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17000447 No.17000447 [Reply] [Original]

Why do so many people not know the definition of a plothole yet throw the term around everywhere?

>> No.17000551

>>17000447
is a plothole not a hole in the plot?

>> No.17000565

>>17000551
A plothole is created when the information introduced directly contradicts prior established information with no reason as to why

>> No.17001891

>>17000565
the issue is you use dictionary terms for words while most people employ contextual and personal definitions of words, including slang. See language is a living thing not actually owned by anyone. People will over time change definitions of words as a natural process. So plothole today means any discrepancy in the plot. I suspect in the future for it to extend to catching a person lying.
>There's a plothole in your story
Will then refer to someone lying, rather then the current definition. Words don't have set definitions, and have new meanings with each use.