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Originally Posted by NobodyHere
I think Random House needs updating. According to that definition then there could be no cold soups, when there definitely are colds soups out there in the world.
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This is where we can get into a greater debate on definitions. Definition by whom? The definition of words can change based on the subject matter at hand and the way in which writer/speaker uses the word. Even dictionary definitions change based on the dictionary subject matter. The Oxford-English dictionary is generally the authority on English words, but can have a different definition than a law dictionary, a religious dictionary, a technical/IT dictionary, a slang dictionary or a dictionary focused on regional common usage of a word.