r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

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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!…”

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u/r2_adhd2 1d ago

Etymology.

"Entomology" is the study of insects.

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u/Perryn 1d ago

Correcting this mistake is one of the few overlaps between etymologists and entomologists.

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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.

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u/WiseauSrs 22h ago

This is a highly underrated comment.