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[–] doleo@lemmy.one 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Is there a word for words that used to have an extremely different meaning to that which they contemporarily have?

You know, like how 'bully' used to mean 'darling'.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 15 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

the term is semantic drift

[–] doleo@lemmy.one 4 points 19 hours ago

Thanks!