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{{quote|''"[[Trope Namer|You keep using that word]]. I do not think it means what you think it means."''
|'''[[My Name Is Inigo Montoya|Inigo Montoya]]''', ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'', after one "[[This Cannot Be!|Inconceivable!]]" too many from Vizzini.}}
Language evolves. Over time, as people speak a language, some of its words take on new meanings, and the old meanings may fall into disuse. Sometimes the new usages become mainstream; when was the last time you heard someone (who wasn't trying to be funny—and likely failing) use "[[Have a Gay Old Time|gay]]" to mean anything other than "homosexual" or as a disparaging term?<ref>([[Irony|Ironically]], this usage of the word is better known by many as "ghey")</ref> Sometimes, things are more... contentious.
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