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minus-squareEvilCartyen@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up19·edit-223 days agoIt’s a compound noun, only reason it’s not regarded as a single word is because English has a weird orthography. I all other germanic languages it would be spelled as ‘brainrot’, but noooo, English has to be weird about it.
minus-squareStern@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·23 days agoThoreau called it “brain-rot” in ‘Walden’, but kids these days think that’s a minus key rather then a dash so…
minus-squareCruxifux@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·22 days agoWhat? Kids know what a dash is lol
minus-squareRooskie91@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·22 days agoEnglish night have Germanic ancestry, but now it’s got a latin stepdad.
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 days agoGermanic mother, Latin Step-father, Celtic roommate, and has picked up random words trying to impress women at the gym.
It’s a compound noun, only reason it’s not regarded as a single word is because English has a weird orthography.
I all other germanic languages it would be spelled as ‘brainrot’, but noooo, English has to be weird about it.
Thoreau called it “brain-rot” in ‘Walden’, but kids these days think that’s a minus key rather then a dash so…
What? Kids know what a dash is lol
English night have Germanic ancestry, but now it’s got a latin stepdad.
Germanic mother, Latin Step-father, Celtic roommate, and has picked up random words trying to impress women at the gym.