• Laticauda
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    7 months ago

    Those were not the only original definitions of giving by a long shot. Another original definition was to provide, offer, impart, communicate, or pass on something, (hence the phrase “giving off” which has been around for a long time, example: it’s giving off radiation), etc. It’s not gen Z’s fault you don’t know all the definitions of giving.

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      7 months ago

      Yeah if used in that manner you have to put a word after it. Not doing so is redefining it