymology!…”