[x]Blackmoor Vituperative

Tuesday, 2024-10-01

Semantic drift

Filed under: Society,Writing — bblackmoor @ 14:45

I think it’s interesting that terms like “Luddite” and “Uncle Tom” are misused as insults by people who know nothing about the Luddites or “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”. My knee-jerk opinion is that most semantic drift is caused by ignorance, but in recent years, I think malice has become a major cause, as well (see also, “woke”).

https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2021/06/the-luddites-were-right