• dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 month ago

      doesn’t necessarily need be a part of another word, can also be used as a noun on its own, just as part of a bigger whole. If it necessarily needs to be a prefix, think of subpage.

      Why’d I need to have heard it in order to use it. But yes, I heard people use it on lemmy to refer to communities

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        1 month ago

        I heard people use it on lemmy to refer to communities

        Because they came from reddit and call them subreddits

        Just take the L dude

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          So people need to copy other people’s usage for it to be justified? What kind of dumb warped logic is that. It makes sense on its own. How hard is that to get