So kids can be called… Cumsequences?..
Comment on A happy consequence should be called a prosequence
db2@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Only if you don’t bother to learn what the words you use mean.
Inherited from Middle English con-, from Latin con-, from cum (“with”). … Indicating a common origin, from, coming from the root: consequence as what comes from the sequence
nieminen@lemmy.world 2 days ago
squaresinger@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Only if you are a really bad father.
flueterflam@lemmy.world 2 days ago
[deleted]ik5pvx@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I think he was talking about the con_ in consequence
XiELEd@piefed.social 2 days ago
prosequence would probably be… before sequence?
bizarroland@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I think that would be presequence.
Pro means on behalf of or forward, so a prosequence would be something that pushes the sequence forward, a prosequence would be something like, “you know there is a bomb that is about to go off, and if you do not dismantle it, your child will die. So you must attempt to defuse the bomb at the risk of your own life”.
The placement and triggering of the bomb is the prosequence that has led you to this point.
It could also be something like you were walking by a gas station and your hand started itching, so you went and bought a lottery ticket and won the lottery. The itchy hand would be the prosequence that pushed you towards winning the lottery.
absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 1 day ago
That is the “antecedent”,
Antecedent: A preceding occurrence, cause, or event.
bizarroland@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That’s actually a very good catch.
I didn’t think about the word antecedent, but I would say that there is a slight linguistic difference between an antecedent and a prosequence.
A prosequence is a sequence of events, whereas an antecedent doesn’t have to necessarily be a series of events.
For instance, in order to have a sequel to a book, you have to have the original book. The original book would be the antecedent of the sequel, whereas the prosequence of the sequel would be writing the first book, which led to the series of events that caused the second book to be written.
So every prosequence would be an antecedent, but not every antecedent would be a prosequence.
That being said, I am just making up words, so if the world disagrees with my definitions, then the world gets to choose what they prefer, because that’s how language works.
Just like the creator of the word GIF pronounces it as JIF, even though everyone knows its GIF.