PeriodicallyPedantic to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhy is there a lukewarm but no lukecool?message-squaremessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down12
arrow-up190arrow-down1message-squareWhy is there a lukewarm but no lukecool?PeriodicallyPedantic to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squareradix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 months agoDepends what you were expecting. Cold coffee and warm soda are the same temperature.
minus-squarePeriodicallyPedanticOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoTrue! But that’s kind of also true for all temperature words. What’s hot for one thing is cold for another, etc. we’ve still made these other words anyways. That could be an entirely other shower thought
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoSure, if you’re pissing dead
Isn’t tepid = lukewarm?
Depends what you were expecting. Cold coffee and warm soda are the same temperature.
True!
But that’s kind of also true for all temperature words. What’s hot for one thing is cold for another, etc. we’ve still made these other words anyways. That could be an entirely other shower thought
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Sure, if you’re pissing dead