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minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-230 days agoA “famine” is definitionally about food. It inherently denotes “food” unless you modify it with something else, like “cotton famine” or unless the surrounding context makes it entirely unambiguous. A “food famine” is a tautology.
minus-squareAbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·30 days agoI know, I was joking.
A “famine” is definitionally about food. It inherently denotes “food” unless you modify it with something else, like “cotton famine” or unless the surrounding context makes it entirely unambiguous. A “food famine” is a tautology.
I know, I was joking.
Very fair.