On 10/10/2008 Yavor Doganov wrote:
Which is the problem at hand we are discussing. "Hacker" also has an accepted meaning -- "computer security breaker" -- but this meaning is utterly wrong.
While I agree with you on the above, I must point out that languages change and evolve. The word "condescending" originally meant that an upper class person was willing to "come down" and talk with a servant, peasant or other lower class person as an equal, and was meant as a compliment. Quite the opposite, I think you'll agree, from how it's used now.
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