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prisoner_007 t1_izbw27h wrote

Um… “goblin mode” is two words…

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bigbangbilly t1_izc6dos wrote

It's a dictionary not a math textbook

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[deleted] t1_izcm0sf wrote

??? Word and phrase are pretty much the basic building blocks of language after the alphabet.

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Millenniauld t1_izew9wc wrote

But they aren't fixed like math. Languages are ever evolving and adding words.

That's why we have etymology.

That's why 2+2 will always make 4, but the common word you use for those things in your head you see with are called eyeballs only (relatively) recently thanks to a guy named William Shakespeare.

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Terpomo11 t1_izdo43v wrote

It's written with a space in the middle, but it's a single lexical unit; you'd need a definition given for it to understand it.

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