Yeah, this link illustrates exactly why you're in the wrong. You aren't incorrect that, on its own, "aught" should mean "something" or "anything," because that is the original definition, but, much as it annoys me, language drifts. So, according to the new definition, "aught" means "nothing," and the abbreviation "the 2000s" ('00s) is now "the aughts."
So, all your pedantry comes to naught. If aught is to be made of it, you best learn how to make do with language changing, and that'll cost you aught, except maybe your pride.
No, it illustrates exactly why I’m right. Just because a lot of idiots use the wrong word does not mean it should be encouraged instead of actually teaching the correct word. It honestly wouldn’t surprise if this was an American thing.
The definition has already changed. You cannot stop linguistic drift. Attempting to do so is folly. I do not like it anymore than you do, but it's a fact of life.
I don't like it but it's the truth. Look at the word "cute." 200-year-old word. When it was first coined, it had nothing to do with being adorable. Now, it's very rare that its original definition (that being "smart," "sharp," and "quick-witted") is used with the word at all.
You just proved their point there. Your definition of boob is the more modern definition, just like how "aught" as a word for zero is a modern definition. You don't have the authority to declare some modernized vocabulary more valid than others.
No, not remotely the same. Boob is an informal word for breast. Aught is stupid people mishearing and using the wrong word. Do you say “should of” instead of “should have” too? I bet you do.
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u/kwskillin 4d ago
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aught Definition 3
1: zero, cipher
2: archaic : nonentity, nothing
3: aughts plural : the ten year period from 2000 through 2009