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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish19•2 months agoTheir point is that it’s redundant. You could say ex-WoW developer, you could say WoW vet, but you don’t need both.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoWouldn’t “WoW vet” imply they have been and are currently working on WoW? Or does “vet” specifically imply no longer active?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoI would consider vet to mean that they completed their tenure there, similar to how a soldier becomes a veteran after their service ends.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•2 months agoA veteran of not playing WoW, then? Did he relapse?
(ex-WoW) vet, not ex-(WoW vet)
Their point is that it’s redundant. You could say ex-WoW developer, you could say WoW vet, but you don’t need both.
Wouldn’t “WoW vet” imply they have been and are currently working on WoW? Or does “vet” specifically imply no longer active?
I would consider vet to mean that they completed their tenure there, similar to how a soldier becomes a veteran after their service ends.
A veteran of not playing WoW, then? Did he relapse?