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Duolingo lays off 10% of contract workers, partly due to AI (www.techspot.com)

submitted 10 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 40 points 10 months ago

the original author coined it

en - shit - ify: [commence] + [ordure] + [make]

I guess because it's the start of a long and slow process, that holds the context of it not being as shit before. Whereas without the prefix it suggests a more sudden, decisive and completed act.