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Understanding Vertical and Horizontal Expansion in Concept Creep
Concept creep can happen in two ways: vertical and horizontal expansion/nVertical expansion is when a term comes to refer to milder and milder examples/nExamples of vertical creep include the downward movement of the range of things a concept refers to/nHorizontal creep occurs when words start referring to qualitatively different things