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  1. I’m listening to an audiobook in which the author refers to “areas that have gone Protestant”. When did the word “go” come to have this transformative meaning? I’ve heard the term “go rogue”, but this tends to strike me as idiomatic. #Linguistics #Etymology #SemanticShift

  2. I’m listening to an audiobook in which the author refers to “areas that have gone Protestant”. When did the word “go” come to have this transformative meaning? I’ve heard the term “go rogue”, but this tends to strike me as idiomatic. #Linguistics #Etymology #SemanticShift

  3. CW: Changing meaning : #sketchy

    I was just about to email someone with a 'sketchy plan'. But then remembered my son uses sketchy to mean shady/dodgy (an Americanism?).
    Do I now have to avoid sharing sketchy ideas? They could be vague or draft, but in my head they're just sketchy (Brit style) #sketchyidea #kidsthesedays #slang #SemanticShift

  4. CW: Changing meaning : #sketchy

    I was just about to email someone with a 'sketchy plan'. But then remembered my son uses sketchy to mean shady/dodgy (an Americanism?).
    Do I now have to avoid sharing sketchy ideas? They could be vague or draft, but in my head they're just sketchy (Brit style) #sketchyidea #kidsthesedays #slang #SemanticShift