How does it make you feel when I challenge the authority of a dictionary writer?
It makes me feel like you're so dumb that you don't even know you're dumb.
tl;dr: ya dumb
Nike joined the conversation on his own. Once he joined and called me a smart ass, it's open season.
It's a reasonable assumption, given the timing, that he catalysed the thread. So, when a 15-year-old calls you a name, you respond with personal insults?
If your nihilism will allow you to drop a meaningless argument about whatever personal dispute you are waging couched in logic and wisdom, mind commenting on my intended focus (bad gaming jargon)?
I don't have a personal dispute, it just seems that Sir Oinksalot (deceased) desperately needs to be reminded that he is far from a lexicographer.
I neglected to opine on the thrust of your thread because I found it to be a tedious non-issue. Here's why I don't care:
- 'retiring' is a somewhat fitting word to employ. (Nike leaves open the possibility of returning when he has the time, so your recent argument isn't germane.) Referring to Nike's pasted dictionary entry, the etymology of 'drawing back' is completely relevant, although language always evolves, so it is moot.
- it's a roundabout dig at Szew, which I also don't give a billionth of a fuck about.
- it is an impossibly pedantic subject even for you, so I thought you were trolling or half-trolling.
- since it has become a part of gaming jargon, it would be odd to put '_____ - quitting', or '_____ - stopping'.
- railing against linguistic trends is the epitome of quixotry. Your decision to rage over this phrase in particular is arbitrary.