• Leviathan@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    From the dictionary;

    Etymology

    Verb

    by shortening & alteration from suspect

    1930s: abbreviation of suspect, suspicion.

    People like you are why I have trust issues.

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      6 months ago

      Those appear to be examples that were made of recently. That’s a pretty bad dictionary cuz it doesn’t actually say when the examples are from.

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        6 months ago

        I never argued the definition, I argued the etymology. That they are slang for the same word. They are both shortened versions of the same word.

        Whatever other made-up argument you thought we were having is irrelevant, either you didn’t understand and you should admit it or you moved the goal post which is sad.

        I bet you’ll double down, though. You seem like that kind of guy.