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Brisket | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +4 
 So did Shakespeare

I don't have a problem with inventing words.

It's the redefining of existing words that make English a less useful protocol.
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mleku | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 the same totalitarian manipulative psychopathic redefinition process can be done with any language

i would argue that the shitty OOP languages do this exactly and make for a huge waste of time and energy in compilation, by complicating the semantics of everything