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The polite word for 'this is different now, deal with it.'
means A change made to something — often small, often formal-sounding, but a change all the same.
from From Latin 'alterare,' meaning 'to make other' or 'to change,' rooted in 'alter,' meaning 'the other (of two).' It came into English through French in the medieval period, and has kept its tailoring-and-contracts respectability ever since — a word fond of hemlines and legal documents alike.
- tailoring term
- Default word for hemming and resizing clothes
- legal cousin
- Altering a document can mean fraud, not fashion
- root word
- Shares DNA with alter ego and altercation