On Jun 16, 2012, at 14:10, John Gilmore wrote: > 'Jumpify your code' suggests to me that we should perhaps replace > 'baseless', which in ordinary English means 'unfounded', with the > acronym JBC, for 'Jump-based code'. > No need. There are many instances where English accepts specialized meanings for words in special contexts which don't directly contradict each other, and of which some may even become pejorative. The first example that comes to my mind is "vulgar", as in "The vulgar meaning of 'baseless' is 'unfounded'."
-- gil
