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minus-squareMulligrubs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down12·14 days agoAlpha means “first”, it does not mean “wolf who fights other wolves while in captivity according to one study.” Do people not know this?
minus-squarefaythofdragons@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·14 days agoNo, alpha is the anglicization of the first letter of the greek alphabet. It doesn’t mean ‘first’ any more than the letter A does.
minus-squareMulligrubs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·edit-213 days agoYou’re wrong according to any dictionary ever printed, sorry. It has more than one definition, and one of those is “first”, and you must accept that as fact.
minus-squarefaythofdragons@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·13 days agoIn correct. “It” does have many definitions, but none of them are ‘first’.
minus-squareMulligrubs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-213 days agoYou’re wrong, according to the definition, anyway. You should let Oxford know that you know better! I’m sure they will crown you as king. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alpha
minus-squarefaythofdragons@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·13 days agoI see that my definition comes before yours, so I am king.
minus-squareMulligrubs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-213 days agoThat’s neat! A heavy crown to bear. I’m glad you learned something today… now go forth, and sin no more. You could say… that your favorite definition is the “alpha” of definitions.
minus-squarefaythofdragons@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 days agoA crown made of internet points isn’t heavy at all.
minus-squarelady_maria@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·14 days agoGee. It’s almost like language evolves!
minus-squaredickalan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·14 days agoGet bent you rape apologist
minus-squareMulligrubs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·13 days agoThink about rape out of nowhere some more, that will surely prove you’re not a vile worm
minus-squaredickalan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·13 days agoThe president is a rapist and you’re here calling me thinking about rape out of nowhere, get your head out of your fucking ass
minus-squareMulligrubs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoYou’re obsessed with rape and now ass. Get help
minus-squaredickalan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 days agoAm I talking to a child. 👶. Good luck on numbers I heard they come after shapes lil buddy
minus-squareMulligrubs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoGreat, first rape, then ass, now children. You are vile
minus-squareMulligrubs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·14 days agoIt does! However, alpha still means “first”, as it always has. The word predates the study by centuries.
Alpha means “first”, it does not mean “wolf who fights other wolves while in captivity according to one study.”
Do people not know this?
No, alpha is the anglicization of the first letter of the greek alphabet. It doesn’t mean ‘first’ any more than the letter A does.
You’re wrong according to any dictionary ever printed, sorry.
It has more than one definition, and one of those is “first”, and you must accept that as fact.
In correct. “It” does have many definitions, but none of them are ‘first’.
You’re wrong, according to the definition, anyway. You should let Oxford know that you know better! I’m sure they will crown you as king.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alpha
I see that my definition comes before yours, so I am king.
That’s neat! A heavy crown to bear.
I’m glad you learned something today… now go forth, and sin no more.
You could say… that your favorite definition is the “alpha” of definitions.
A crown made of internet points isn’t heavy at all.
Gee. It’s almost like language evolves!
Get bent you rape apologist
Think about rape out of nowhere some more, that will surely prove you’re not a vile worm
The president is a rapist and you’re here calling me thinking about rape out of nowhere, get your head out of your fucking ass
You’re obsessed with rape and now ass. Get help
Am I talking to a child. 👶. Good luck on numbers I heard they come after shapes lil buddy
Great, first rape, then ass, now children.
You are vile
lol cool troll poll role.
It does! However, alpha still means “first”, as it always has. The word predates the study by centuries.