Because language isn’t completely arbitrary, but it is weird.
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letsgo@lemm.ee 4 days agoMore to the point if “addicted to alcohol” is alcoholic, why isn’t “addicted to work” workic?
Dasus@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Klear@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Language can be weird sometimes, but… it’s not exactly brain surgery, is it?
Dasus@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Brain surgery…?
stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
yes but then it’s not really a portmanteau anymore